Advice for Applicants
- Careers in sustainability (pdf)
- Guide to writing a CV (pdf)
- Example cover letter (pdf)
- Case studies - Benefits of completing a graduate placement (pdf)
- Caplor case study (pdf)
- Guide to writing a cover letter (pdf)
- IEMA Environmental Skills Map
- Useful websites for searching for vacancies (pdf)
- FAQ Internships (pdf)
- Q and A - SWM interns
Advice for Applicants
Benefits of completing a graduate placement
It can be very difficult for graduates to begin a career in sustainability because most jobs require previous work experience. Placements provide that essential work experience to develop the skills needed to succeed in sustainability. It also allows graduates to broaden their knowledge of sustainable practice and policy within their sector of interest and presents many beneficial networking opportunities.
Placements are also beneficial to host organisations as it provides them with a flexible, fast and low cost way of recruiting high quality staff who are passionate about a particular area of work.
Our placement service
Sustainability West Midlands works with host organisations to put together placements, details of which are then circulated to subscribed graduates. The aim is to provide you with tailored experience relevant to your career development whilst the host organisation benefits from gaining a high quality, passionate member of staff.
Placements can be:
- Part time or full time
- Paid or voluntary (voluntary should include paying travel expenses within a specified area)
- Anywhere in the West Midlands region
- Any duration
Useful information
Download from the right-hand side of this page:
- Information on careers in sustainability
- Guide to writing a (curriculum vitae) CV
- Guide to writing a cover letter
- Example cover letter
- Case study of a successful graduate placement
- IEMA Environmental Skills Map
- Useful websites for seraching for vacancies
- FAQ internships page
- Intern profiles
Contact for more information
You can subscribe to receive our regular email bulletin listing the vacancies and placements available.
For more information on the graduate placement service contact Laura Simpson by email laura.simpson@swm.org.uk or phone 0121 202 3265.
Other West Midlands placement services
Other sustainability-related graduate placement schemes available in the West Midlands include:
- Keele University's Project Green and Project FIT
- Groundwork West Midlands' Apprenticeship Programme