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Celebrating our 3rd birthday with over 1,300 internships!

January 30th, 2012

London’s leading graduate internship recruitment agency is celebrating their 3rd birthday this month. In three years Inspiring Interns have successfully created over 1,300 internships for unemployed graduates. Over 65% of these internships have lead to new, permanent jobs and the majority of the remainder have gone on to secure permanent work elsewhere as a result of their additional experience.

Inspiring Interns had a very exciting year last year.  Our expanding business took on six new members of staff, five of who started as interns themselves. As we grew we needed somewhere bigger and better to house our budding team.  We bid a sad goodbye to our old office which has been our home from day one and moved down the road to our new headquarters. Our new office houses two candidate interview rooms so we can help twice as many graduates into jobs every day.

Last year saw us celebrate the publication of our careers guidebook Brilliant Intern which provides practical and meaningful advice to help graduates find and make the most of their internships.

We announced a wonderful new partnership with Job Centre Plus and the Work Experience Programme towards the end of the year to help support graduates who want to undertake an internship. Thanks to the partnership, interns are able to receive JSA (normally £53.45 a week) for a minimum of eight weeks during their internship. When graduates would otherwise be job hunting this scheme allows them to gain invaluable work experience at no additional cost. With this added work experience the likelihood of them getting a paid graduate role is highly increased, along with their employability due to their newfound awareness of a commercial setting.

An internship bridges the gap between student life and the working world – it is a vocational learning experience which provides graduates with practical experience, valuable skills and a network of contacts to increase a graduate’s understanding of an industry. Inspiring Interns founder and CEO Ben Rosen explains;

“Internships are a great tool to allow companies to minimise their risk when hiring inexperienced staff, while giving graduates the opportunity to create and earn positions that may not have been there without the internship. A three month placement gives the intern the chance to learn lots of new hands-on skills and make themselves indispensible, and therefore move into permanent employment.”

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Don’t be disheartened by unemployment figures

January 19th, 2012

The recent unemployment figures may make grim reading for job hunters and those poised to leave university but the view from Inspiring Interns is that there are innovative solutions to these disheartening statistics.

The latest survey by the Office for National Statistics revealed unemployment figures have risen to 2.68 million in the three months to November 2011.  The unemployment rate for young people was 22.3%, up 1% from the three months to August 2011 with a total of 1.04 million 16 to 24 year olds out of work.

The UK’s jobless are losing hope for the future with the number of people unemployed for over one year reaching 857,000 in the three months to November 2011. Research conducted by The Prince’s Trust found that unemployed young people are feeling less confident about the future than they did this time last year.

With job losses in the public sector likely to continue, the Government must make every effort to help the private sector and SMEs to create more jobs. The key to reviving the job market is to focus on enhancing the right skills and considering roles in growing sectors and newer industries.

In our experience most success has been found in newer industries which often complement many graduates’ personal interests. Areas such as mobile technology and digital marketing offer potential for swift progression when compared to more traditional professions and also allow university leavers to draw on familiar skills, such as knowledge of social media.

Inspiring Interns are championing graduate internships as a new and successful approach to encouraging small business to hire university leavers and getting graduates into work. Their model – a three month placement with minimum lunch and travel expenses, with a view to permanent graduate job – has seen over 1,300 graduates complete internships in the London area in the last three years, with 65% of them going on to secure full-time work with their host company. Inspiring Interns CEO and founder Ben Rosen believes that internships are the perfect model to get graduates into meaningful work.

“An internship provides that stepping stone between student life and the working world – it is a vocational learning experience that more often than not will lead to a job.”

Rosen also explains the benefit for employers;

“Internships offer employers the chance to hire someone on potential rather than experience. A three month internship period allows them to offer the intern training and the chance to observe them in the workplace before committing to taking them on permanently. This limits their risk and allows them to take a candidate on who they would not have otherwise.”

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Our 10 most popular blog posts of 2011

December 29th, 2011

As the end of the year fast approaches, we would like to give you a quick run down of our best blog posts of 2011.

Take a look below for our most viewed blogs of this year combining a variety of topics including; graduate and student news, current affairs, careers advice, case studies and all topped off with some Inspiring office antics.

