Working in small businesses
Looking for jobs in a small business?
Find out about working for small businesses
Small organisations can be a key source of undergraduate and graduate employment. We can help you look for jobs in small businesses through our:
- Graduate jobs database
- Student Employment Agency
Advantages of working for a small business
- Provides the opportunity to make a real impact on the success of the company.
- You are more likely to learn about all aspects of running a business.
- More contact with senior members of staff.
- Performance will be recognised early and advancement can be quick.
- You are more likely to get to know everyone in the company, which may be socially rewarding.
Opportunities to work in a small business
- Part-time work. Many advertise opportunities through the Student Employment Agency or directly in office or shop windows or by word of mouth.
- Work experience. STEP offers opportunities on both a national and local basis. They also advertise vacation work experience directly.
- Graduate recruitment. Hot Prospects handles graduate recruitment into many small East Midlands businesses.
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP). KTPs offer structured work and learning, linking university departments with a small business for a specific piece of project work, supervised jointly by a manager and an academic.
