Talent
and
recruitment

We'll help you find and develop your future leaders or build short-term capacity in your team. Our students and graduates have high-level skills, fresh thinking, and huge potential. By offering them work opportunities, you can help nurture their talent and bring new skills into your business.

Ready for work

Derby students and graduates are already experienced at using their knowledge to solve real business issues and problems, because we help them build practical and technical skills during their course. This means they can jump straight into your company and hit the ground running.

Here are the different ways you could bring student and graduate talent into your business:

Work experience and student projects

If you are not yet ready to invest in an intern or long-term placement, you could offer projects or work experience to students, and still benefit from their new ideas and innovative thinking.

Placements and internships

Add extra capacity to your team for several months or try out a promising student or graduate in your business: placements and internships can be a cost-effective way to do both.

Part-time or casual work

Our Student Employment Agency can help you find a suitable student or graduate to fill your casual or part-time roles. It offers very competitive rates.

Graduate vacancies

If you have a graduate-level vacancy you want to fill, or a graduate development programme, we can help. We offer a fully-managed recruitment service to ensure you get the right person.

Volunteering

Is your not-for-profit organisation or charity looking to recruit volunteers? If so, we can help you advertise your roles to thousands of students and graduates.

Share your knowledge

If you are ready to ‘give back’ and help students become more work-ready, there are lots of ways you can. By sharing your knowledge, you could also attract talent to your company.

Keith Cox, Director and Founder of Bloc Digital

The University of Derby is our first port-of-call for new talent. We have employed 15 graduates, hosted six students for their ‘year in industry’, and provided placements for a masters student and PhD students.

Keith Cox
Director and Founder, Bloc Digital
Surescreen

Fighting Covid with student and graduate talent

SureScreen Diagnostics became one of the first laboratories to create a Covid-19 ten-minute test, now used across the world. To cope with the demand for this product, we helped them find highly-skilled students and graduates to help assemble and distribute the kits.

Read the story about SureScreen hereRead the story about SureScreen here

One dedicated team

To discuss any of these options in more detail, please contact our Employer and Community Engagement team. Their job is to make it easy for you to access our student and graduate talent and they have lots of experience of working with organisations across many sectors. Find out more about this team.

Service Promise

We promise to listen to your requirements, offering you advice and guidance and a streamlined process to access the University of Derby’s excellent talent. You will receive a personalised service, responsive to your needs.