DTZ has welcomed 35 interns to its summer internship programme in the last week, the company’s largest ever intake.
The group are working across DTZ’s offices in London (Old Broad Street and Curzon Street), Paris, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Bristol. Interns who excel on the programme could secure a permanent role in September 2016 once they have completed their studies.
Yasemin McClelland joins the Glasgow office and Henrietta Wilson joins in Edinburgh.
DTZ’s summer internship programme runs for six to eight weeks and kicked off last week with an induction at the company’s Old Broad Street office in London.
As well as gaining an overview of life at DTZ, each of the 35 interns will work on a specific project for the duration of their placement. During the last week of their internship they will make a presentation on their project which will form part of their assessment for the Graduate Development Programme.
Colin Wilson, DTZ’s Head of UK and Ireland, said: “We have widened access to our internship programme once again and it is fantastic to see so many talented undergraduates working alongside us across the business.
“The programme has a proven track record of identifying young talent for the future of our business while providing an increasing number of undergraduates with valuable first-hand experience of the variety of careers our industry has to offer.”
Last month DTZ was rated number 33 in the Top 100 Companies for Graduates To Work For. Based entirely on feedback from graduates, the ranking placing DTZ ahead of the likes of Unilever, Morgan Stanley, GSK, JLL and Savills.
Catherine Kilpatrick, Graduate Recruitment Specialist, at DTZ, said: “Attracting and developing the brightest young talent is essential to securing the future of our business and accolades like being rated one of the top graduate workplaces are a clear sign we are moving in the right direction. The interns currently with us now are experiencing that same fantastic working environment and we very much hope they will be with us for a lot longer than their placement this summer.”
In September this year 56 new graduates will be joining DTZ’s graduate programme. The company is also widening access to the profession via alternative routes such as apprenticeships to ensure a highly skilled and diverse workforce.