29 March 2011

Spring into jobs

The latest Sheffield Universities Recruitment Fair (SURF) opens on Wednesday 30 March 2011. The Spring into Jobs fair is designed to give prospective Sheffield graduates the chance to meet with national employers.

The Spring into Jobs fair consistently attracts prestigious national graduate employers such as Arcadia Group, IBM UK and Cummins Ltd who regularly recruit graduates from both universities. This year the fair is also welcoming top local employers such as Firth Rixson Limited, Greencore Prepared Meals, PHD and Ideasbynet.

SURF is an exceptionally successful collaboration between the careers and employment services of the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. It aims to ensure that the students of Sheffield get the best chance of meaningful employment upon graduation.

Michelle Dexter, SURF Manager, commented: "Working with both universities means that we can offer employers a wide range of graduate talent from across all kinds of subject areas and training. From the students' perspective, our partnership enables us to attract the best employers, representing a broad variety of career options and potential future jobs."

Steve Fish, Director of the University of Sheffield´s Careers Service, said: "Our ongoing partnership with Sheffield Hallam University is invaluable to students and employers, on a local and national scale. This partnership of two universities working together to ensure a bright future for the students of both is, as far as we know, only paralleled by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.”

Spring into Jobs Fair will take place on Wednesday 30 March 2011 from 10.30am- 4.30pm in the Octagon Centre at the University of Sheffield.