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Starting salary
£competitive, excellent benefits
No. of graduate positions
40-50
No. of internship positions
200+
First year usually based location
See website for details
Head office location
Brentford, Middlesex
Disciplines accepted
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How to apply
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About Us
GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world's
leading healthcare companies. We have
a challenging and inspiring mission: to
improve the quality of human life by helping
people to do more, feel better and live
longer. This mission gives us the purpose
to develop innovative medicines and
products that help millions of people around
the world. In fact, we are one of the few
pharmaceutical company researching both
medicines and vaccines for the World Health
Organization's three priority diseases ‘HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria' and are very
proud to have developed some of the leading
global medicines in these fields. While
some people depend on GlaxoSmithKline's
pioneering pharmaceutical products to
tackle life threatening illnesses, others
choose bestselling nutritional brands such as
Lucozade and Ribena to help them enjoy an
active life.
Roles
Since there's no such thing as a typical
career path here, you'll find outstanding
opportunities for graduates and postgraduates
alike, as well as a number of industrial
placement opportunities for undergraduates.
And these roles cover our entire range of
business disciplines, from sales, marketing,
finance, science, IT, engineering and
purchasing to communications and HR.
What's in it for you?
During the first few years, we'll provide you
with a structure for gaining the skills and
experience you need to become a leader of
tomorrow, whether that means specialising or
branching out into other areas. And there are
no limits to where your career could lead –
in fact, our graduate positions have produced
some of our most inspirational leaders. There
are plenty of opportunities to learn and develop.
Our Culture
We're also proud to be named one of the
UK's leading graduate employers in The
2009 Times Top 100 survey, which polls
over 15,000 final year students. They rate us
amongst the top 20 employers for graduate
opportunities, making GSK the most
desirable pharmaceutical company to work
for. Put it all together and you can see why
so many people choose to start or continue
their career with us. But there's another
kind of benefit, and it's one that very few
organisations can offer. It's the chance to
help people all over the world live longer,
healthier, happier lives. We even help to
brighten smiles with some of the world's
favourite toothpaste brands.
Join Us
So, whether you're developing a marketing
strategy for our innovative medicines or
formulating vaccinations to help eradicate
diseases in the developing world, your work
with GSK will be helping people across the
globe look forward to a better tomorrow. To
find out more about your own future, visit
"Few companies are large and complex enough to offer the diverse range
of experience that you can get at GSK." Craig, Finance Graduate
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