Employers look for many qualities when they're thinking about giving you a job. Do you have energy and enthusiasm? Are you resourceful? Confident? Can you work with other people? Can you work on your own?
Because you have shown you coped with a number of difficult situations while on your Lattitude placement, you can demonstrate to graduate recruiters that you have both an international awareness and many of the kind of transferable 'soft' skills which they're looking for.
Lattitude 's Business Partnership Scheme was set up in 1989, and aims to make a useful contribution to the graduate recruitment programmes of business and industry, as well as offering young people access to personal development and career advice from world leading organisations.
We presently work with 10 of the UK's leading graduate recruiters to provide
you as a student with access to a portfolio of training, recruitment and consultancy advice throughout your years in higher education. Click
here for more information about our Business Partners.
Why join?
The most important benefit is that the organisations who belong to Lattitude's BPS recognise the long-term benefit of a placement with Lattitude Global Volunteering. Our partners understand the kind of experience and learning you will have undergone with Lattitude , so it is important to identify your placement clearly.
There are a number of links with the partners from the time you return from your placement overseas until well after you graduate. Membership is free and will entitle you to access the following portfolio of benefits:
- Internship Programme -opportunity to apply for Internships and vacation placements with selected organisations
- Sector Open Days - find out more about a career in banking, retail, management and many more
- Lattitude Student Mentoring Scheme - one-to-one advice for penultimate and final-year students
- Graduate Recruitment - get a step ahead of your peers by having your name put forward to our Business Partners
In addition, our partners post information about their university visits, vacation placements and graduate recruitment deadlines which can be linked to via this site – allowing you quick and easy access to the programmes they are offering.
By joining the scheme, your details can be passed on to the partners who may contact you directly with information about various opportunities. As recruitment becomes more and more competitive, this is a fantastic opportunity to make direct contact with someone who already knows something about you.
If you would like further information about joining the scheme or would like to update your details please contact Liz McKenna Lattitude 's volunteer co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0)118 956 2908
Alternatively, please log in to
my lattitude and follow the instructions to update your details online - you can join the scheme at any time.