1. The weirdest job interview questions

Do you have an interview coming up and have no clue what they are going to ask you? Find out the oddest interview questions that have been used by some of the biggest multi-national companies. Read more

2. Why National Minimum Wage does not mean a fair deal for interns

Nick Clegg launched his social mobility strategy this year and announced that the Government would be doing more to ensure internships are open for all.  We give our opinions on the importance of raising the standards of internships for all but why enforcing NMW for every single internship is neither appropriate nor necessarily beneficial for interns themselves. Read more

3. 9 ways to beat those ‘graduate blues’

Are you at the stage between leaving university and finding out what you want to do next and feeling slightly lost? Here are 9 tips on how to deal with this normal reaction to graduating from university. Read more

4. What is a Digital Marketing Executive?

Companies are increasingly realising the importance of digital marketing in enhancing their business thus creating many new career paths and job titles. We catch up with a digital marketing intern Joe Kiddle to find out what the role entails. Read more

5. A graduate guide to LinkedIn

LinkedIn serves as an online CV and allows you to connect with friends, colleagues and companies in professional capacity.  The value of LinkedIn is immeasurable however it is not being used effectively enough by graduates during the job hunt. This blog post offers advice on how to set up your own LinkedIn account and how to actively update it. Read more

6. Graduate unemployment figures highest in over a decade

It was reported back in January that one in five of those who have left university in the past year are unable to find work within six months. The report from the Office for National Statistics suggests graduates have been hit hardest by the economic downturn. Read more

7. The big office move!

This year we said a sad farewell to our old office and moved down the road to our new headquarters. We documented the move in pictures from the emptying of the old office to the building of the new. Have a nose through the final office pictures here.

8. The alternative to graduate schemes 2011

Graduate schemes are highly desirable for many university leavers and there are plenty of benefits if you are accepted onto one. However, with record numbers of students graduating this year, competition for these schemes is high. We have put together some alternative ways to land a graduate job that can be an equally, if not more, rewarding step onto the career ladder. Read more

9. Graduates are working in low skilled jobs

It was reported earlier this year that university leavers are increasingly taking menial jobs that do not require a degree.  New statistics published by the Association of Accounting Technicians reveals that 40% of last year’s graduates are ‘underemployed’ in lower-skilled jobs six months after leaving university. Read More

10. Cheap and cheerful Christmas presents – guest blog

One of our guest bloggers, Sara Royle offers her tips on how to buy Christmas presents on a minimal budget ensuring your nearest and dearest get lovely gifts, and that you can still afford to pay that dreaded winter heating bill. Useful if you need a late present! Read More

Happy New Year from the Inspiring Team!

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Consolidate your skills with an IT internship

December 20th, 2011

Many graduates undertake internships to gain a better understanding of what industry they would like to work in. Most IT graduates, however, will have a firm idea of the sector they want to move into because they have studied a vocational subject.

You might then wonder why an IT or a computer science graduate might undertake an internship. We caught up with Amit Lalani (AL), a University of Westminster graduate in Information Systems, and Jared Johnson (JJ), who graduated in Computer Science from the University of Brighton, to find out how their internships – which they found through Inspiring Interns – helped them start their working lives.  Amit has completed an internship at an exciting start-up operating in the high-end travel and tourism market and as a result earned himself a graduate job at the same company.  Jared is currently undertaking an internship in web development for a cutting-edge software company.

Hi Amit and Jared, thanks for talking to us. Firstly, did you work on one specific project during your internship or on lots of different areas?

AL: As the company I interned with was a start-up, I was involved in different areas of the business. This ranged from supporting users on IT-related issues to writing small scripts to enhance the experience of the user. Every day was different.

JJ: I currently have no specific project in my internship, however I will be working on a Sainsbury’s project in the new year.

Amit, did your internship help you secure a permanent graduate job?

AL: Yes, my internship gave me a chance to showcase my skills, which contributed to me being offered a full time role by the company.

To what extent have you used the skills you learnt at university in the workplace (and have they developed during the internship)?

AL: As I was in an internship that required technical skills, the experience I gained at university helped ease the transition into the workplace. During the internship I got to communicate with a range of different people from various departments which helped me to develop my communication styles depending on the type of person I was talking to. Also, being involved in different aspects of the business gave me valuable experience into how the overall business operates.

