Recruit our students and graduates

We can help you recruit students and graduates and run internships. Whatever the size of your organisation, we can work with your business needs and available resources.

We have more than 40,000 students from more than 140 countries and a vast alumni network who can bring creativity and unique insights to benefit your company. 

We’re one of the top five most targeted universities by graduate employers – High Fliers Research: The Graduate Market in 2024 (PDF) 

Access our talent

Advertise an opportunity

To advertise your jobs, internships and volunteering opportunities to our students and alumni, register on MyCareer to post on our vacancies board for free. It’s a quick and easy way for you to promote new roles and attract potential candidates. 

We also provide a premium service for employers looking to make a bigger impact and build their brand awareness. Using targeted emails, student newsletters and social media, we can maximise the number of students that you reach so you can find the right people for your organisation.

To find out more about advertising and our premium service, email the Employer team at employerteam@leeds.ac.uk

All opportunities advertised on MyCareer need to comply with our vacancy advertising policy.

Careers fairs and events 

Every year, we host more than 1,000 local, national and international employers and organisations at virtual and on-campus events. These are a great way to raise awareness of your organisation and showcase the range of opportunities you offer.

These include careers fairs, employer-led workshops, presentations, podcasts and insight days.

To find out more and to register for our events, email the Employer team at employerteam@leeds.ac.uk.

Internships and placements

If you want to offer a paid year-long, part-time or summer internship, you can take advantage of our free recruitment service. We’ll manage all advertising and promotion, shortlisting and interview scheduling, as well as helping you develop projects and job descriptions.

We can also provide advice around the logistics of recruiting interns and how to target the best students for your internships.

SMEs, charities and third sector organisations can also benefit from subsidies to support an internship.

Please email the Employer team at employerteam@leeds.ac.uk for more information about internships and placement years.

Volunteering opportunities

Our students are passionate about making a positive difference in their local community with thousands volunteering each year.

We work in partnership with third-sector organisations in Leeds and the surrounding area, connecting our students with volunteering opportunities for the benefit of everyone. If you’re a UK-based charity, we can offer you additional support to advertise your volunteering opportunities to our students.

Whether you've already got a role in mind or you'd like to find out more about student volunteering, email the Volunteering team at volunteer@leeds.ac.uk.

Student volunteers bring energy and expertise to everything they do. We learn from them as much as they learn from us and we couldn’t be more grateful! 

Thackray Museum of Medicine

As a start-up business, we were able to offer a range of projects and experiences. Interns contributed to marketing, social media work, provided extra capacity on many projects and their energy was contagious.

Annie Faulder, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Energy