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University of the West of Scotland


Employability Link

Top 10 Benefits of Placement

Taken from feedback from UWS students who have undertaken placements:

• Improve your career prospects. Employers are very interested in placement experience

• Boost your confidence

• Improve commercial awareness and business acumen

• Build people skills such as communication, problem solving, team work, and self management

• Improve knowledge about yourself

• Opportunity to network and build up industry contacts

• Develop new skills

• Transfer theoretical knowledge into practical experience

• Clarify career plans

• Make your CV stand out from the crowd

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