• How a student can help you

► How a student can help you

Charlotte Wraith (runner-up in 2012 Student Employee of the Year - Off Campus Award) an excellent example of what a student employee can offer you. Her nominator, Jo Parkes at Teach First says:

"Charlotte has consistently gone above and beyond what anyone could have expected of her... Her phenomenal organisation and marketing brought about the biggest ever attendance for our "Milkround" presentation"

Students can play a vital role in your business.  These are a few things that you can expect from a student employee.

• Intelligent staff with specialist skills

  Adding a bright, capable individual to your workplace, even just on a part-time basis, can have a big impact on your business, increasing capacity and output.

• Excellent IT skills

  Most students will have great IT skills and will generally be familiar with Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint as the basics.

• Availability when you need them

  Students can work part-time hours, during the day, evening or at weekends in term-time and they are available full-time over vacations. They can help you to cover shifts when other members of the workforce are unavailable.

• Ability and aptitude

  Enthusiastic and hard working, today’s students are motivated to work, they need to gain skills and experience which will help them to succeed in the competitive graduate employment market.

• Access the latest research and new ideas

  Having someone new around the office with innovative ideas and latest thinking stimulates creativity and a fresh pair of eyes with a different view point can add a new dimension to your business.

• Try before you buy

  Student employees can grow and develop with your business. If you like them and they like you why not employ them when they graduate, saving the high recruitment costs that are often associated with graduate recruitment.