Not ready for a job yet but need relevant experience?
Voluntary work, work experience and placements are great way of gaining valuable experience and insight into careers that you might not even have considered. Listed below are just a few of the employers from a variety of sectors that offer these opportunities to students from any discipline (HM):
Employers helping AHSS students get ahead
ALL of these employers attended the Graduate Recruitment and Placement Fair last year offering placements to students from ANY discipline.
- Accenture –Consulting
- Allen & Overy LLP – Legal services
- Army – various
- Ashurst – Business
- Baker & McKenzie – Law
- B/E Aerospace – HR, Supply Chain
- BDO NI – Audit and Business
- Belfast City Council – Various
- Berwin Leighton Paisner – Legal services
- BP – Business
- Caterpillar – Purchasing, Sales/Marketing
- Citi – HR, Investment Research
- Deloitte – Consulting, Audit
- Diageo – Consumer Marketing, HR
- Dunbia – Procurement, Sales
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Management
- EY – Corporate Finance
- Grant Thornton – Advisory Services
- Heineken – Languages, Supply Chain
- Jaguar Land Rover – Design, Property, HR
- Lough’s Agency – Conservation
- Pramerica – Financial services
- PwC – Consulting, Training
- Randox – HR and Training, QA
- Rolls Royce – Project Management
- Royal Air Force – Various
- Royal Navy – Various
- Ulster Carpets – International Sales, management
These organisations offered volunteer roles from ANY discipline.
- Autism Initiatives – health and social related
- Business in the Community – Communications, Marketing
- Depaul Ireland – Administration, support roles
- Oasis Caring in Action – Community Development
- Upper Springfield Development Trust – Community Development
So what’s stopping you from getting the experience that will set you apart?
Many students will be graduating and competing for the same jobs as you with the same degree and the same grade. What is going to make YOU stand out?