Work Placements/Internships/Work Experience
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Work placements are a very useful
way of gaining relevant, professional experience and knowledge of a
particular industry sector, as well as potential references.
Graduate recruiters often use such schemes as a means of assessing
potential candidates for employment after graduation.
Most large organisations and
some smaller ones run placement schemes for students. These can
vary in length from
2-3 weeks, a vacation period or up to a year.
We advertise a variety of student placement
opportunities on our online vacancy
lists.
The Prospects run National
Council for Work Experience website is also an excellent place
to research short and long term
work placements. This site also provides a
number of useful links including the Step programme, overseas
placements and volunteering in the UK / abroad.
In addition, you may find the following sites
useful:
- TARGET Jobs - placement and
graduate careers
- Globalplacement - worldwide
placements
- Fledglings - industrial
placements and graduate jobs
- GET - a site from
Hobsons which offers advice, placements and graduate
jobs
- Prospects -
further advice and placements
- Step - summer, year in industry and
graduate placements
- Talent ladder - work
placements
- University
talent - a site from WestFocus offering placements and graduate
jobs
- KTP - Knowledge Transfer
Partnerships placing graduates on one or two year industrial
projects
- Fledglings - industrial
placements, summer internships and work experience
- InternshipHelp -
information on internships ranging
from investment banking and politics to travelling and teaching
abroad
- Intern Jobs - UK internships and
worldwide placements
- Placement UK - for EU and
EEA-based students looking for UK based placements
- Student Employment
Services - specialises in recruiting and employing university
students on behalf of organisations.
- The Year in Industry - dedicated to
helping students make the most out of their year in industry.
-
Employment Opportunities - part of the Shaw Trust and dedicated
to supporting people with disabilities into employment
- Europlacement - search for
internships worldwide
- European Training
Services - offer EU funded work experience abroad via the
Leonardo Da Vinci Programme
- IAESTE - The International Association
for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience provides
technical traineeships abroad
Note: We have no responsibility for
the quality or content of external websites or pages to which this
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Students wishing to apply to the Step placement
scheme can get help with their applications either by booking
a careers guidance interview with a careers consultant or
by coming along to our quick query sessions.