JJ: I have not been using a lot of my skills from university, rather I have been learning new skills and programming languages such as XSL and the software which the company uses.

Aside from Inspiring Interns, where else did you look for internships / jobs?

AL: The usual places: Milkround, Totaljobs, Monster

JJ: I had interviews at several companies before coming to Inspiring Interns. However Inspiring Interns offered roles which were the best fit for my profile.

Thank you very much to Amit and Jared! If you are interested in doing a graduate IT internship then check out our vacancies here.

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A room of one’s own: coping with moving back home post-university – guest blog

November 15th, 2011

Written by guest blogger Olivia O’Brien.

For most graduates, moving back home feels less like a convenient arrangement and more like a living nightmare. Gone are the days of cooking pizza in the early hours, having last minute house parties, and leaving cups around the house to grow impressive mould that looks like what can only be described as a national forest.

But are these changes such a bad thing?

Although we all like to believe that university is a place for us to grow, learn and develop as young adults, we are probably less house trained post-higher education than we were as freshers. So relish the fact that moving back home reminds you that washing up liquid does exist and that a Hoover is not part of an extravagant ghost busters costume but instead cleans your carpets. Enjoy living in a nice, comfortable, and draft free home once again and take pride in your personal space. Re-decorate your bedroom, create a replica of your university digs within those four walls and own them. It’s that place you can go to when it all gets too much.

You might have also noticed that the mundane such as forgetting to put the lid back on the biscuit tin or not picking your sister up from school sits at the forefront of conversations at home. It’s a far cry from “I have never” and “Ring of Fire” on a Friday night right? So change them. The only way to deal with boredom is either stimulate your surroundings, or alter them. But with very little cash flow as a graduate, trips to the cinema or nights out are hard to fund, so think about ways to bond with your parents. Watch a film together or even dust off the monopoly-you’d be surprised at how much fun you can have with a board and a couple of counters.

Another thing you might have noticed dwindling as you say goodbye to the summer months and days spent leisurely working at Wimbledon, is your parent’s patience. Although they may be the most understanding of parents, you will soon enough see a glimmer of resentment in their eye as they’ve funded your education and you’ve ended up still at home watching Jeremy Kyle three months down the line. In your mind, you’ve spent months scouring the internet for internships, grad schemes and potential post grad courses. In their mind, they’re funding a continuation of your lazy university lifestyle. So what you need to do is show them your progress. Let them take a look at your most recent application, show them your personal statement or CV­- I can guarantee they’ll be more than impressed with your achievements so far, dispersing any potential animosity.

And if you are looking to pursue a creative career such as journalism, publishing or entertainment, do not waste your time sitting at home scouring every inch of your town for paid work with nothing in return but cash; start writing a blog of your own. It’s something that ultimately represents you, something that a bog standard CV is missing and something that employers will appreciate. Not only this, get volunteering or help out with an event in your community. Although this might not seem to be directly linked to your chosen career, your CV will be padded out with things that show that you are not a time waster and you possess initiative; something that every employer is looking for.

Last but not least, do not feel disappointed in yourself that you’ve moved back home after three years of fun. Yes, lots of people are able to move out straight away and yes, way back when people were likely to leave home before the end of their teenage years, but like fashion, times are constantly changing. You should embrace it. When you were at university living on canned goods, I guarantee that all you wanted was a home cooked meal. Now is your chance to have one every evening.

So make yours and everybody else’s life a little bit easier and pick up that wet towel off the floor. It might not be a huge deal to you, but you not going out on a week night isn’t important to your parents either. There’s a gap which will have been created since you left home that needs to be bridged and it’s all about compromise. Once you’ve got that down, life living at home will be a breeze.

Don’t stop dreaming about that penthouse looking out over London however; it’s just around the corner. I promise.

You can read Olivia’s own blog here or follow her on Twitter @LondonLadybird

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Glistening path of opportunity – guest blog

November 10th, 2011

Guest blog by Zara Kenton, creator of Designer District.

Zara Kenton, creator of Designer District, has kindly written a guest blog for us. It’s an interesting account of the struggle some interns face to make headway in the fashion industry. It is worth pointing out none of the internships she completed were found through Inspiring Interns, but they serve as a good warning for people looking to get into this highly competitive industry that there are some companies who act unscrupulously when hiring interns.

