This week my guest is Heather Suttie, she is about to enter her final year at the University of Sussex with a degree in Psychology with Business Management. Currently an intern for Strategic Management Partners in Brighton.

As the first person to attend University in my family, I think it's so important that employers recognise this when looking for summer interns. I think I can relate to some students when I say that I come from a family were no one’s career has required a degree at entry level/ times have also changed a lot since when they were in their early 20s.

Heather shares her experience and discussed

• What can students do before University? (take your time! - this goes against most people’s advice)
• How can University's help students gain work experience?
• How can other Universities take note from Sussex
• Application for graduate schemes - things I wish I knew before I started the process
• Why is work experience actually important? - more than just a good cover letter story

01:56 – The challenge of the application process

03:39 – Look for support specifically for people who are going to university for the first time

05:25 Why are employers now looking for work experience rather than just qualifications

09:26 Using work experience to gain an internship

11:24 The internship process

15:17 Working for free

16:34 What type of interns are organisations looking for

19:46 Biggest bugbear about internship

25:47 Benefits of internship with smaller companies

30:59 heather provides her top 5 tips

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