With less than a week left until I finish my internship at Razor I’m trying to work out how the time has passed so quickly. I started here at the end of November, nervous, shy and very excited, and completely unsure what to expect.

I quickly learned to expect the unexpected – everyday at Razor is different and definitely not your average internship of fetching coffee and endless data entry. It was straight in at the deep end and in my first week flying solo (sans previous intern Emmie), I was accompanying Rachel and Steve on a focus group trip to Birmingham. Having never sat in on a real focus group before I was excited to hear what people had to say. I’ve been to a number of groups since and have realised that the excitement doesn’t fade; it’s always interesting to meet people and hear their opinions. What I found harder was fighting the urge to pipe up with my own thoughts during the discussion!

Since then I have been doing a whole range of tasks, from helping make stimulus boards, analysing pre-tasks, taking in-store photos and assisting in-store intercepts. I think, after 2 months and a half, I’ve also finally cracked how to answer and transfer phone calls, although maybe I shouldn’t speak too soon!

Along with all the hands on experience I’ve had at Razor, it’s also been really great to be working in an office where everyone is so welcoming and friendly. It’s always nerve-wracking starting an internship, but I was soon at ease here and have met some great people. I hope that when I find a permanent job the work is as interesting and the office environment is as nice as what I have experienced here. Razor have set the bar high!

So thank you to all you Razors, it’s been grand working with you and I will miss you. What’s more it will be a great loss to me not being able to get a daily Konditor and Cook sugar fix – although perhaps that is for the best!

I hope we stay in touch,

Jessie xxx