I have done approximately 9 internships since leaving university, some of which I loved, others which I thought would destroy me!

If you’re in fashion like me, you can end up hating fashion for a good proportion of each day- god I can tell you stories! Days where I would come home in tears after being told ‘Interns can’t use the sugar’. I’ve sat amongst a mountain of clothes in a press cupboard on my own for 7 hours each day, oh and then there where countless days of lugging three suitcases of clothing returns across town, back to their respective PRs.

I worried about ever getting paid to do anything in the industry when there is a mammoth queue of little misses ready and willing to give their services and souls free of charge just like me. These are the insecurities I had.

After nearly two years of interning, I realised that there is a precious silver lining to the momentary storm. It comes in the form of future success. Spurred on by my family, creative impulses and constant frugality, I persisted with every unpaid role a big brand offered me, took every opportunity to network and kept smiling. The experiences I gained throughout my internship journey provided me with credibility, experience and determination.

Working in the head offices of brands such as More Magazine, Damaris, Topshop, New Look, Dorothy Perkins, and The Observer, as well as freelancing for two high-end beauty brands, and a fashion events company, I gained an enormous amount of experience and skills, learning everything from gaining credible PR, creating award winning campaigns, organizing successful fashion shows and events, along with working with the most successful social media company in Europe.

This year, I used the skills I gained during my internships, followed by a hard dose of slog, and created my own company: Designer District.

The purpose of Designer District is to help talented designers take their first steps into the fashion industry. It provides all the help and support for new and emerging designers to help them become their own established and recognised label. Using the contacts I built up from internships and freelance roles, in addition to the models, photographers and industry experts I met along the way, Designer District is able to provide PR coverage and management, along with creating and shooting portfolios, an online marketplace for buyers to browse collections, and showcase upcoming collections on the catwalk to key industry figures.

If you’d like to read more about Designer District, please visit my website www.designerdistrict.co.uk, I am always looking for talented photographers, models and make-up artists to work with, as well as designers so if you’d like to contact me, just email info@designerdistrict.co.uk and you can also follow me on twitter @DesignerDstrict

Graduate internships can be a tough slog, but if used in the right way, can be stepping-stones to really fantastic possibilities!

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Weird and wonderful internships overseas – guest blog

August 19th, 2011

Written by guest blogger Caroline Apichella.

‘So I spent my summer internship lurking in the hall near the file cabinet. I read most of the things that were in the file cabinet, including some interesting memos that were marked ”top secret” and ”eyes only.” The file cabinet was right next to the men’s room, where one day the speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, got locked in. Had I not been nearby, he might be there still.’

-          Nora Ephron “All the Presidents Girls”, New York Times (2003)

Right-on Nora, interns might not be working at desks or calling the shots like we all secretly hope we will, but how many 20-something women in 1961 were in the White house?

As an intern- hunter in search of work experience next Christmas— my last Christmas as an undergraduate— I’m on a mission to find an equally wow internship like Ephron’s, but what am I looking for? And what is on offer to people like me?

I’ve been doing my research, and there are 3 internships which thoroughly excite the potential traveller, eccentric and philanthropist in me.

Roman Holiday

Law-firms and media offices like the BBC receive high levels of applicants, but let’s look at some bigger offices offering work-experience. Take the Vatican for instance. Any serious intern- hunters will already know about this one.

It surely is an exceptional opportunity for lovers of Roman architecture, religion and beauty. I for one adore the Baroque wonder that is the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Imagine working in the Vatican archives or the Vatican publishing house?

However off putting writers and film makers have presented the Vatican, the place is a modern centre for young academics and scholars. The Vatican Studies Center established a series of internship opportunities, bringing a youthful and forward-looking aspect to the vast establishment.

For example, interns launched the Vatican’s YouTube channel and created a virtual tour of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, which can be viewed online today. http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

But if Rome isn’t for you there are other options.

Night at The Museum

This month in HuffPost College, the paper highlighted unusual and ‘weird’ internships which are offered, with genuine prerequisites including ‘being weird’ and ‘having a taste for fun’.

