Recruiting our Students

Whether you are seeking to fill graduate and specialist roles or if you just need some help part-time, the Careers Service| can help you with your requirements. As well as their strong academic discipline, Royal Holloway students can bring their co-curricular experience - from publishing to event management, translation to entrepreneurship.

 

Raise your profile

There are plenty of opportunities to raise your profile to the student population.

• Our annual campus Careers Fair is attended by hundreds of high calibre students
• Reach up to 8,000 Royal Holloway or 120,000 University of London students on Job Online or International Job Online - register and log-in.
• Attend our Autumn or Spring part-time work fairs to market yourself to 1,500 students
• Target non-EU students through our International Careers Fair.
• Support our academic departmental work - from Management to Information Security.
• Advertise on printed materials through the Careers Service
• Advertise across The Careers Group colleges
• Run a bespoke skills session or presentation on campus
• Sponsor a student club or sports team - contact Mark Hyndman.
• Support Royal Holloway Community Action volunteers
• Engage with Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs
• Third party recruiters can advertise vacancies or attend our Recruitment Agency Fair

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Internships and project-based work

We target internships to specific departments to make sure you receive the right skills-set required by your organisation. The Careers Service has worked with trade organisations such as the South-East Health Technology Alliance |to match students to employers. We can host employer / student networking events on campus so you can meet directly with prospective interns.

We can support your recruitment to project-based work by targeting students with the skills required. Project based work may include bespoke web developments, laboratory experiments, market research or copy-writing. Contact us| to discuss your requirements. All internships, work experience and project-based work must comply with the national minimum wage requirements - there are exemptions| for some internships. We have a policy| on advertising unpaid work experience and a Code of Practice for employers|. 

 

Additional services

Through The Careers Group, University of London| we can provide

• Graduate pre-selection - fulfillment and pre-screening
• Outplacement services - cost effective careers support for out-going employees
• Advice on recruitment and selection processes
• Career development and coaching skills
• Advice on retention and making the most of graduate recruits
• Psychometric testing of candidates and advice on tests.

With The Careers Group we work with a wide variety of clients including the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Fitch Ratings, the NHS, Shell, HSBC, Cancer Research UK, Corporation of London and the British Medical Association.

 

Why Royal Holloway students?

• Ranked in the top research-led universities in the UK.
• Highest quality teaching and research in the three faculties of Science, Arts and History and Social Sciences.
  
• Students are flexible, quick to learn and interested in a wide variety of jobs.
• Wide range of skills and expertise.