: the Impact of Internships on Graduate Employability.

University of Westminster

WESTMINSTER BUSINESS SCHOOL

5th of November 2012

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Date: 5th November 2012

Module: BKEY501 – Research and Professional Practice

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Word Count: 1853 words

Question: The Impact of Internships on Graduate Employability.

Table of Contents :

0.0 Executive summary3

1.0Technical Introduction4

1.1 Introduction4

2.0The current graduate labour market5

2.1The specific graduate labour market (Finance)6

3.0 General Skills, knowledge & aptitudes required from internships to enter the market7

3.1 Specific skills and knowledge desirable of finance students 7

4.0 The value of internship 8

5.0 Conclusion9

6.0 Executive summary8

Executive summary

The following report provides information about the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-2008, which illustrates the economic environment, in which young graduates seek employability. Within a labour market that becomes constantly more competitive.

Within this the effort was made to outline the main areas of debate of internships and then linked it to the subsequent graduate labour market for interns in general and in more specific for finance students.

The attempt was made to illustrate the merits of an internship in the increasingly competitive graduate labour market, thus, for the graduate employability. Emphasis was made to assess external factors, such as the financial crisis, how it changed the economic and ultimately business environment and its impact on the finance industry.

1.0 Technical Introduction:

This literature review is an attempt to outline and research the core area of internship and its relevance to the subsequent graduate labour market.

The value of internship will be assessed.

To make comprehend analysis the time frame should be considered as well. Medium vs. long term prospects for employability of post interns.

Within the challenge to provide a...