Benefits for the Employer:
- Cost effective sourcing of high quality staff - who are highly motivated & committed
- Provides flexible labour management
- Opportunity for an extended assessment of a student before committing to subsequent full-time employment
- A student employed during a sandwich placement will become an effective contributor, once graduated, much faster than a graduate who is completely new to the organisation
- Utilising the students’ un-fettered thinking and enthusiasm
- Reduced time & resource commitment before employee achieves professional qualification
- Opportunity to influence course content by constructive feedback provided during the visits by the SMA YiI tutor. This feedback is subsequently reported back to the university formally at Annual Review Meetings
- Reliable conduit for recruiting graduates
