no unpaid internships
no recruitment fees
No more barriers
select your
Customer Type
- Uni Student or Grad
- Business
- Educators
Tern Heads
Value Proposition
UNI STUDENTS
AND GRADUATES
Requirements:
- Industry experience or junior job positions
- Help with self-promotion and portfolios
- Exposure to potential employers
- A sense of community and support after graduation
Challenges:
- Unaware of opportunities for jobs and experience
- It’s hard to stand out - especially with no experience
- Can’t afford to work for free or commute out of town
- It’s difficult to get feedback from busy professionals
Solutions:
- Search our directory for opportunities across the UK
- Showcase your work in a space exclusive to juniors
- All our internship & job ads are paid at least minimum wage
- Use our forum to reach out to professionals and peers
Tern Heads
Value Proposition
BUSINESSES
Requirements:
- A junior or intern
- Fresh perspectives or skillset for the business
- To give something back to young creatives
- Contribute more to education
Challenges:
- Hate commission or extension fees
- Employment law & pension contributions are confusing
- It’s expensive and time consuming to find new staff
- Limited or no connections with UK Universities
Solutions:
- No commission or extension fees & payroll service available
- Quality candidates of Uni level training
- One integrated & affordable place to find junior staf
- Access to portfolios & Uni collaborations all year round
Tern Heads
Value Proposition
UNIVERSITY
CAREERS TEAMS
Requirements:
- To ensure all students gain experience and jobs in industry
- To ensure we teach skills sought a er by industry
- A better way to manage industry collaborations
- A faster way to build relationships with national businesses
Challenges:
- Limited relationships with businesses & opportunities
- Very time consuming to build industry relationships
- Ensuring quality of industry projects & privacy of students
- Funding cuts have affected employability drives
Solutions:
- Students can gain exposure in a space dedicated to them
- Collaboration ads can quickly find professional volunteers
- Upload any legal terms or brief templates to ensure quality
- Get national reach with our UK business database
3 areas of friction in
the employment journey
We make it easier for businesses to find fresh talent and visa versa!
Scope
Industry collaboration and graduate show attendance may differ depending on a university's advertising method and budget.
Connections between universities and businesses can be difficult to establish and commit to if they are too rigid.
Our Solution: The ability to establish partnerships across the whole of the UK in a way that is suitable for all parties.
Cost
Budget cuts have hit careers teams and graduate shows hard, leaving some students to organise and fund events themselves.
Pair this with the rise in unpaid internships, and the transition costs from education to industry become even higher.
Our Solution: All internship and job Ads posted on this site must be paid at least UK national minimum wage to ensure all candidates get equal access to opportunities.
Exposure
Most creative job sites are open to all experience levels meaning it is harder for students and graduates to stand out from the crowd.
Our Solution: A portfolio site which lets everybody's work speak for itself and removes biased or irrelevant filters.
We make it easier for businesses to reach out to candidates who suit their team dynamic and client needs.
What are the benefits
of hosting paid internships?
The world is an expensive place and not everyone is blessed with financial support as they strive to start their creative career.
Paid interns are focused interns
The less time they spend worrying about how they are going to pay their next rent bill means the more time they can relax and focus on delivering great work for you and your clients.
Find your next permanent employee
Internships are a fantastic way to ‘try before you buy’ and invest in a new member of staff. You can assess how they fit with your current team and scrutinise their work ethic – all while avoiding hefty recruitment fees.
A better pool of candidates
Deciding not to fund your internship immediately cuts the number of passionate, creative, and hungry applicants who might apply. You need to ask yourself – Do I want the richest candidates or the best candidates?
Expand your services
Interns from multiple sectors can offer fresh perspectives and technology skills which could help to expand your current service offering.
Upskill your current team
Managing junior staff will upskill your existing team and prepare them for future management and acquisition roles.
Ultimately your company dynamic should reflect the diverse nature of the markets you are designing for in order to stay fresh and successful at what you do.
The Industry Stats
YOU CAN HELP US TO ADDRESS:
DESIGN MOST POPULAR Course - BUT ONLY 25%
of GRADs BECOME DESIGNERS
HOPE: Design is in high demand
& growing, generating £85.2bn
since 2015.
DESIGN HAS A
DIVERSITY CHALLENGE
yet 63% of students are female.
Senior roles = 12% minority
groups and 17% women.
HOPE: Paid internships allow
all candidates equal access
to job opportunities.
DESIGN GENERATES SIGNIFICANT VALUE FOR LOCAL & REGIONAL ECONOMIES
HOPE: Regional growth has
increased due to more agencies becoming multi-discipline
outside of London.
DESIGN IS NO LONGER CONFINED TO THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY
HOPE: Investment in design
has helped firms increase sales, turnover, competitiveness,
brand recognition & loyalty.
Corporate investment is
expected to grow.
👉 Source: The Design Council: Design Economy Report 2018.
Authors: Sally Benton, Stephen Miller and Sophie Reid.
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