Benefits of the initiative:

Clarification of what Internships or placements should involve from the employers perspective
Creating awareness of recruitment timelines that work for both student and employer
What Recruitment Programmes are and why they work
Best practice for recruitment & retention of graduates (activity that employers need to be doing)
Clarification to industry exactly what skills a graduate will have (ie what they will know, both when qualified and at the different stages of their degree)

Impacts of the initiative:

Companies are taking more initiative in their long-term recruitment strategy. Companies realise the value of getting students working in their business before they actually graduate. To avail of this the IoT’s offer a function to advertise Part-Time work for engineering students so that companies can start creating relationships with potential talent early.

We are working on an initiative to get Cluster members utilising the “Final Year Project” as a tool to increase engagement with students and bring more relevance to their project.

ESE is working with some of the Cluster member companies on a series of lunch box talks where some of their staff will present to the engineering students themselves.

Companies involved: