Early Talent Graduate Training Programme 1

Hi, I'm Aimee and I'm on the AbbVie talent programme. I studied biomedical science at the University of Warwick and I graduated in 2021.

So I wanted to apply for a job in industry because I wanted to apply the disease area knowledge I gained from my degree, but I also wanted to experience different business functions too and really get hands on and the early talent programme has been a great way to be able to do that and combine both.

So at the moment, I'm in a marketing rotation, which is really collaborative, plenty of cross functional working. So I really enjoy hearing what the other functions are doing. The different projects that they are running and I really enjoy just being able to work with communicating science and being creative with it too. It's been really good I've been able to get really hands-on, really get involved with the projects, which has been a really, really great experience.

So I completed my last year or so of university during the COVID lockdowns and all the disruption that went along with it. Definitely an interesting experience being having to adapt quite quickly to a virtual way of working when everything was previously in person. But in some ways COVID did help. I did spend some time in a COVID lab and that confirmed that lab work really wasn't quite for me. But I still wanted to work in an industry related to disease and health and when I saw this opportunity from AbbVie I applied, and COVID hasn't really impacted my experience at AbbVie too much, I did join just as things were winding down. But from what I've noticed everything is very flexible. And even when working from home I've had a great support network to help me develop, always someone online if I have a question. It's been a really, really supportive programme so far.

So in five years time, I'd really like to see myself in a position where I have more responsibility and experience and being part of a rotational programme. I think will really help me with this. So rotating around the different business areas and understanding how the different functions of work, how they interlink. And just in general, how a big pharma company like AbbVie works has been really, really interesting. So I'm really taking the time now just to throw myself been getting involved and just take part in so many different projects. As it's all experience I can take with me as my career develops.