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Showing posts with label Employer information. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Has your company ever considered taking a placement student?

We are seeking companies interested in taking a placement student for 9 - 12 months next Summer. 

 

“She has been the best intern so far in Marketing. She is enthusiastic, personable, confident and very capable. She has been quick to learn and completes projects to a very high standard for someone of her age and experience.” (Jane Ryder, Marketing Director at Valspar)






There are so many benefits in taking on a placement student. Your company can gain the advantage of having a smart, enthusiastic young person with a fresh approach join your organisation and contribute their talents toward your company goals.

Students provide a flexible, cost effective recruitment solution for 9 -12 months, perhaps to focus on a short term business project where resource is scarce or provide temporary cover (e.g. for maternity). There are no long term overheads and no recruitment costs for you. We can advertise all placement positons directly to our students.  If successful, there is the opportunity for you to recruit the student to start full time when they finish their degree and so a longer term benefit too!




 At Royal Holloway School of Management we find our students are very highly rated by the companies they join, and we consistently receive outstanding reports from both large, multinational corporations and SMEs and many of the companies we work with continue to recruit placement students year after year. Read more >

 Our students join companies of varying sizes. Larger companies include Deloitte, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, GE, GSK, IBM, Jaguar Landrover, L’Oreal, Nomura, Oracle, Pfizer, and The Walt Disney Company. SMEs include Ascot Wealth Management, Chrystal Capital, Diversity Jobs, Ethos Farm Limited, Lucidity London, Richard Davies Investor Relations, Veenus and Winser London.

Guy Steele Perkins, Managing Director of SME Lucidity London, when asked if he would offer a permanent job to his placement student said “Definitely. Without hesitation. She’s a pleasure to work with, thoroughly diligent, is mature beyond her years, communicates clearly and effectively, remains calm under pressure and project manages apparently effortlessly.” Read more about SME placements in our blog >













Royal Holloway Management Year in Business students study either BSc Business and Management or BSc Accounting and Finance or follow one of the following pathways: Management with Marketing, Management with Accounting, Management with HR, Management with International Business or Management with Digital Innovation. Our students can apply their understanding of a broad range of Business theories to the practical issues they encounter during their 3rd year Work placement before returning for their final year at University.














Next steps…

Looking ahead to next Summer, we are actively seeking companies who are interested in taking a placement student for a 9 – 12 month period, starting anytime June – September 2019 and paid at least minimum wage.

If you think you could benefit from our talented, insightful Management students please do get in touch with Year in Business Programme Officer, Katharine Radford, via email (Katharine.radford@rhul.ac.uk)

There is also the opportunity to connect directly with our Year in Business students via our LinkedIn Year in Business group and we welcome the opportunity to connect alumni and those interested in offering placements with current Year in Business students.

We do hope to hear from you. You can find frequently asked questions from employers about our programme answered on our website.

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Royal Holloway YIB features in James Cann's "Your Business" Magazine


Royal Holloway Year in Business has just been featured in James Caan's "Your Business" Magazine. The star of Dragon's Den has published a magazine for entrepreneurs and SME owners and in July 2018 the Magazine featured an article entitled "Ahead of Business" which explores the benefits of a Year in Business.



Katharine Radford, Royal Holloway Year in Business Programme Officer is cited as describing Year in Business placements as being good for both Students and Businesses. "Students gain valuable work experience that will help set them on a successful career path. Many come out with a Graduate job offer and if not, a much better idea of what they want to do on graduating. They return to College with increased Self confidence, enhanced professional skills and discipline levels which set them up well for their final year. The companies involved meanwhile gain the advantage of having a smart, talented young person come in to their organisation and contribute those talents towards the company goals". 



Royal Holloway students are encouraged to seek out placements in businesses of all sizes. While many YIBs do join large companies such as GSK, GE and IBM there are many students who go to smaller companies. Examples in previous years include Ascot Wealth Management, Lemonade Reward , Lucidity London and Vercida. Read some of our student profiles from these SMEs here:  http://yearinbusiness.blogspot.com/2017/11/interested-in-working-for-sme.html

More information about the Royal Holloway Year in Business Programme can be found :
 https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/management/yearinbusiness/home.aspx

Any Company which thinks it would benefit from having a Royal Holloway Year in Business student for a 9 - 12 month placement should contact the Placements Place on MN-YIB@rhul.ac.uk


Tuesday, 28 August 2018

2018/19 placements started by Royal Holloway YIBs

As the current Royal Holloway Management YIBs finish off their placement years and look forward to returning for their final year at College, a new cohort of students are starting their placements which will take them through to the Summer of 2019. It is a tough process for students to secure placements and massive congratulations go out to all who have done so! All YIBs have received Pre placement briefings at the University before starting their placements and we are already hearing positive reports about how many of them are getting on.

Andrea Totaro has a placement with SAP as EMEA North COO Associate
This year our Management students have taken up placements at a large range of Companies, varying from well known Multinationals to SMEs. Students have secured positions at Companies such as Aston Martin, BMW, Deloitte, Enterprise, Groupe Richemont, FDM Group, Honda, Jaguar Landrover, SAP, Unilever and Xerox. Smaller companies include Ascot Wealth Management, Ethos Farm, Veenus Ltd, Winser London.  Many of our students have been successful in obtaining local placements including Asahi Beer, Ensono, VMWare and 3 successfully obtained placements with PiXL (Partners in Excellence). The majority of our students have UK placements but it is possible for students to undertake placements overseas and one of our students has a placement in Spain with BBVA. Well done all!

Students have been successful in achieving a wide range of placement positions including those in HR, Marketing, Digital Marketing ,Events and Operations, Business Analyst, Finance, Accountancy, Revenue Management, Wealth Management, Management Trainee, Sales and Business Development.

Students can select which placement positions they apply for. Many do choose their Degree speciality (eg a Marketing placement position if they are studying BSc Management with Marketing) but it is not compulsory for them to do so. Students are supported by the Royal Holloway placement team and a dedicated Year in Business Careers' Advisor who offer support and guidance at every stage of the placement process.

Connor Griffiths has a placement with Ascot Wealth Management
We are looking forward to welcoming the YIBs back for a Call Back afternoon at the University from 12.30pm on Monday October 1st when they will have the chance to share their placement experiences and learn more about the Academic Assessment which they will complete as part of their placement year.



Monday, 30 October 2017

Enterprise Head Office placements

Many Year in Business students spoke to Enterprise Rent a Car at the recent YIB Employer event or University Careers' Fair and will be aware that Enterprise are coming onto campus on Tuesday 7th November to conduct interviews for their Head Office placement positions. They will also be back on Friday 1st December to interview for their Management trainee placement positions (London/ South East branches).




Royal Holloway YIBs who have secured Enterprise Head office placements include Muhatashim Butt (Revenue Analyst 2015/16) and Ellen Pearce (Finance  placement 2017/18).


YIBs who are interested in applying for the Head Office positions should find the application forms here and apply by November 5th:
Roles are Business Analyst ; HR; Finance, IT, Recruitment and Digital Marketing; Revenue and Pricing analyst












 Enterprise Career site with vacancies:

https://careers.enterprise.co.uk/internships-placements/?utm_campaign=graduates_2018&utm_medium=blog&utm_source=royal_holloway_university








For those Royal Holloway YIBs interested in applying for the London/ South East Management trainee placements (on campus interviews December 1st) contact Katharine Radford for more details and read here about previous YIB Amy Taylor :http://yearinbusiness.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/amy-taylors-management-trainee.html