VIRTUAL WORK EXPERIENCE
The only VWE that builds your pipeline — and skills for life.
The only experiential learning platform driven by AI. Stand out as an employer of choice, open doors to diverse talent, and give young people real skills — not just a certificate.
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THE CHALLENGE
The need for early, inclusive engagement has never been greater.
The social divide is widening. Career decisions are being made earlier than ever. And if you're not engaging with young people, your competitors are.
0%
of students say work experience is their top priority when choosing who to apply to
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more likely to secure employment with relevant work experience on their CV
0%
of employers value work experience over degree classification when recruiting
WHAT YOU GAIN
Your brand will stand out from the crowd.
A market leading attraction experience that not only provides real-world insight, but teaches skills for life — supporting social value.
Increase brand recognition
Students experience your brand from the inside — your roles, your culture, your challenges. They leave knowing who you are and why they'd want to work for you.
Improve DE&I of your pipeline
Accessible to anyone with a phone or laptop, VWE removes the barriers that traditional placements create — opening your pipeline to talent that would otherwise never reach you.
True social value contribution
Every student who completes a Sixty experience builds real employability skills — skills for life. You're not just filling a pipeline. You're creating measurable social impact.
HOW IT WORKS
Students complete immersive simulations that bring your world to life.
Hands-on, and highly engaging — get students genuinely understanding your roles. All concluding in personalised AI feedback to support developing skills for life. An experience like no other.
EXAMPLE EXPERIENCE
Every experience is built around your world.
We build a fully bespoke, branded experience around your organisation's real roles, challenges, and culture. Here's an example of how a client's experience is structured.
The brief: Design a VWE for a major UK water company. Students are placed in 2030, where water supply is under pressure from climate change and population growth. They join the mission to protect every drop — exploring five departments across the organisation.
Chief Engineer's House
Review pipeline options and recommend which route to take forward. Deliver a short memo with your reasoning.
ENGINEERING
Customer Services
Review complaints about low pressure and draft a community update that's empathetic, clear, and builds trust.
COMMUNICATION
Alliances
Match partner proposals to the right project areas, making a case for each recommendation.
STRATEGY
Digital & Cyber
Analyse a cybersecurity brief and prioritise the risks to the smart water network.
TECHNOLOGY
Frontline Operations
Step into a field team scenario and manage a critical supply issue affecting local communities.
OPERATIONS
DISTRIBUTION & REACH
We'll help you reach the right students too.
We're connected to university and college students across the UK. Your experience is hosted on Sixty — distribute it through your own channels, or let us run a targeted campaign to the demographics that matter to you.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Not all virtual work experience is equal.
Most providers offer content to watch. We build experiences to live through — with real tasks, real feedback, and real employer brand impact.
Immersive, not passive
Students complete real tasks — write emails, make decisions, analyse briefs. They're not watching videos about work. They're doing it.
Fully bespoke to you
Built around your roles, your language, and your culture — not a template used by every employer. A distinctive experience that stands out in a candidate's mind.
AI feedback, not just completion
Every student gets personalised, task-specific feedback from AI — building real skills and confidence, not just a tick-box certificate.
Data to prove your impact
Demographic insights, confidence change, pipeline conversion, and application intent uplift — so you can evidence social mobility and ROI.
A strategic signal to market
The best VWE says: "We are redefining what early careers looks like." Not: "We offer virtual work experience."
Skills & social value built in
Employability skills are actively practised throughout — not bolted on. You're building the pipeline you want while genuinely supporting access.
HEAD TO HEAD
Sixty vs. traditional VWE providers.
Sixty's experiential approach outperforms passive providers on every metric that matters to early careers teams.
CRITERIA | SIXTY | TRADITIONAL PROVIDERS |
Learning model | Immersive tasks, real decisions, AI feedback | Passive click-through content and videos |
Engagement level | Make calls, write emails, solve live scenarios | Primarily content consumption — limited tasks |
Employer brand impact | Bold, distinctive — built around your brand | Same template used across all employers |
Customisation | Fully bespoke — your roles, language, culture | Template-led with limited brand customisation |
Skills development | Actively practised with personalised feedback | Skill module add-ons in e-learning format |
Strategic positioning | We're redefining early careers. | We offer virtual work experience. |
READY TO STAND OUT?
The only VWE that will set your brand apart.
See how Sixty can transform your early careers outreach and social mobility impact. Book a demo — we'll show you a live experience.