PMO Support Analyst Review

I am a support analyst working for HPE. I currently work on the Rolls-Royce PMO Team. My day to day job often involves me doing a lot of finance work. From updating cost models to running Finance Reports. I create WBS codes. The project I am working on is for making wind turbines for Rolls-Royce.

I have enhanced my skills on Excel. Gained knowledge in areas of PMO I didn't know existed. Being able to use Microsoft Project when updating Schedule.

I thoroughly enjoy my programme, my tutor who works for QA is fantastic and always helpful, he gives us the knowledge we need to know to be successful in our jobs and ensure we get the qualifications at the end of our apprenticeship.

I often feel very valued, my manager always gives me feedback and the person I am shadowing who helps me with my work always praises me also.

My Programme is very structured, we have set weeks in which we go to the workshop to learn everything leading up to our exam.

We get a lot of support from our tutor, he always email asking if there's any queries with our coursework we have, asks how our roles are and he is at the training workshops and any questions we have he answers.

I get a lot of support from my employer, I have 1 to 1 with people manager every month, we have open door policy so I can speak to him any time, my manager also sits beside me so any questions he tells me what to do.

I have to travel through the tunnel every day which you have to pay for which mounts up over time which is the only issue I have, I live about 5 mile away from work but on the other side of the river, so petrol goes quick waiting in traffic as does money for tunnel.

I am a football person, there is opportunities to play 5 a side Tuesday nights which is good theres also night outs to get to know each other as well, which I don't often take part on. Theres lunch and learn meetings set up to help you enhance your knowledge further with people at the top of the business.

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I studied at university for a year and I didn't enjoy it, I wanted to get hands on experience instead and I decided to get an apprenticeship instead which was the better option for me. It is better to get paid to learn than it is to get into debt and learn, that's just my opinion some people enjoy university however.

Be confident, ask questions, make sure you stand out from others. Give your opinion but listen to other people's.