Business

Recruiting talent

Professional, skilled, ready

Could your business use a talented graduate or student?

We help you find the right people with the right combination of skills, talent and enthusiasm to deliver performance improvements.

 

Through our wide range of student and graduate schemes we can offer support with:

Graduate recruitment and placements

Our range of programmes, from eight weeks (*1) to six months, will suit your business needs - with technical support, mentoring, project planning and delivery, and much more.

We support both you and your graduate throughout the term of the project.

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Graduate recruitment

Benefits to you:

  • a customised approach to your business problem
  • access our recruitment and matching service, to get the best graduate candidates for your business needs (*2)
  • access part-financed graduate talent for short term projects (*3)
  • trial prospective new employees
  • get fresh inspiration to support business growth and development
  • new knowledge, skills and technological know-how to increase your performance, productivity and competitiveness
  • flexible start dates.

*1 For eight week placements, the cost to your company is just £1,283*
*2 We offer a fully funded recruitment service (including vacancy advertising, application collating, interview organising).
*3 You must offer a minimum of £16,000 salary to the graduate.. You may be eligible for a subsidy of £3,999 towards the salary cost.

*Eligibility criteria apply. Find out more

Knowledge Exchange Internships

We can offer your company an innovative and customised approach to solve a design, technical or business challenge.

Our Knowledge Exchange Internships (KEIs) give North East small and medium-sized enterprises a unique chance to engage with expertise from Teesside University, supported by the European Regional Development Fund.

How does it work?

A talented graduate (the intern), mentored by a University academic with relevant expertise drives forward a project for your organisation. This combination of fresh thinking and hugely valuable experience can bring cutting-edge benefits to your business.

KEIs are flexible, up to 12 months, according to your needs and can be approved within five working days of application.

Benefits to you:

  • access to the latest thinking and expertise from Teesside University to solve your design, technical and business challenges and improve performance and productivity
  • improved competitiveness by encouraging enterprise and innovation in your workplace
  • knowledge exchange helps to create enterprising and innovative employees and organisations
  • embed new knowledge and skills linked to best practice and leading edge techniques and know-how into your organisation
  • recruit a recent graduate with support from the University.

Teesside University graduate Jonathan Galloway completed a Knowledge Exchange Internship at Omega Plastics and is now employed full time at the company as a Marketing Officer.

Help for employers

If you want to recruit qualified people, target Teesside University students and graduates.
Help for employers

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