266: Career Conversations: How to get ahead as a food technologist

<div>"I really love to see a client that's satisfied," says <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-anderson-bsc-hons-fifst-73a716139/?originalSubdomain=uk">Tessa Anderson</a>. "That they're in a much better position than when I first met them."<br> <br> </div> <div>Tessa is a qualified <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/article/sustainability-food-jobs-green-jobs-food-technologist/">food technologist</a> and is Managing Director of <a href="https://packcopysent.com/">Pack Copy Sent Consultancy</a>.<br> <br> </div> <div>She knows just about everything there is to know about food regulations and <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/podcast/food-labelling-how-much-is-too-much-food-podcasts/">labelling</a>, and helps companies get their consumable products safely approved for sale.<br> <br> </div> <div>Tessa says relationships are critical to the work she does, and says networking is a big part of her job.<br> <br> </div> <div>"I love helping people and I love meeting people," she tells Elisa Roche in this episode of the Career Conversations podcast series.<br> <br> </div> <div>Reading up on the latest legislation also takes up a lot of her time.<br> <br> </div> <div>It's crucial that she stays on top of any new rules around food packaging, wherever in the world they might be introduced.<br> <br> </div> <div>But it's not all "reaching out" and reading up, Tessa says there's no such thing as a typical day for her.<br> <br> </div> <div>Her journey began at <a href="https://www.mmu.ac.uk/">Manchester Metropolitan University</a>, where she studied Food Technology, a course she says set her up "really well" for work, so well that she still refers back to her lecture notes.<br> <br> </div> <div>She says she has always been interested in the forensic side of food "possibly linked to watching CSI: Miami and Poirot" growing up.<br> <br> </div> <div>After years of working in-house, she decided to make the jump to consultancy work, something she describes as a "steep learning curve", but one sh