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Brightstar launches work placement programme for students




Brightstar Group has launched this year’s Young Learners summer work placement programme.

Building on previous years of success, the group will be hosting a range of students — ranging from year 11 pupils to undergraduates — throughout the summer months at both its Billericay and London offices.

The programme aims to inspire young people to take up a career in financial services and make them aware of the opportunities available to them in this sector.

Brightstar Group has formalised strong links with local schools, and has also partnered with a school on its BTEC business course, which offers the group the opportunity to be involved in activities, such as motivational talks, taster and mock interview days.

Clare Jupp, director of people development at Brightstar Group (pictured above), said: “We are really excited about this year‘s Young Learners summer work placement programme — this is the biggest programme that we have run this far and we have built on previous successes to roll out something really ambitious for 2022. 

“This programme meshes perfectly with our culture of ‘growing our own‘ and our ‘greenhouse effect’ which we are immensely proud of.

“We have had brilliant success at the Brightstar Group with training and nurturing young people into other roles across the business, even at the most senior levels. 

“Our own group COO, William Lloyd Hayward is a brilliant example of this, having begun at Brightstar as our very first administrator and now holding this vital role for the entire group.

“There are countless other examples of team members who have trained to become mortgage advisors and brokers, team leaders and sales captains, or who have moved into other areas of the business such as finance and executive PA roles. 

“In addition to this, we currently have four members of the team who completed a work experience placement with us previously, so it’s also an effective recruitment. 

“It is fantastic to see other organisations in the mortgage industry also engaging in these kind of activities and I would personally commend this to other businesses.”

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