Industry-Based Learning - About Employers
We offer employers
in small, medium and large businesses the opportunity
to select the right student for their workplace, students
who are high achievers, near graduate level, and who
are highly motivated and enthusiastic. The IBL program
provides a great opportunity for you, the employer,
to integrate into your organisation, recent theories
studied by our students.
 1.
Why do employers favour IBL?
2.
For which disciplines are students available?
3.
How long is the placement?
4.
What does it cost the employer?
5.
What assistance is provided by Swinburne?
6.
How do I become involved in IBL?
7.
What are the responsibilities of the employer?
8.
Guidelines
9. Agreements
1. Why do employers favour
IBL?
IBL offers the following benefits:
- Staff flexibility - students free up your staff to
work on priorities. Students can also fulfil short term
needs
or undertake special projects
- Early recruitment - the opportunity
to recruit high quality students before they graduate
- Cost effectiveness - there are no hiring costs or
recruitment fees. In addition, training and hiring costs
are reduced
for graduate hiring
- New ideas - students bring with
them the latest technical skills, research techniques,
concepts and technologies.
2. For which disciplines are students
available?
IBL is optional for business students. It is normally
undertaken for twelve months after the second year of study,
but variations on this timeframe are possible. Students
with the following majors and minors may be eligible for
IBL.
Placements may be tied to a particular discipline, or
may draw on several disciplines. Yet other placements offer
general business experience and simply require a good quality
Business student from any discipline.
- Accounting
- Business Law
- Economics
- eMarketing
- European Business
- Finance
- Human Resource Management/Organisation Behaviour
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Manufacturing Management
- Marketing
3. How long is the placement?
The placement period can be for a period of either 6 or 12 months.
The position should be for a minimum of 35 hours per week.
The Swinburne IBL program is flexible in its placement timing,
with students able to commence their placement either towards the
end of the year, eg. November/ December, or early in the year, eg.
January/February. Those commencing a mid-year placement may start
in late June/July.
4. What does it cost the employer?
The placement of students is the combined responsibility of
Swinburne and the employer at NO MONETARY COST to the employer.
The student is paid as a regular employee for the duration of
their placement. The salary range offered by employers for students
placed in 2007 is $26,000 to $45,000 p.a. (with the employer
being responsible for all on-costs).
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5. What assistance is provided by Swinburne?
We have experienced staff who will assist the employer to
find the right applicants.
The IBL Manager is available at any time to visit the employer
and discuss their needs. The manager will advertise positions and
act as advisor for the selection process if required. The employer
has full control of the recruitment process and final decision.
We have qualified and professional staff assigned to act
as academic mentors and provide the opportunity of ongoing
support to the student and employer during the placement.
6. How do I become involved in IBL?
- Identify an opportunity in your organisation where an
IBL student can gain experience relevant to their stream
of study
and where you, the employer, can provide a safe and challenging
work environment.
- Contact us to indicate your interest
in participating in the IBL program.
- Send us the job
description outlining the specific tasks, expected
responsibilities and specific skills/capabilities
required. The IBL Manager will advertise the position and act as an advisor through the selection process if necessary.
- Review the applications
and select the students you wish to interview.
- Contact
the students directly to arrange interview times and
location.
- Interview the students and make a selection.
- Contact
the preferred student and offer them the position.
When the student has confirmed acceptance,
send a letter
of offer to the student confirming salary
details and any specific
details of employment.
- Contact the Swinburne
IBL Manager to advise them of the successful applicant.
- Contact the unsuccessful candidates.
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7. What are the responsibilities of the employer?
Once the successful student has commenced work, the employer is asked to provide the student with an appropriate induction program and ongoing training as required. The employer should also provide supervision (either personally or appoint a mentor) to the student. This assists in providing regular performance feedback to the student.
The student will be required to write reports on their IBL experience. The student's workplace supervisor is asked to read and sign off on the reports.
9. IBL Agreements
Deed of Confidentiality (Sample) (pdf)
Deed of Confidentiality Explanatory Notes (pdf)
IBL Learning Objectives (pdf)
Information Collection Statement (pdf)
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