Use our list below to keep an eye on the key dates and ensure you get ahead of the competition by applying early.
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Key Dates
21st Apr 2024
- Hydrock: Fire Engineer Industrial Placement Bristol 2024
- Hydrock: Geo-Environmental Consultant Industrial Placement Northampton 2024
23rd Apr 2024
- Wessex Water: Mechanical and Electrical Placement Student Bath 2024
25th Apr 2024
26th Apr 2024
28th Apr 2024
- Sellafield Ltd: Civil Engineering Industrial Placements 2024
- Sellafield Ltd: Electrical Engineering Industrial Placements 2024
30th Apr 2024
1st May 2024
- ESH Group: Engineer Placement Durham 2024
- Galliford Try: Quantity Surveyor (Infrastructure) Industrial Placement Melton Mowbray 2024
- Landmarc: Sustainability and Energy Placement Student 2024
- Landmarc: Social Value and Sustainability Placement Student 2024
2nd May 2024
3rd May 2024
- Cytiva: R&D Engineering Undergraduate Placement Portsmouth 2024
- Danaher Corporation: R&D Engineering Undergraduate Placement Portsmouth 2024
5th May 2024
- Cherwell District Council: Property Services Student Placement Banbury 2024
Rolling Deadlines
- ABB: Project Engineer Year in Industry St Neots 2024
- Air Products: Engineering or Commercial Industrial Placement 2024
- AMETEK, Inc.: Electronic Engineering Industrial Placement Northamptonshire 2024
- AMETEK, Inc.: Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer Placement (Manufacturing Department) Leicester 2024
- Arup: Industrial Placements
- Baker Hughes: Industrial Placements
- Eaton: Industrial Placements
- Hoare Lea: Acoustic Engineer Placement 2024
- Jacobs: Maritime Placement Year in Industry 2024
- KBR: Instrumentation & Control Engineering Placement Leatherhead 2024
- Keysight Technologies: R&D Industrial Placement Automotive & Energy Solutions Edinburgh 2024
- Laser Quantum: Student Engineering Placement Stockport 2024
- Leonardo: Industrial Placements
- Malvern Panalytical: Assistant Engineer Industrial Placement Malvern 2024
- Mitchells & Butlers: Property Undergraduate Scheme Birmingham 2024
- NXP Semiconductors: Electronic Engineering Placement Southampton 2024
- Olympus: Electronics Engineering Industrial Placement Southend-on-Sea 2024
- Oxford Instruments: Cryogenic Engineering Placement Student Oxford 2024
- Pell Frischmann: Industrial Placements
- Playground Games: Engineer Student Placement 2024
- SLB: Industrial Placements
- TE Connectivity: Engineering Placement Swindon 2024
- Terex: Engineering Placement Student Dungannon 2024
- Tessenderlo Group: Process Technology Industrial Placement Treforest 2024
- Tessenderlo Group: Production Industrial Placement Treforest 2024
- Thales: IVVQ Engineer Placement Templecombe 2024
Many more roles listed under Industrial Placements 2024
Planning your Career Path
If you’re not sure what kind of Graduate Scheme you want to apply for, our Career Path Guides will give you an insight into the different options. Explore the articles and advice in each guide to narrow down the sectors and roles that interest you, and start planning your Graduate Scheme applications from there.
Perfect your CV and Cover Letter
Creating a stand out CV and cover letter is the essential starting point for your Graduate Scheme application. Bright Network’s CV template and example cover letter will help you get off to the best possible start with your job hunt.
What's next?
Once you’ve submitted your CV and cover letter, the application process for most Graduate Schemes will involve several key elements. Many firms will ask applicants to complete aptitude tests, which may be numerical, verbal or personality-based. Make sure you’ve done plenty of practise tests and check out our video on how to prepare.
After passing your aptitude tests with flying colours, you need to tackle the interview. Interviews may be over the phone, through a video or face-to-face. Whatever form your interview takes, think about the questions you may be asked, research the company you’re applying to, and do some practice interviews to ensure you’re answering questions with structure and confidence.
Need some inspiration?
Follow in the footsteps of other successful Bright Network members to secure a top Graduate Scheme. Our members have shared their top tips and experience of the application process to help you land your graduate role: