Back in the spring of 2020 during the corona outbreak, Sara Ansaharju, 26, had an empty calendar for the summer. The global situation had brought Sara away from her business studies at Lund University in Sweden back to home surroundings in Turku, Finland.<\/p>\n
\u201dI was looking for a summer job and at the same time writing my bachelor\u2019s thesis. There didn\u2019t seem to be any jobs available in Turku where I could gain some experience in the financial services sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Sara took notice of Blue Finance\u2019s advertisement on an online recruiting service for a credit handler to join the Blue Finance Credit team. The advertisement mentioned an energetic and modern work environment, and Sara was sold.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt all fell into place. Turku, financial services sector and a good team. Everything I wished for,\u201d Sara expresses her feelings.<\/p>\n
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Sara accepted the position of credit handler in the Credit team. Initially, her job included processing credit applications, making payment plans, and customer service. The momentum at Blue Finance is fast-paced and her job description evolved significantly during one year.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt\u2019s incredible how fast things changed with automation. Naturally, development work also shaped our team members\u2019 job description, and quite soon credit application processing was one of the jobs automated. Through automation we were able to focus more and more on customer service and solving customers\u2019 problems. All in all, development efforts made the work and working practices more efficient,\u201d Sara explains.<\/p>\n
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Continuous changes call for flexibility and the ability to adapt to new situations.<\/p>\n
\u201dThings are changing really fast and adapting to new situations has become a day-to-day routine in our working life. I was positively surprised at how quickly I was given responsibility \u2013 and I gladly accepted it. I believe the experience will be very useful in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blue Finance has given Sara a great foundation for success in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201dI now know in practice how a financial services company works and just how much goes on in the background. There\u2019s far more to it than just granting credit.<\/p>\n
Sara considers Blue Finance\u2019s strength as being its quick responsiveness. Because everything is online, it\u2019s possible to respond promptly to changes. However, it all comes down to competent and pleasant colleagues to make our credit team succeed.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe atmosphere in our own team was always good and motivating and I\u2019ll miss it. They are a great bunch of guys,\u201d Sara says.<\/p>\n
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Working in the Blue Finance Credit team is a great start for students and recent graduates who are interested in the financial services sector. Sara says that the company provides support, flexibility and a great team.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s ok to make mistakes, as long as you fix them and learn from them.<\/p>\n
\u201dYou can do the job with a positive attitude, but it also requires accuracy and absolute reliability. Of course, you\u2019ll be given good orientation to everything.<\/p>\n
Even though Sara is a bit sad to leave Blue Finance, she is ambitious as she will give her last year of studies all her effort and dedication.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a good experience as a student,\u201d Sara says.<\/p>\n
Going forward, Sara wants to remain in her current sector and look for more demanding work.<\/p>\n
\u201dMaybe at Blue Finance,\u201d Sara says.<\/p>\n
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Blue Finance encourages training and supports the development of their employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s entirely to our advantage when our employees train and learn something new. We\u2019re pleased to be flexible so that work and studies collaborate suitably with each other. Although Sara now wants to focus on her studies, we hope we\u2019ll see her again at Blue Finance,\u201d says Marcus Ruokolahti<\/strong>, Credit Manager at Blue Finance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blue Finance provides an encouraging working environment for students and recent graduates. Read the story of Sara, who found her ideal work in the field of financial services at Blue Finance, and how she was taken with the exciting atmosphere of the company. Back in the spring of 2020 during the corona outbreak, Sara Ansaharju, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\n