Six students from Milton Keynes College are celebrating the completion of valuable internships taking in every aspect of life and work at the NHBC HQ in Knowlhill.
It’s the second year of a partnership with the UK’s largest provider of new home warranty and insurance - last year several of the 16-19 year olds who took part ended up with fixed term or full-time jobs with the company.
“It’s a really successful and prestigious programme for our students to be involved with,” said Gary Seymour-Griffiths, Work Placement Co-ordinator at the College, “There are opportunities in Finance, Customer Services, Human Resources and Operations, and the young people involved are doing Business A Level or Construction T Level, so what they’re learning is completely relevant to their education.
“NHBC looks after them really well and gives them a great grounding in their business, and they pay them properly too, significantly above the required level for their age.”
Those taking part had to go through a rigorous selection process with interviews at the college before getting as far as being interviewed by the company. The students had the opportunity to go on site with NHBC Building Inspectors, deal directly with customer calls and work on projects of their own.
Linda Elberts, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Business Partner at NHBC said they have been impressed by the quality of those taking part.
“The candidates gave our interviewers a difficult job in choosing who to take, and they did themselves and MK College proud. One interviewer said the quality of candidates was even better than last year, which they hadn’t thought possible,” she said.
The young people were celebrated for their achievements at a special event earlier this month where NHBC CEO, Steve Wood presented them with their completion certificates.
“As a local employer, NHBC is proud to partner with Milton Keynes College to provide the next generation with the skills and support they need to succeed in the workplace,” Linda added, “NHBC employs more than 1,300 talented and dedicated people and has many recruitment opportunities.”
