Graduate Internships

What is an Internship?

·        An internship is a time limited work experience placement, which usually includes an element of training.

·        Graduate internships are a flexible way to attract talent to your business for a specific period of time.

·        The opportunity will give graduates the chance to enhance their employability and career prospects.

·        They are not a substitute for permanent jobs.

Benefits include:

• accessing talented and ambitious individuals who are keen to work for you
• building your business through new skills and flexible resources
• enabling flexibility within your workforce by bringing in graduates with specific skills to complete time-limited projects.

GJS recommends graduate internships should be paid and structured around delivering a specific project or piece of work. They give your organisation an opportunity to assess the quality of potential, long-term staff.

Types of internship

They could be designed with a specific project or piece of work in mind, or offer graduates a varied programme of work experience. Typical projects undertaken by graduates include:

·        Marketing and market research

·        Developing IT systems

·        Design and implementation of databases

·        Creating a website

·        Research and development

·        Writing new software

·        Reviewing work processes and efficiency

Offering graduate internships could also be:

·        Part of your wider talent attraction strategy

·        Part of your Corporate Social Responsibility commitment

Contact us for further information.