Recruiting a one-year placement student

Your placement student will be ready to take up his/her post at any date from early July onwards. They must be employed for a minimum period of nine months, although if you would like him/her to start earlier, or to work for a longer period, this can be arranged.

Wherever possible, we ask that our students are given responsibility for projects, which will ensure that their experience is challenging and fulfilling, and provides them with a real insight into the business world.

Cass students are allocated a Personal Tutor who will visit the placement student and their line manager once during the year to discuss and record the student's performance. Where students are placed overseas, contact is usually made by telephone or email.

During the placement year, our students are expected to record their work experience through two reflective reviews. They are also required to attend the annual Placements and Summer Internships Fair

How does it work?

Step 1: Send us the vacancy details

Simply provide a job description, any specific selection criteria you have, a deadline for the receipt of applications, and salary details. We will then promote the vacancy to our undergraduates through our online resources.

Step 2: Conduct the interviews

When your deadline arrives, if required, we will collate the applications and forward them to you for short-listing and selection. We are happy to liaise between you and the short-listed students, and to arrange interviews at Cass. There are no charges for these services.

Step 3: Provide a contract

Once you have selected a Cass student, we ask that you provide them with a contract stating the terms and conditions of their employment.

You are expected to pay the placement student a salary during the time they work for your organisation. During the academic year 2010-11, the salaries paid to Cass students varied between £15,000 and £33,000, with an average of £20,000.

Step 4: Allocate a manager

We request that the placement student has a line manager who will monitor performance and give guidance and support as appropriate.

Step 5: Provide us with a report

Towards the end of the placement, we will ask the student's manager to complete and return an appraisal form. Upon successful completion of the placement and following graduation, the student's degree certificate will be endorsed to confirm that they have successfully completed a professional placement year.