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Mentoring an intern is a mutually beneficial experience

Here are our top reasons why you should consider it:

 

  • Build a Talent Pipeline: Connect to the latest graduate talent pool with up-to-date knowledge, fresh eyes and new perspectives
  • Offer Mentorship Opportunities: Develop your team’s leadership skills by giving them the opportunity to mentor an intern
  • Support Workplace Diversity: Bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to your company, enhancing your team’s creativity and problem-solving abilities.
  • Achieve Business Goals: Utilise the skills and enthusiasm of our graduates to support your daily tasks and projects, driving your business forward.

 

Why partner with Performance Education?

96.2% of our partners are likely or very likely to recommend our services

81.7% of our partners felt that the intern was well prepared for the internship

88.5% of our partners are keen to take on another intern

 

Our Students

  • Are all degree qualified IT and Accounting candidates whose knowledge and skills are up to date and relevant, offering fresh eyes and bright ideas.
  • Are enrolled in the Professional Year Program, a recognised training program with a vocational placement component. This means you can rest assured that placements meet the definition of a Vocational Placement under the Fair Work Act
  • Undertake training to help bridge the gap between technical study and professional employment. 81.7% of our partners felt that their intern was well prepared for the internship with the right soft skills to transition smoothly into the Australian workplace culture.
  • Are looking for relevant work experience that will help them to start their career. They are focused on achieving learning outcomes and they are unpaid.
  • Are looking for internships all year round.
  • Will go through an interview process with you and you select your intern.

 

Our Credentials

  • We are the leaders in our field, having successfully placed 35,000+ students into internships with 11,000+ host companies across Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane
  • We are the largest graduate employability specialist in Australia with a team who has extensive experience in recruitment, internship placements and career coaching
  • We take special care in identifying and understanding your business goals and finding the right intern for you
  • We are the trusted partner of some of Australia’s largest and most recognised brand names, and work with companies ranging from large multinationals mentoring multiple students, to small, dynamic companies
  • We provide superior service, and offer simple solutions that you can embed into your business. Throughout the process you will receive full support from our team, including onboarding materials for your intern
  • We arrange Worker’s Compensation Insurance

 

Hear from one of our partners, Rezza Moieni, CTO at Diversity Atlas & Cultural Infusion, about the benefit that interns have brought to both organisations:

Host FAQs

Here are some of the questions we get asked the most from new host companies or those considering mentoring their first interns. If you have any other questions, our Corporate Partnerships Team will be ready to answer any queries. 

What is required of a Host Company?

Vocational placements are all about giving a bright, young professional their first professional workplace experience from which they can launch their career. As a host company, you are required to meet certain criteria to ensure the placement is appropriate and meaningful. This includes involving the student in work-related and observational activities relevant to their area of study and providing relevant supervision.

You will receive assistance from us in creating a formal Training Agreement and we also arrange Workers’ Compensation Insurance. While there is no expectation to employ a student beyond the placement, many employers choose to. Performance Education is here to ensure your hosting experience is more than successful, and mutually beneficial for you and the student. We are focused on changing lives, and also the workplace for the better.

Can you tell me more about your interns?

Performance Education interns are international graduates who have studied at Australian universities who are keen to apply their technical learning in the ‘real world’, get a better understanding of the workplace, and enhance their practical experience.

What can interns do?

Interns come with up-to-date knowledge and fresh new ideas which they are excited to apply in a workplace setting. By involving interns in meetings, projects and providing shadowing opportunities relevant to their field of study you are helping to build the employability of our next generation.

Can I host more than one intern?

Absolutely – many of our host companies choose to offer placements to more than one intern at a time, whether within the same or different departments. You will need to ensure you have physical capacity for multiple interns and can provide the appropriate amount of supervision, and work related and observational activities relevant to the students’ area of study.  Intern numbers need to meet the requirements of the Professional Bodies. For more information please contact us.

Can my intern sign a confidentiality form?

The Training Agreement provided to all interns and host companies has a detailed clause around confidentiality which all interns must sign. If you require an intern to sign a further confidentiality agreement we would suggest you discuss this with your account manager first.

What if I want to hire my intern?

You are under no obligation to offer employment to an intern and all interns are made aware that internships are not trials for paid employment.

If you wish to hire the intern after the placement, your company may do so and there is no recruitment or transfer fee payable. The intern will become a regular employee and will need to be paid accordingly.

Why should we source an intern from Performance Education instead of another provider, or direct?

We are glad you asked! There are lots of things to consider when taking on an intern and it is important to ensure that any placements meet the requirements of the Fair Work Act, otherwise host companies can face stiff penalties. All Performance Education interns are undertaking formalised training opportunities which are delivered within our Registered Training Organisation (RTO) quality assurance framework and in alignment with the Fair Work Ombudsman guidelines on Vocational Placements. Please see our Vocational Placements & Fair Work Statement for more information.

We take special care in identifying and understanding yours and the student’s goals so we can match the right intern to you. Throughout the process you will receive full support from our team which consists of experienced specialist recruiters who have experience of working with companies across many industries and sizes.

As industry experts we have placed over 35,000 interns into vocational placements with more than 11,000 host companies with great success.

This sounds great! I am interested – what happens next?

Contact us! We are always eager to meet partners as passionate as we are about giving young professionals an opportunity. We will arrange to visit you, and talk through the process and offer guidance as to how a placement program could best support your company. Click on the “Enquire Now” button on the right and one of our Corporate Partnership consultants will contact you for a discussion.

35000
PY students
92%
rate the Quality of Trainers as 'Outstanding', 'Very Good' or 'Good'
11000
host companies
40%
of PE grads got a job with their host company
96%
of PE grads improved their understanding of the workplace

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