Shaw Trust – graduate and internship opportunities

Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently.

They believe everyone has the right to work and have campaigned for over 25 years to turn their vision into a reality.

Every year they work with over 75,000 clients who face barriers due to disability, ill health or social circumstance. Thousands of employers and public sector organisations also benefit from their range of services for business.

They are the UK’s largest third sector provider and one of the Government’s lead partners in the delivery of employment programmes for disabled and disadvantaged people.

Althought the main graduate recruitment for 2011is coming to  a close – the Shaw Trust are still brokering opportunities for graduate vacancies and internships with Ernst & Young and KPMG and for training contracts with 2 of the larger law firms – Slaughter & may and K & L Gates.

More information on these schemes and how to apply can be found on the  Shaw Trust website

http:\\www.shaw-trust.org.uk/students_graduates

Exciting opportunities for students with disabilities with EmployAbility

EmployAbility is a not for profit organisation providing a free service to students and graduates with all disabilities, including dyslexia or long term health conditions, to ease the transition from education to employment.

They are currently recruiting for paid opportunities for disabled students/ graduates of all disciplines, but for immediate deadlines looking for those studying Computer Science, Information Technology, Maths, Physics, Engineering, Business/Finance/Marketing.

Shaw Trust Monthly Job Hunter Newsletter

Ability at Work – Graduate Opportunities for all Disabilities through Shaw Trust.  Among many other opportunities link here for internship schemes with Ernst & Young, GCHQ and Slaughter & May.

Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer at the BBC, on diversity

A short video where the Chief Operating Officer at the BBC talks about diversity.  The BBC’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies include details of workforce schemes (disability, gender and race) and equality targets.

Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Scheme

The Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Programme for black and ethnic minority and those from socially diverse backgrounds is designed to give high-calibre undergraduates and graduates an insight into the broad range of opportunities available. For more information and to apply now go to http://faststream.civilservice.gov.uk/summer-diversity-internships/

Breaking into the publishing world

Pearson Diversity Summer Internship: Open Evening on 8th February 2011 offers you a chance to find out more about this programme and see if it’s for you.  The scheme has been running for several years now and you can get further information and feedback from previous interns by visiting the website http://summerinternships.pearson.com

Internship Opportunity at the British Council

An internship opportunity has arisen to work with the CEO of the British Council. A 6 week placement will be offered to candidates who are deaf, HoH or have a disability, in order to offer new perspectives on how the org can expand opportunities to contribute to their work. Consisting of admin, planning, research & speech writing.  To apply send a CV  and a concise supporting statement.  The statement should outline your motivation for the internship, your learning goals, the specific contribution you feel you could make and the relevance of the internship to your future career plans. To jenifer.atkins@britishcouncil.org     Closing date: 10th December 2010

Goldman Sachs EmployAbility deadlines extended!

The deadlines for two Goldman Sachs EmployAbility summer internships programmes have recently been extended. For full details on how to apply, please click on the links below:

• Goldman Sachs EmployAbility Summer Internship 2011

Application deadline extended to 28 November 2010

• Goldman Sachs EmployAbility Summer Internship Technology Division 2011

Application deadline extended to 28 November 2010

Graduate and internship opportunities for students with disabilities and dyslexia

EmployAbility is the not for profit organisation providing a free service to students and graduates with all disabilities, including dyslexia or long term health conditions, to ease the transition from education to employment.

EmployAbility has just released their latest internship and graduate opportunities with large international and UK employers. Participants include:

-          Cisco

-          Dow

-          Financial Services Authority

-          Goldman Sachs

-          Google

-          Herbert Smith

For a full list of internship and graduate opportunities visit: http://www.employ-ability.org.uk/internships

Please note that EmployAbility also gives guidance, advice and support with CV and application form writing, disability disclosure and reasonable adjustments. Employability supports students throughout the recruitment process and during their internship or graduate programme. This service is free of charge.

£1000 for Working in Museums

The Museum Association have been working hard recently to increase the diversity of staff in museums. They started with their Diversify Scheme – a link to which is in our Resources section under Mentoring. Now they have traineeships on offer which include those with £1000 a month bursary to cover living costs. These traineeships aim to make museum work more accessible to people who cannot afford to pay for training or to volunteer extensively and whose background and family circumstances may have made it hard for them pursue a museum career. Find out more at www.museumsassociation.org/careers/diversify