Over the years, Birmingham City Business School has placed thousands of our students within forward-thinking businesses locally and nationally – and the results have been outstanding.
We work with small firms, medium companies, leading corporations and top industry bodies.
The benefits to any company from employing placement students from Birmingham City Business School can be significant.
Our students are highly motivated, eager to learn and can bring new ideas and specialist knowledge to your business in exchange for practical experience.
Placements provide a low-risk method of recruiting the right employee, by offering employers an opportunity to identify talented individuals as potential permanent employees. Placements are also a very flexible way of meeting staffing needs at a lower cost.
Employers who recruit a placement student and offer quality work experience can derive enormous benefit from both the student and the University.
Some of the benefits employers can enjoy by offering work placements to our students include:
- Inject fresh and innovative ideas from ambitious individuals
- Increase your workforce without long-term commitments
- A cost-effective and flexible solution to your recruitment needs
- An extra resource with additional skills, to focus on specific projects
- An opportunity to evaluate potential new employees
- Awareness of the latest research through closer links with the university
- Enhancement of company image and raising profile with students
- Creating links with Birmingham City Business School for future collaboration