How StudentVenture Helped Women@Tech Fill Internship Roles

"It has been so refreshing working with StudentVenture, truly working to improve the lives of students. Being so focused on providing new opportunities and opening the door for the next generation is inspiring. The team is incredibly open minded, eager to improve and integrate new perspectives; one of the many reasons they were a pleasure to work with."

Olivia Batten, Women@Tech

Overview

Women at Tech is a leading organisation dedicated to empowering women in the technology sector. As part of their mission, they were launching a series of marketing, management, podcast, and content creation internships designed to give young women hands-on experience in the industry. However, like many community-driven organisations, they needed to recruit quickly, and efficiently. This is where StudentVenture stepped in.

StudentVenture helped Women at Tech attract a high volume of qualified candidates - fast. Using our platform, they were able to fill all their internship positions while experiencing a level of candidate quality and engagement far above traditional recruitment channels.

The Challenge

Women at Tech needed to:

• Recruit multiple interns across marketing, management, and content creation roles

• Support an upcoming program with tight timelines

• Reach engaged students who genuinely wanted to contribute

• Ensure a seamless, professional experience for their applicants

The StudentVenture Solution

Instant Access to Millions of Students

With the StudentVenture marketplace, Women at Tech gained immediate access to a huge pool of active, job-ready talent from across the UK.

High-Visibility Job Ads

We supported them in creating and posting tailored job ads for:

• Marketing Intern

• Podcast & Content Creation Intern

• Management Support Intern

These ads were strategically positioned within the platform to ensure maximum reach.

A 360-Degree View of Talent

Applicants didn’t just submit CVs. Women at Tech could review:

• Projects

• Portfolios

• Dissertations

• Video Introductions

• Skills demonstrations

This gave them a richer, multidimensional understanding of each candidate - leading to more confident decisions.

The Results

📈 1. Huge Volume of Applications

Each role received hundreds of high-quality applicants.This exceeded expectations and provided Women at Tech with a deep, diverse pipeline of enthusiastic talent.

⚡ 2. Rapid Hiring Turnaround

With StudentVenture’s streamlined tools and insights, they were able to fill all internship roles significantly faster than traditional platforms.

What would typically take weeks or months was reduced to days.

🌟 3. Higher Candidate Quality

Hiring managers reported that the calibre of applicants was far higher than expected - from students with exceptional academic backgrounds to those with impressive practical experience and creativity.

😊 4. A Positive, Frictionless Experience

Women at Tech expressed that the entire process - from posting to hiring - was simple, efficient, and far more effective than traditional channels.

They left highly satisfied with both the speed and quality of the outcomes.

Conclusion

StudentVenture’s collaboration with Women at Tech is a powerful example of how modern, scalable, early-talent recruitment can work. By leveraging our partnership with UNiDAYS, our 360-degree candidate profiles, and our rapidly growing marketplace, organisations can discover exceptional talent with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

For mission-driven organisations like Women at Tech, StudentVenture doesn’t just fill roles it makes recruitment accessible, efficient, and transformative.

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