About the Graduate Talent Pool

Graduate Talent Pool is a new service, designed to help match the skills businesses require with those offered by new and recent graduates. On this website you can advertise internship opportunities for free, directly to graduates. You can also register up to 10 sifting questions so that only the most suitable graduates apply for your vacancies.

Graduates can apply provided they graduated in 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011 from a UK university with at least a degree or foundation degree.

Who can offer internships on Graduate Talent Pool?

Organisations of any size from the public, private or voluntary sectors can advertise internships on Graduate Talent Pool. Most of the internships advertised are based in England, although employers from other parts of the UK are also welcome to post vacancies on the site.

If you are offering graduate work placements in Wales, you can also visit the Go Wales website.

To find out more about graduate recruitment in Scotland, visit the employers' section of AGCAS Scotland.

For more information about recruitment in Northern Ireland, see the employing people section of nibusinessinfo.

Please note, GTP only accepts advertisements for live internship vacancies. Any adverts found to be sign posting to external sites will be removed.

More help for graduates

The government has also been working to increase other opportunities for graduates to enhance their employability. These include:

  • postgraduate study
  • setting up their own enterprises
  • volunteering
  • teaching through the Teach First programme
  • short Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) projects

More information about these options for graduates is available at www.direct.gov.uk/graduates.

Next steps

Department for Business, Innovation, & Skills