Graduate internships offer a unique opportunity to "test drive" potential new employees.

Graduate Business Partnership

The Graduate Business Partnership offers you the employer,  the opportunity to recruit recent graduates to fulfil your business need. GBPs can be employed to undertake challenging roles and projects; on a part-time or full-time basis; available to start throughout the year for a period between 2-23 months (after which, you may wish to extend their contract for free).

In return your business can gain from the latest academic knowledge in specialist areas; individuals who can quickly grasp new skills and concepts; problem solve with a fresh perspective; test out new roles; trial new employees; and help with short-term cover.

(If you are a recent graduate please click here)

Types of work

  • Business Analysis and Development
  • Marketing, PR, Advertising and Design
  • Finance and Accounting
  • IT and Computing
  • Research and Product Development
  • Technical
  • Scientific
  • Environmental and Sustainability
  • Sector specialisms

Recruitment

  1. Following discussion and agreement on the details of your project, we will advertise your GBP to attract graduates from any University that meets your clear job description and person specification
  2. To create an internship and vacancy. Please complete the Internship Vacancy Form‎ and return it to j.mccreedie@exeter.ac.uk.
  3. We will ask you to please abide by the University’s vacancy advertising rules.
  4. Applications will be made via application form. We can offer a ‘light’ initial sift of any applications that do not meet basic eligibility criteria; leaving you to select the most suitable candidates for interview.
  5. We can provide support and guidance through the whole recruitment and selection process. You may wish to use our standard emails: "Unsuccessful - not called to interview".

Interviews

Your organisation will select and contact the most suitable candidates to attend interviews and reject unsuccessful candidates by email.  We ask that you respond to candidates who have not been successful at interview and be willing to provide constructive feedback if requested by them. If this is not possible you may wish to use our standard email "Unsuccessful - at interview". If you are able to offer interview expenses, please make this clear on your advert.

Appointing the Candidate

Once an ideal candidate has been identified and has accepted the position, we will ask you to complete the relevant Appointment Form (see below) so we can  issue the Internship Agreements and Contract of Employment if on the Univeristy payroll:

Training for Graduates

Successfully placed graduates will be expected to attend two full days of Employability Training at the University. Supporting the Internship.

The University will support both your organisation and the successful graduate throughout the internship to ensure both parties get the best out of their GBP experience. We provide objective setting, review and evaluation paperwork, for you to work through. If you would like support with this process the University can also assist you with this.

Costs

We ask that graduates are paid a minimum of £8.63 per hour. This equates to £16,376 per annum, based on a working week of 36.5 hours. When setting the salary we ask you to consider pay expectations in your sector, for that role, and the location of your business. Advice on rates of pay and how to calculate employer on-costs can be provided.  

A tiered one-off management fee per internship is charged in relation to the length of the internship:

  • 2-4 months: £250.00 +VAT
  • 5- 23 months: £400.00 +VAT

(Additional extensions cost £50, if paid the maximum management fee)

Find out more

Our Employment Services team would welcome a discussion on your internship opportunity. Please contact:

Jo McCreedie
Employer Liaison Officer
Tel: 01392 722617
Email: J.McCreedie@exeter.ac.uk

 

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