Undergraduates sought for STEP programme

Wednesday, 24 December 2014 00:00

Undergraduates are sought for next year's STEP programme.

The scheme aims to assign final and penultimate year undergrads with employment during their summer break.

Local companies take on the young workers in what's described as a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Students participating will receive a National Insurance free training allowance of £210 per week.

Economic Development Minister Laurence Skelly says it can be as useful for the companies as it is the young workers:

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