Frequently Asked Questions - Students

No, our service is completely FREE for candidates to use!

No, talentburst only offers placements within the UK.

If you choose to work away from home, you will be expected to find and pay for your own accommodation and unfortunately, talentburst cannot provide any subsidies for this. However, the monthly salary which you receive from your placement should be enough for you to cover the costs of living away from home. Your employer may also be able to help you find suitable accommodation, since they will probably know the area better.

Our placements are open to university students at any stage of their degree, and to university graduates who have recently completed their degree. This includes, but is not limited to, undergraduates, postgraduates, PhD students and MBA students. This could also include graduates who have been working for a couple of years after graduation and are now looking for something different!

We do not confine the placements that we offer to any particular industry, so they are very varied - they could range from working on a placement in a biotech start-up, to working in an artistic capacity in a photography firm, to helping to plan company strategy in a larger established business. However, all the placements on offer will be at growing, ambitious companies, so you are likely to have a lot of responsibility and really have the chance to make an impact at the company where you work.

If you would strongly prefer to work in a specific area within a company, or for a certain type of company, you can specify these preferences in the student application form. We will use this information as a guideline in finding a placement for you, but we cannot guarantee that we will find one which will exactly match your specification.

To apply for a placement, simply complete the online submission form which can be found here. We will send you an email to confirm receipt of the form, and will keep you updated on suitable placements that become available.

Placements can last anything from 2 weeks to 12 months.

Yes, we offer candidates a range of exciting permanent positions, and we offer companies the option of taking on candidates for permanent positions if they wish to do so.

Yes, we offer temporary, flexible placements. This means that you can work for short periods during your vacations. We also offer the option of part-time work, so you can even work while studying!

Yes, all of our placements are paid. You will be paid on a monthly basis, for the number of hours which you have successfully completed, provided that they have been signed off by your supervisor at work. Your hourly rate will depend on the level you are at in your studies.

If you have a good CV, we see no reason why you shouldn't be able to apply for a talentburst™ placement, so please do! If you have any specific questions regarding this issue, please feel free to contact us.

We are looking for candidates with good results at A Level and at university, with extracurricular activities which demonstrate that they are proactive, hardworking and good team players. For tips on how to improve your CV, visit our candidate resources page.

Within 24 hours of sending us your CV, you will receive a confirmation email which will contain further information on the process of finding you a placement, and details of who to contact if you have any queries. We will then email you to keep you updated on any new placements which we would like to consider you for, and may call you to arrange an interview. We interview in two stages: an initial first-round interview at our offices which may then potentially be followed by a second-round interview with the hiring company. If no suitable placements have become available after six weeks, we will give you the option of withdrawing your interest, in which case we will no longer consider you as actively looking for a placement. However, if you would still like us to continue looking for a placement for you after six weeks, we would be happy to do so.

Not necessarily. This will depend on which placements are available, and on the quality of your CV. However, after you send us your CV, we will keep you updated on any new placements which we would like to consider you for, and may call you to arrange an interview. For useful tips on how to improve your CV, please see the candidate resources page.

One of the benefits that we offer to companies which we work with, is that we take full responsibility of the candidate screening process. Therefore, we have decided not to include details of placements on the website to prevent people from sending their CVs directly to companies. However, if you sign up to our mailing list, you will be able to receive regular updates of new companies which sign up to talentburst™.