Employability Skills and Placement Services

Programme development

• Advising you on programme features for university placements for international and UK students
• Outlining how services will be administered in concert with the university’s employability or careers team
• Holding workshops with faculty stakeholders to agree on priorities, outcomes, and best practices
• Creating links between universities, employers, and students
• Building a reporting structure and other shared information protocols
• Writing an industry-specific Guide for Programme Leaders
• Composing a Learner Agreement 

Personalised employability skills and training

• Personalised one-to-one engagement, support, and advisory services 
• Preparing students with industry-specific workplace skills 
• Workshops to help students write better CVs and cover letters, boost their interview skills, build digital profiles, and search for roles online
• Training to help students come across as more professional with employers
• Providing industry-specific employment guides, for example on professional email writing, post-interview reflection, and the STAR technique
• Ongoing advice and back-up with applications
• Co-hosting employment events with the university 

Employer engagement 

• Developing contacts with employers and building lasting relationships across different industrial sectors 
• Source internships and placements with Twin employers and networks
• Broker relationships with employers or recruiters providing suitable roles
• Leverage the university’s existing network of employers, and grow connections that lead to placements
• Provide extra assistance to international students needing permission to work and advocacy with employers
• Publish placement roles to the general cohort or individual students
• Create marketing materials highlighting how placements benefit students, employers, and the university

Placement administration and marketing

• Supporting student placements once these are in the process 
• Manage the placement process, including all documentation between student, employer, and university
• Clarify and communicate student and employer responsibilities regarding the placement
• Create case studies and student profiles to boost the university’s marketing material 

Placement monitoring

• Monitor and report on placements already in progress 
• Overseeing placed students to ensure academic or visa compliance, to match the university’s instructions
• Regular monitored calls or reports with students to log their progress
• Guiding students and employers should issues arise
• Regular employer visits and inspections