Fill a skills gap or vacancy – solve your short term staff shortages and complete specific one-off specialist projects without long term commitments. Inject fresh ideas – complement your existing organisational skills with new ideas, knowledge and up-to-date theoretical concepts. Add value to your organisation – by accessing high quality, reflective and analytical thinkers, who are motivated and willing to get involved. Opportunity to develop current staff – your current staff can develop their mentoring or supervisory skills by working with our placement students. Try before you buy – identify and test run talented individuals who you may want to consider recruiting. Raise your profile – inform students and the wider community of opportunities existing within your organisation. Low cost solution – reduce recruitment costs by advertising your vacancies to our students free of charge, whilst also accessing a low cost staff solution. Create international networks – build international business networks and country-specific market intelligence through international students. Global talent pool With over 3000 international students from over 120 countries, Exeter now has a pool of talent offering the value-added combination of a high-quality education with cultural dexterity and linguistic competence. Employers have found that international students can be a catalyst for international trade and a conduit for country-specific market intelligence. For more information please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/business/talent Benefits of work experience to employers Work Placements The University of Exeter is committed to offering its students a wide range of opportunities to gain the skills, experience and expertise that graduate employers are looking for. The University has recruited a team of work placement co-ordinators to ensure that companies are provided with introductions to high-quality students in relevant disciplines. The co-ordinators will also support companies in promoting opportunities and help Exeter students to successfully complete their placements. We are currently looking to identify employers and other organisations that would be able to provide work placements regionally, nationally and internationally. The work placements could take a number of forms including: • Work-shadowing (1 week) • Short placements (2 weeks +) • Academically supervised student projects (flexible timing) • Vacation placements/internships (13 weeks max) • Industrial placements (6-12 months max) • Graduate placements/projects (8 weeks to 1 year) And of course we are always interested in graduate vacancies which we will advertise free on our jobsurfing website. Full details available at www.exeter.ac.uk/business/talent The International Dimension As businesses are increasingly recruiting globally, students who are able to gain international work experience put themselves ahead of the pack in the increasingly competitive job market. Recent research by The Council for Industry and Higher Education found that 65% of employers believe graduates with international work experience are more employable. “Graduates who have international experience are highly employable because they have demonstrated that they have drive, resilience and inter-cultural sensitivities as well as language skills. They are a self-selecting elite.” (CIHE Report 2008, Global Horizons and the Role of Employers) Ben Griffiths undertook an eight week placement at ReZolve in Cornwall “We find overseas students bring interesting insights and experiences – they have different ways of looking at things which we like and we have benefited from the different skills they have brought.” MD Audata Ltd, Kent
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� Fill a skills gap or vacancy – solve your short term staff shortages and completespecific one-off specialist projects without long term commitments.
� Inject fresh ideas – complement your existing organisational skills with newideas, knowledge and up-to-date theoretical concepts.
� Add value to your organisation – by accessing high quality, reflective andanalytical thinkers, who are motivated and willing to get involved.
� Opportunity to develop current staff – your current staff can develop theirmentoring or supervisory skills by working with our placement students.
� Try before you buy – identify and test run talented individuals who you maywant to consider recruiting.
� Raise your profile – inform students and the wider community of opportunitiesexisting within your organisation.
� Low cost solution – reduce recruitment costs by advertising your vacancies toour students free of charge, whilst also accessing a low cost staff solution.
� Create international networks – build international business networks andcountry-specific market intelligence through international students.
Global talent pool With over 3000 international students from over 120 countries, Exeter now has a pool of talent offering the value-addedcombination of a high-quality education with cultural dexterity and linguisticcompetence. Employers have found thatinternational students can be a catalyst for international trade and a conduit forcountry-specific market intelligence.
For more information please visitwww.exeter.ac.uk/business/talent
Benefits of workexperience to employers
Work PlacementsThe University of Exeter is committed tooffering its students a wide range ofopportunities to gain the skills, experienceand expertise that graduate employers arelooking for.
The University has recruited a team of workplacement co-ordinators to ensure thatcompanies are provided with introductions tohigh-quality students in relevant disciplines.The co-ordinators will also support companies inpromoting opportunities and help Exeter studentsto successfully complete their placements.
We are currently looking to identify employers and other organisations thatwould be able to provide work placements regionally, nationally andinternationally. The work placements could take a number of forms including:
• Work-shadowing (1 week)
• Short placements (2 weeks +)
• Academically supervised student projects (flexible timing)
• Vacation placements/internships (13 weeks max)
• Industrial placements (6-12 months max)
• Graduate placements/projects (8 weeks to 1 year)
And of course we are always interested in graduate vacancies which we willadvertise free on our jobsurfing website. Full details available atwww.exeter.ac.uk/business/talent
The International DimensionAs businesses are increasingly recruiting globally, students who are able to gain international work experience put themselves ahead of the pack in theincreasingly competitive job market. Recent research by The Council forIndustry and Higher Education found that 65% of employers believe graduateswith international work experience are more employable.
“Graduates who have international experience are highly employable because they have demonstrated that they have drive,resilience and inter-cultural sensitivities as well as language skills. They are a self-selecting elite.”(CIHE Report 2008, Global Horizons and the Role of Employers)
Ben Griffiths undertook an eight week placement at ReZolve in Cornwall
“We find overseas stude
nts
bring interesting insi
ghts and
experiences – they ha
ve
different ways of look
ing at
things which we like and we
have benefited from
the
different skills they h
ave
brought.”MD Audata L
td, Kent
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