Paying interns – why does it even matter?

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A recent poll conducted by Step found that 41% of respondents believe work experience is the most important asset in being able to secure a graduate job. So if a company is willing to offer this valuable experience and a young person is willing to complete the work and not get paid then everyone’s a…

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From Step placement to finalist of undergraduate of the year! – Amrit

Amrit is a Business Management student from The University of Birmingham. For his placement year he joined Allegion (UK) Ltd. Amrit has recently made the final of the ACCA Future CFO Undergraduate of the Year competition. I saw the initial vacancy on my University’s career page and applied straight away. After reviewing my CV, Tamsin…

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Personal Development and Industry Experience – Andrew

Andrew is an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate from the University of Plymouth who has recently completed an internship as a Graduate Electronic Designer for a company based in Cornwall. He has recently accepted a permanent position with the company. Andrew attended the University of Plymouth as a mature student with a background in auto…

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Putting Theory into Practice – Hanif

Hanif is an Electronic Engineering graduate from Queen Mary, University of London. He has recently completed a Automation and Electronics internship and has since been taken on permanently in the role  After graduating with a MEng in Electronics Engineering 2.1 Class (Hons), I jumped eagerly into applying for jobs within my chosen field. For whatever reason I…

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You know more than you think you do – Rebecca

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Rebecca is a Fine Art New Media graduate from the University of Southampton. She recently completed an internship in Social Media / Digital Marketing with Sea Island Coffee.  When I was a teenager I was adamant I was going to be a Disneyland princess; singing, dancing and waving from the big floats, the whole shebang. Alas my voice…

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The fascinating field of digital forensics – Beth

Beth is an English Literature graduate from the University of Edinburgh. She has recently completed a graduate business internship at Create Intelligence, a specialist provider of data-analytics solutions to law enforcement, government, and defence agencies. Originally Create came to Step to find an intern to help out with product testing and training coordination. Beth was…

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Reflections on our Spring Campus tour – Careers Fair FAQ

We are coming to the end of our spring campus tour and boy have we been busy.  In the last couple of weeks, we’ve travelled up and down the country visiting the likes of the universities of Birmingham, Lancaster, Loughborough, Manchester and Man Met (both in one day which tested my capacity to be in…

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Our 30 year story

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For those of you who don’t already know, Step was actually established way back in 1986 following a conversation between staff in Durham Business School and the far-sighted team in Shell UK’s social investment department, hence the acronym  Shell Technology Enterprise Programme. While the idea of placing students to undertake business-critical projects in small businesses…

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How internships can help with innovation, growth and diversity

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Just 10 years ago, the idea of an intern was associated with a privileged & well connected few spending part of their summer vacation doing unpaid jobs in the city, at law firms or working as parliamentary aids at Westminster. But this is no longer the case.  Companies of all shapes and sizes are now…

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Dealing with the crocodiles nearest to the boat – Fay

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Fay is a business and management student from Brunel University who recently completed an undergraduate internship as a project manager for CA Support Services Project Management was always something I enjoyed, and I realised after assisting and managing a variety of projects at university, that this was certainly a field I wanted to expand my…

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