The Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise Network (KEEN) is a new graduate recruitment programme, part-funded by ERDF, designed to give bright and ambitious graduates a platform to launch their careers, while gaining sought-after experience. It is a three-way relationship between a graduate (Affiliate), a company and a university; and can last between 6 to 24 months.

1. The Knowledge Exchange &
Enterprise Network
(KEEN)

2. Do you want to be a big fish in a small pond?
Working for a smaller company (SME) could be
the smartest move you will ever make.

3. “Of the 60,000 graduate jobs in the UK,
only 16,000 are with blue chip
companies…the remaining 44,000 are
with SMEs, the public sector or charities”
Dan Hawes
Head of Marketing
Graduate Recruitment Bureau

4. KEEN enables you to:
 Be employed by an SME
 Work on a high profile project
 Receive on -going support from an
academic expert
 Play a key role in company growth
 use your degree.

5. Your tailor made career
 You may be the only graduate in
the business
 The company is investing time
and money in you
 The managing director will
know your name and what you
are doing.

6. You will:
 Earn a good starting salary
 Gain skills, knowledge and
unparalleled experience
 Be key in the growth of your company
 Be supported throughout

7. KEEN jobs are available in:
 Business process and marketing
 Sports science
 Web and other technologies
 Environmental science
 Design
and many other areas

8. You may:
 Be employed by the company permanently
 Gain a fast track onto their management team
 Travel to Europe, the Far East or the USA
Previous knowledge transfer
graduates have won awards, set up
new divisions and helped take
their companies in a new
direction.

9. We are looking for graduates:
 With commitment
 Who need to be challenged
 To take responsibility from day one
 Keen to learn and apply their knowledge

10. Step into your tailor made
career
Visit www.wlv.ac.uk/keenjobs
Register for jobs www.wmkeen.org.uk