In need
Students can update their profile, detail The two-way onsite feedback system enables
their competence, experience and students to develop a bank of professional
students and
qualifications they have and what sort of referees for their future careers also, and
employers
work they are suitable for. The software provides all users with an onsite track record.
used enables aptitude to be matched
uniquely
correctly to ensure the perfect candidate is Sue Harrison, co-founder of
matched online
found by employers.
studentgems.co.uk had the following to say,
Employers can search for students, “Our experience trying to find a
A unique career experience
advertise jobs, view student profiles photographer on a tight budget has led to
website gives users the most
and read incoming messages for free, more than 2,000 matches being made on
effective way to find the perfect
similar to the
Match.com site model. studentgems, earning students some much
Employers can contact students and needed cash and experience.
highly trained and skilled
advertise as many jobs as they wish
students or for students to find
within set time bands of 1, 6 or 12 We’ve got everybody from large employers
suitable employment.
months for low one-off fees starting from looking for student help on one-off projects to
just £19.95 a month. private individuals looking for bands and other
When two company directors needed a help for their weddings! Registration is so
photographer for a project on a tight The site is open to all students, whatever their simple, and the benefits to both employers
budget, they reasoned that a student would skill base, and is a unique way for people and students are so great that we really are
be able to do the job. They eventually found to connect; focussing on the specific convinced studentgems will be the number
a student who did an outstanding job, requirements of both employers and one place people look when they are in need
gained valuable experience, was paid £300 employees to ensure the right match is made. of expertise on a budget.”
and saved the directors an estimated £300
in the process. The company was founded by Joanna Ward The founders have successfully received
and Sue Harrison in 2007. In its first month a six-figure sum from private angel
The struggle to find qualified or nearly alone over 500 people joined up, and the investors and have retained a majority
qualified student talent highlighted an site has gone from strength to strength. holding in the business.
obvious business market to the two
directors, who went on to establish
www.studentgems.com , which has
now become the UK’s leading way for
students to earn some money and gain
valuable work experience by reacting to
employers’ job listings.
Studentgems is an online skills marketplace
which links students offering a wide range
of services to Employers, from website
design through and artwork through to
bands and translation services.
The site offers employers the ability to
post work on a project-by-project basis,
where the constantly growing database of
14,000 gap year, college, university and
mature students then put themselves up
for the job.
Studentgems offers free registration for all
students, businesses and individuals who
are either looking for ad-hoc employment
or employees. Businesses and individuals
can then post work which the database of
students can filter through to find a
perfect match.
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