I remember coming across the Meltwater News International Management Trainee ad so clearly. I eagerly submitted my application, then wandered out into the garden to find my mum and tell her how blown away I was about this company. I realize now that I didn’t really understand what Meltwater did, but I had already become passionate about a core element – the fact that the company was recruiting based on a candidate’s potential, not necessarily just on experience. It was the belief in my potential and the strategic nurturing of some important traits that enabled me to take the career trajectory that I have.
In 2007, I went through the Meltwater recruitment process, which in itself was not the corporate, overly formal kind of recruitments I had experienced previously, and I was delighted to get the job! Like many graduates with a good academic record, I had a few different options in front of me. My gut instinct told me Meltwater would be the toughest, but most rewarding, and it was the ability for rapid progression that was the best fit for me.
In October 2007 I started working as a Sales Consultant for Meltwater in Edinburgh selling Meltwater News. My first few months were very intense, but the atmosphere of friendly competition between the new hires like myself really helped to keep me focused and driven. I am also happy to say that the group I started together with all remain really close friends, even though we have spread out all over the globe and…
