Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction." - John Crosby

My work placement is going really well. I am learning a lot and there is a great team with a vast range of experience. I have been partnered with a senior consultant who I will work with closely on projects and any other tasks that she needs done. She is a mentor figure that has years of experience including Burswood, Channel 7 and HBF and there is a lot that I can learn from her. That being said, she is new to the mining and resources industry so we are learning new terminology and processes together along the way.
 

We had a new addition to our team last week. Another junior consultant was assigned to our team and it is a great combination. I am able to bounce ideas off her and vice versa. Our workplace has been relatively quiet this week which is quite unusual compared to previous weeks but there are still other projects currently in progress and new ones coming in. In the meantime, my fellow junior team member and I have been working on streamlining a few of our processes such as our Work In Progress meetings and the spreadsheet which is used as a weekly guide in the meetings. We have been conducting some internal primary research and conducting in-depth discussions on the processes, the pros and cons and suggestions as to what they think will work best and what doesn’t work. From this internal research, my team member and I were able to discuss it and then create a new spreadsheet which was functional but simple and would streamline the meetings reducing the time.

While I have enjoyed working on client projects, I have enjoyed being able to edit and change internal processes to order streamline them to create an efficient environment. Reviewing the processes and including the entire office has helped to create something that works for the diverse teams in the office. I’m also really proud of myself that a process my team member and I have come up with works and receives positive feedback.

Meaghan King

Bentley Campus