29-05-2025
- Business
- North Wales Chronicle
Young woman from Gwynedd lands senior manager role
Ellie Granton, 29, from Y Felinheli, is a senior manager at Hays, leading a team of consultants across the north west of England.
She attributes her career success to the foundation she received at Coleg Menai.
Ellie's career began when she studied Level 3 Business at Coleg Menai in Bangor from 2012 to 2014.
Since then, she has gained a Masters in Human Resource Management, joined Hays as a graduate consultant, and has been promoted five times in just a few years to her current role.
Ellie said of her time in college: "My favourite thing about the course was the variation of modules and all the different assignment topics.
"The way of teaching at college was different from school, as you were allowed more autonomy.
"Also, it gave me the opportunity to meet a whole new group of people who I'd never met had it not been for the course."
Ellie added: "One semester we had the opportunity to go to Brussels for a few days and visit the European Parliament.
"It was such an amazing time, and it was one of my first times being in a country that isn't first-language English, without my family, so it definitely developed my confidence and ability to navigate situations and scenarios on my own.
"It's times like this that are the foundation for later on in life, like moving to uni and solo travelling."
Ellie said her time at Coleg Menai gave her the perfect grounding to move on to university, adding: "The BTEC business course definitely helped me in uni.
"Firstly, from the UCAS points and also giving me a good understanding of the subject area and what the core modules would be.
"Going to college felt like the right next step - moving out of school but still supporting my education and future career.
"I'd highly recommend this course and Coleg Menai."
