Enternship.com Launches at Surrey

Enternship.com is a portal of entrepreneurial work placements for graduates and students seeking a placement.

The company plans to launch a specific micro-site for University of Surrey in January 2012, in which students will be able to see all the available entrepreneurial internships, in the local area.

Start-ups and SMEs companies can advertise a range of ‘enternships’ on the site and students can apply for them through the site as well.

The site was officially launched in 2009 and since then, over 3000 companies in over more than 20 countries use www.enternship.com to find graduate talent. 

Companies include, Groupon, PayPal and celebrities such as James Cann and Peter Jones from Dragons Den and Martha Lane Fox of LastMinute.com.

It was started by Rajeeb Dey at Oxford University, who realised that whilst aspiring lawyers, accountants, bankers etc. had the opportunity to do internships within blue-chip co-operates, there wasn’t much for aspiring entrepreneurs or students that wanted to work in start-up. Therefore his aim was to connect fellow students with small businesses and start-ups.  

Mr Dey told The Stag: “The very premise of www.enternship.com, is to showcase the vast array of entrepreneurial career opportunities out there to students and graduates.”

An ‘Enternship’ is an internship in fast growing start-ups and entrepreneurial businesses.

Mr Dey added: “Entrepreneurial companies and people are full of dynamism, ideas and potential.

“We are passionate about promoting this sector as an exciting and rewarding career path and we hope the site will help Surrey students find placements and work during their degrees and after they graduate”.

The company are currently looking at taking on an entern over the Christmas break to help them launch the site in January.