Work experience and internships advice

A guide to your work experience options

Vacation placements, internships, work shadowing - take a look at the typical work experience options you're most likely to come across.

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Application advice for work experience placements and internships

Top tips on being successful when you apply for work experience or an internship. In many cases employers are looking for potential future graduate employees when recruiting students for their placement schemes.

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An internship is a dress rehearsal for a graduate job

Big graduate employers often offer structured internships and recruit students who perform well directly onto their graduate programmes – but these schemes are competitive so make sure you apply in good time.

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Ten good reasons to look for work experience with small employers

There are small and medium-sized companies in every career sector all over the country, so don’t limit your work experience options by overlooking them.

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Use it or lose it: why you should keep notes on your work experience

Keep track of the skills you gain through vacation jobs, work experience placements and part-time work, as you’ll need to give concrete examples in your graduate job applications.

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Selling your work experience to graduate employers

All work experience is good experience, but only if you know how to sell it to graduate employers. Here's how.

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Getting work experience after graduation

Graduated recently? Still job-hunting? Find out where to look for a graduate internship or placement and how your entitlement to Jobseeker’s Allowance could be affected.

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Unpaid internships: are they worth it?

An internship is a great way to get work experience that will strengthen your graduate job applications. But if it’s unpaid, how do you decide whether it’s worth doing?

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Ten top tips: how to behave during your work experience with a graduate employer

Find out how to make the most of your placement or internship, create a good impression, and get your graduate career off to a flying start.

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Quick quiz: what kind of intern are you?

Interns come in all shapes and sizes, so use our quick quiz to find out what patterns of behaviour you might fall into when you take up work experience with a graduate employer – and pick up some tips on what to avoid.

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