Find your next star employee

MQBS undergraduate student traineeships help you to progress key projects while assessing the cultural fit over an extended period.

Undergraduate student traineeships enable you to engage with a student in a structured on-the-job learning program, helping you to identify and train talent while they study. In some cases, they may offer a seamless transition into employment.

The two-year program provides students with mentoring and support as they build technical expertise and professional skills, including:

  • collaborative teamwork
  • problem-solving
  • efficient time management.

Students in all disciplines develop key skills, such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, professionalism, and digital and data literacy. Their discipline studies include:

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial Studies
  • Business Analytics
  • Business Information Systems
  • Cyber Security Governance
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Marketing.

Overview

Student trainees can work part-time during the session and full-time during the session break. Traineeships are hosted on a 24-month basis in negotiation with the student.

We request that students are paid industry award rates or above; we recommend the federal minimum pay rates.

To recruit a student trainee, you will need to confirm and finalise your intention to recruit by October. This will ensure that the student can commence with you in the new year.

  • For single-degree programs, you can recruit first-year students who will begin their traineeships in their second year.
  • For double-degree programs, you can recruit second-year students who will begin their traineeships in their third year.

International students

We encourage employers to consider offering student traineeships to international students. They are exceptionally talented and have curricular support to develop their work-readiness.

International students have the flexibility to work up to 48 hours per fortnight during sessions, with unrestricted work eligibility during session breaks. Download the fact sheet to learn more about international student working rights.