BUSINESSSCHOOL

Undergraduate Placements

CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Work PlacementsAdd value to your business

► Recruit high-calibre, enthusiastic students► Access fresh thinking► Test run an employee► Fill a skills gap ► Resource a project► Raise your profile on campus

As the competition to recruit the best graduates intensifies, a way of identifying future talent is by offering students the opportunity to undertake a work placement within your organisation. The University of Exeter Business School develops high-calibre, ‘work ready’ students. We encourage our students to enhance their employability through a guided programme of study and practical business experience.

WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTSMany employers offer industrial placements to identify, test and develop future graduate talent. Students take the placement in their third year and receive 120 credits towards their degree. The minimum placement length is (36 weeks plus holidays), but placements typically last for 12 months. Direction is provided through subject-based seminars, interactive e-resources and personal guidance. Opportunities, which usually start in July, August or September are welcomed from the UK, Europe and beyond.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTSThese are designed to encourage year 1 and 2 undergraduate students to enhance their employability through a guided programme of study and practical business experience. Direction is provided through subject-based seminars, interactive e-resources and personal guidance. This 15 credit work placement module lasts for a minimum of 140 hours (4 weeks). Most placements take place during late spring or early summer.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?Business Experience placements can be paid or unpaid. Industrial placement students, however, are often paid an average of £21,000 per annum.

WHAT COURSES DO STUDENTS STUDY?Accounting and Finance, Economics, Business and Management.

HOW CAN I TARGET YOUR STUDENTS? We can advertise your placement free of charge. You simply need to provide a job description which should include: organisation introduction, placement overview, remuneration, person specification, preferred start and end dates and application instructions. We advise advertising 3 months before the start of short placements and 6-9 ahead of industrial placements.

To find out more about working with the Business School Careers Team contact us via: business-school-careers@exeter.ac.uk +44 (0)1392 723829

We have hired a number of Exeter students into our industrial placement roles this year and the quality has been outstanding. With a reputation for being one of the best Universities in the UK for Business students, this is also reflected in the services offered by the Business School Careers Team.

Harriette Gwilt University Recruitment Graduate, Johnson & Johnson

It was very exciting to have the chance to develop a marketing plan that had a real impact on a local business. My placement also gave me useful tangible examples when I was applying for my graduate job with Accenture, where I am now working as an Analyst Consultant.

Jennifer Morris BA Management with Marketing

Accenture’s relationship with the Business School is proving evermore valuable in meeting the needs of our business. Both on a graduate and undergraduate level, their maturity, analytical approach and business acumen puts them in high standing at our assessment centres, and on countless occasions the students at Exeter have proven themselves to be a great fit to a career in consulting.

Francesca Seeley Undergraduate Placements Recruiter, Accenture