Last year General Manager Michael Hirsch of Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum opened a new internship programme. He explained that the placement was open to those who enjoy the extraordinary and the strange: ‘If the idea of earning college credit in the world’s best tourism market while being surrounded by shrunken heads, a lock of Elvis’s hair, and 500 other amazing artefacts, look no further.

The placement is in the Center of New York in Times Square, and despite the gaga rudiments they require, this sounds like an exciting and challenging venture.

Of course, these placements are impressive, but I was truly inspired by another internship which I discovered recently. This one is for the adventurer.

Love in Nepal

Rome and New York are two internship hubs, but in the mountains of Nepal there is perhaps the most extraordinary internship for a dedicated and strong- willed intern.

In the Himalayan setting of Nepal, The Asend: Mountainchild presents a 30 day placement emphasizing sustainable development work. It aims to empower a new generation of local Tibetans with the skills necessary to bring lasting transformation to their people and villages.

In short, “it exists for the sole purpose of raising awareness, resources and financial aid for humanitarian work carried out amongst children living in the Himalayas.”

It is a physically demanding, high- altitude trek in extremely basic conditions.

So if like Nora Ephron, you seek an internship with a fizz, these are just three options among a world of opportunities. Soon I will be interviewing three interns from London, New York and Hong Kong, asking them about their experiences.  Meantime, take a look at http://www.inspiringinterns.com/ for even more ideas for out-of-the ordinary graduate internships.

If you are interested in writing a guest blog post for Inspiring Interns then email us at marketing@inspiringinterns.com

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Inspiring Interns celebrate placing their 1000th intern

August 3rd, 2011

With hundreds of thousands of new graduates flooding an already crowded employment market, the media is traditionally heavy with dire warnings about young jobseekers’ lack of prospects at this time of year. Fortunately, one start-up company in London is helping buck this trend. Inspiring Interns are celebrating creating 1000 graduate internships since being founded in January 2009, with over 600 of these leading to new, permanent jobs.

It is an impressive success story against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment and a suspicion among employers that hiring inexperienced workers in the current climate is too big a risk. With graduates trapped in the ‘need experience to get a job, need a job to get experience’ vicious circle, Inspiring Interns CEO and founder Ben Rosen believes that internships are the perfect model to get graduates into meaningful work.

“The employment market is currently saturated, not just with those immediately out of university but by people with over a year’s experience under their belt. Graduates are finding that they simply cannot compete in these conditions and as such remain unemployed or find menial work that does not make best use of their education.

“An internship gives them the chance to learn practical skills which will impress potential employers, as well as make useful industry contacts and even earn themselves a full-time job.”

Interestingly, Inspiring Interns have found most success in newer industries which often complement many graduates’ personal interests. Areas such as mobile technology and digital marketing offer potential for swift progression when compared to more traditional professions and also allow university leavers to draw on familiar skills, such as knowledge of social media.

Having reached the 1000 intern mark independently, Inspiring Interns are now calling on the Government to do more to support internships and help create jobs for graduates. Commenting on the recent launch of BIS’s Common Best Practice Code for High Quality Internships, Ben Rosen said,

“It is encouraging to see the Coalition engaging with internships and attempting to offer some guidance to business. However we would like to see them create some genuine measures, such as allowing companies to redirect National Insurance payments to internship programmes, in order to support what is now a proven model for combating graduate unemployment.”

Having reached the 1000 mark, Rosen is unequivocal in his vision for Inspiring Interns. “2000 is next! There are still tens of thousands of graduates looking for work and thousands of companies who are unaware of the benefit hungry young talent can bring to their organisation. Inspiring Interns is committed to bringing the two together, creating jobs and boosting business.”

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Starting your career in public relations – guest blog

May 27th, 2011

By Hollie Rendall, Young Women in Media.

Breaking into the fast-paced PR sector is not the easiest of tasks and is renowned for being an extremely competitive industry.

To help you find the best route into the industry, we at Young Women in Media hold monthly sessions which often take the form of a panel discussion with experts on a particular sector related to the media. While previous sessions have included radio and journalism, our latest was on public relations and covered how to get into PR and develop your skills, what type of PR to go for, and how work experience and internships can help kick off your career.

