Recruit a graduate intern

A graduate intern can bring new skills, fresh ideas and a different perspective into your organisation on a short term basis. This might be for a specific project, or to increase your capacity at a certain time.

Internships are cost-effective and flexible and can also be very useful if you are looking for full-time employees, as the internship phase offers you the opportunity to develop the graduates’ capabilities within your business. 

How the process works

The university’s careers service offers full support to you and your intern throughout the length of the programme.

We can help you to identify and develop the graduate-level project your intern will complete, and then manage the whole recruitment process for you; promoting your role to recent graduates, handling enquiries and initial selection. You simply need to interview the short listed applicants and take the successful intern into your business as you would any other employee.

We ask employers to build elements of skills development and progression into the project, so that the intern also gains maximum benefit from their time with you.

At the end of your internship you have the opportunity to choose whether to end the employment, or offer your intern a further contract should you feel they suit the business and you have suitable work available for them.

“We needed a graduate intern quickly, but despite the tight turnaround we found a candidate who had the necessary blend of skills. The recruitment process was targeted and well shortlisted.” Frances Talijan, Managing Director of Kelta HR

Like the idea but don’t have a project in mind? Here are a few ideas from our previous programme: Setting up and implementing a social media strategy

• Market research project to help develop a marketing communications strategy
• Pre-production support for a new video editing project
• Salary benchmarking research project within the recruitment industry
• Research and write a business plan for a new project/business
• Developing an Environmental Management System in accordance with BS 8555
• Feasibility study of income generation options within Further Education
• Project managing the implementation of a new CRM system
• Development of survey questions and audit tools when monitoring care home provision for people with dementia to take into account partner/family perspectives on quality of provision.

Is there a fee?

You decide the salary level you will offer to your graduate intern
(N.B this must be above the minimum wage).

We will promote your vacancy free of charge to graduates across the South East, via our Vacancy and Events database and through our partnership with Brighton & Hove Jobs and Gatwick Diamond Jobs. If you would like us to provide a telephone screening and shortlisting service, there is a fee for this of £200 plus VAT for an internship lasting between six weeks and six months. Part time vacancies are charged on a pro rata basis.