FAQs: Can I progress from a work experience placement to a graduate placement?

Many companies offer the opportunity to join their graduate scheme after a successful year on placement with them. Companies which run both placement and graduate schemes see their placement students as an investment for the future and can mean your placement is more representative of the real role for which you are interested in and provide you with real responsibility.

A company that offers placement-to-graduate opportunities also allows you to establish if the company is right for you and vice versa, before you make the commitment of joining a graduate scheme. At Gist all industrial placements that have had a successful year are fast tracked to our Operational Management graduate scheme.