We were lucky to be joined by some women with huge amounts of experience of working in financial, entertainment and film PR, and had a discussion chaired by the features editor of PR Week, Kate Magee. We started with some facts:

  • 70% of people working in public relations are female, 30% are male.
  • But this ratio reverses when you look to management positions in PR; 30% are female.
  • The industry has been perceived as having a problem with unpaid internships which last longer than six months, lack proper structure and do not lead to permanent jobs.  These types of internships have given some sought-after companies a bad reputation for taking advantage.

It was agreed that the ways into PR have changed drastically in recent years – our panellists got in though various routes, including: joining a financial services company after leaving school and eventually moving across to the press office; doing work experience for Planet Hollywood; and doing a degree in film and gradually moving into publicity after helping with film festivals. The fact is degrees or masters in PR didn’t really exist until recently, and this means that the usual method of starting a career in PR has changed drastically in a short space of time.

The panel unanimously said that work experience and personality is more important than qualifications – although some competitive internships now require a post-graduate qualification in public relations. It was pointed out that the experience of university, or a job completely unrelated to media relations, can be turned to a potential PR’s advantage as there are several transferrable skills you need. Being calm under pressure, good at writing and an excellent communicator are just some of these. Public relations is about promoting your clients, but it’s also about protecting them when something goes wrong – a good PR has to do both equally well.

Social media is a new development that is crucial for PR and important for anyone thinking about entering the industry. The use of social media can hugely amplify a campaign’s success, but it can also broadcast negative comments about a product or company to the world.

Tips for people looking to enter PR

  • Pick a sector – although the subject matter can vary massively, from working with consumer goods to doing crisis communications for large corporations, a lot of the skills needed in PR are the same. Research the options and perhaps try work experience in a couple of different areas to see what appeals.
  • Decide between agency and in-house – our panel agreed that for starting off in PR, getting agency experience is key. Whilst the pay may initially be lower, the experience you’ll get is invaluable – and agencies often have a great social life, too.
  • Get the knowledge you need – in most interviews you have at an entry level for PR, you’ll be asked about the media you consume on a daily basis. Read newspapers, become a Twitter aficionado, and also make sure you’re looking at PR Week to show you know about the industry and what’s happening.
  • Get experience – most agencies offer work experience placements to those showing genuine potential and willingness to learn. Well structured internships with a focus on learning, such as those offered by Inspiring Interns are a fantastic way to get in-depth experience and build your contacts book.
  • Be committed – show that you mean business by doing work experience, making contacts and following up with those people afterwards. The same goes for any journalists you speak to, and any contacts you have will really impress subsequent interviewers or bosses.
  • Make yourself invaluable – during work experience or internships, get involved with as much as you can. Put yourself forward for brainstorms, chat to senior people and show how much you care about the work you’re doing. If a company has a lot of work experience, make sure you stand out from the crowd.

If you’re a young woman looking to get into PR, you may also be interested in joining Young Women in Media. Our sessions are informal and our members range from students to women with around 5 years’ experience. You can contact us through workinginmedia.wordpress.com

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Cameron and Clegg clash over internships

April 27th, 2011

This weekend saw a public row over comments by David Cameron that appear to contradict his deputy’s policy on internships.

The Prime Minister admitted in interview to recently giving work experience to a neighbour’s son. Cameron defended the allocation of internships to his friends’ children and said he was “very relaxed” about the situation and that he would go on offering work experience based on “all sorts of contacts”.

The remarks appeared to undermine Nick Clegg’s policies for improving social mobility, unveiled earlier this month. Clegg’s policy focuses on ending the nepotism connected to internships and opening up internships to everyone not just the “well-connected”. He urged companies to ensure all internships are transparently advertised giving young people fair access to all professions.

Over the weekend Clegg admitted he disagreed with Cameron. “I’m not relaxed about this at all,” he said. “It just can’t be right that plum internships are decided by who you know, not what you know.” He added, “That doesn’t mean parents shouldn’t constantly strive to get the best for their children, that’s the most natural thing in the world. But let’s at least try to get a bit of openness and fairness in the way in which internships are handed out in government and elsewhere.”

Downing Street played down suggestions of a rift between the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister over the issue. One spokesman said, “As the Prime Minister clearly states in the interview, he backs the Government’s social mobility strategy.”

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