CareerHub Central UK is a job distribution platform that lets organisations register and distribute their job opportunities to its member universities for free. Once your organisation and job are distributed, each member university makes the final decision to approve, reject or edit your information based on its own local requirements.

Member universities may contact you directly to clarify details or to tell you more about their services to students. You can unsubscribe from these additional communications.

CareerHub Central UK endorses the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) Work Experience Standard and Good Practice Guide.

Pay and benefits

All jobs are reviewed to make sure they meet these minimum requirements for pay and benefits (except volunteering opportunities for charities and voluntary organisations; see below).

• All opportunities of at least 10 days (70 hours), including internships and sandwich placements or ‘Year in industry’ roles, must be paid at or above the UK National Minimum Wage (NMW), or the equivalent international figure for jobs based outside the UK.
• Pay must be stated in the job advert, either as a set figure, a reasonably narrow range, or by reference to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.
• Avoid terms such as ‘competitive’ or ‘available on application or at interview’.
• Where pay is partly based on commission or bonuses, the basic rate must be stated and set at National Minimum Wage or above.
• Any exit fees linked to the opportunity must be clearly stated at the outset.

Volunteering opportunities

• Charities and voluntary organisations can submit volunteering (unpaid) opportunities.
• The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) explains the types of volunteering, defined as ‘unpaid time doing something to benefit others’.
• Please note: some member universities don’t accept volunteering opportunities, often because volunteering is managed outside their careers and employability service.

What CareerHub Central UK will not approve

• Insight experiences, days or weeks, typically offered by larger graduate recruiters to give prospective applicants more information about the organisation.
• Work shadowing opportunities, where students spend time observing an organisation’s working environment.
• Jobs that require any upfront payment, such as fees for accommodation, travel, equipment or other work-related expenses.
• Competitions or challenges seeking applications or submissions from individuals or teams.
• Events and training courses, whether free or paid.

For these kinds of events and activities, please contact the relevant member universities directly to ask whether they’ll promote them to their students on your organisation’s behalf.