Manchester hosts biggest graduate jobs fair in the UK

News Source : The University of Manchester

Graduates seeking their first step on the career ladder are set to visit Manchester for the annual Graduate Recruitment Fair on 11 and 12 June with different exhibitors present each day.

The event, running from 10.30am to 4pm each day at the Armitage Centre in Fallowfield, is organised by The University of Manchester’s Careers & Employability Division and is the UK’s largest graduate recruitment fair this year. In a recent major survey of graduate recruiters*, the Manchester Fair was voted the best in the UK.

Representatives from over 180 different organisations and institutions will exhibit at the fair, with different exhibitors present on each day. There are both local and national vacancies in a variety of sectors. Exhibitors include recruiters, such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Accenture, Aldi, BDO Stoy Hayward, Bloomberg, the Civil Service, Cranfield University, Deloitte, Edward Mellor Estate Agency, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Experian QAS, Greater Manchester Police, HJ Heinz, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, The Royal Navy, Schlumberger, Siemens, Teach First, TK Maxx, Zen Internet and many more.

New and recent graduates from all universities can attend this free event and seize the opportunity to find out about permanent and temporary jobs from all sectors, as well as postgraduate study opportunities starting Autumn 2008.

The Fair is an ideal chance for graduates to make a positive impression on several potential employers at once. Graduates are advised to dress smartly and bring copies of your CV. It’s also a good idea to research companies and their vacancies in advance, as you will be able to better impress if companies feel you have done your homework in advance. Check out their vacancies on the A-Z list of companies on the website and click on the video link to watch some of the exhibitor videos.

Visit the Graduate Recruitment Fair website for further information and a full list of exhibitors, at www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/graduatefair 

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Video CVs – New Face of Recruitment in UK

Monday May 14, 2007
The Guardian

Having a bad hair day isn’t usually the most pressing concern when you compile your CV. But don’t discard the straighteners just yet – when it comes to impressing employers, that emergency hair appointment could soon be as important as filling in gaps in your employment history.

Video CVs are already becoming popular in the States and, like most US workplace trends (except, thankfully, two weeks annual leave), it is probably only a matter of time before it becomes the norm in the UK – with candidates investing in camera-perfect smiles to land their dream job.

Recruiters in Britain, such as Peter Davies, director of RMS PR, are also enthusiastic. “We are recruiting at the moment and with us being a PR firm, you’d expect candidates to come up with creative ways of selling themselves. But I struggle to remember any CVs that have made me sit up and read them all the way to the end,” he says. “Surely people must be able to come up with something better than a two-page diatribe about their qualifications and so-called ‘achievements’. The first person who sends me a video CV can have a job.”

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