What is The Entrepreneurs' Placement Scheme?

The members and participants of the University of Southampton's entrepreneur society, Fish on Toast, want nothing more than to make a difference in any organisation that they participate in. The antithesis of a placement is being put in a back room where you're asked to shred documents, write power point presentations that no one will ever find useful, and re-heat mugs of half drunk tea.

The Entrepreneur Placement Scheme is the Fish on Toast solution to sub-standard summer work for students and a shot of NOS for any business in the local area. This scheme engages businesses seeking ambitious and driven young minds willing to work on temporary project based work.

Below are some of the projects previously undertaken by our members for local businesses with a couple of extra ideas thrown in too:

• Website Review - analysis of a business' website and search engine optimization improvements.
• Sales Development - one student is currently helping a company get their products into Waitrose, Selfridges, and Superdrug.
• Market Research - helping businesses listen to their customers so they can improve their service or product.
• Competitor Analysis - creating an in depth report on how a business stacks up against its rivals.
• Business Optimisation Review - a full review of your business and where it can improve its efficiency, whether that's by cutting costs, or finding new revenue streams at no extra cost.

How does it work?

At 6.00pm On Tuesday June 9th in Garden Court (map) we will be hosting an event where participating companies will have a representative present and discuss how they want to improve their business. The event will be similar in format to a speed networking event and is scheduled to end at 7.30pm.

Throughout the event business representatives will be encouraged to note down the people they want for their business and make suitable arrangements later in the week.

So, if you interested, click on the appropriate button below to tll us about yourself and register for our event!