Recruiting students

Students chatting in breakout room

We are dedicated to helping employers meet their recruitment needs. Give your business a unique opportunity to attract some of the North West's best students and graduates, and tap into the talent and skills that they can offer.

Recruiting students
Free vacancy service

Employer Handshake vacancy promotion service reaches more than 70,000 University of Salford students and graduates.

Opportunities that can be promoted include: 

  • Part-time job vacancies
  • Graduate vacancies
  • Vacation period work (Christmas/Easter/Summer holidays)
  • Year-long Industrial Placements
  • Summer Placements
  • Volunteering opportunities

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Our Employer Advertising Policy for more information on the type of employers, vacancies and information that can be promoted, and information on employing international students.

Recruitment fairs and employability events

All our fairs offer you the opportunity to start a recruitment journey with us, and to promote your graduate roles and internships to our high calibre candidates. Engaging with representatives from the world of work inspires our students and provides them with insight and inspiration to help them develop their career ambitions.

For more information on how to engage with University of Salford students and graduates, please contact the Employer Liaison team business@salford.ac.uk.

Read our Terms & Conditions and Guidance notes for attending Careers Events at the University of Salford.

Careers Fairs 2024/2025

Careers Fairs play an important role in highlighting a whole range of employment opportunities. They also provide a direct link to employers that are offering employment and seeking graduates. We are currently planning for our 2024/25 Careers Fairs - the dates, locations and times shown below are all to be confirmed.

Date Event Location Time
2nd October 2024 Part-time Jobs & Volunteering Maxwell Upper Hall Ended
16th October 2024 Teaching Futures Clifford Whitworth Library (Ground Floor) Ended
23rd October 2024 School of Arts Media and Creative Technology Media City Ended
6th November 2024 School of Science Engineering and Environment Maxwell Upper Hall Ended
13th November 2024 Salford Business School Maxwell Upper Hall Ended
22nd November 2024 School of Health and Society Allerton Sports Hall Ended
12th March 2025 Spring Fair Maxwell Upper Hall 12pm – 3pm

Information for employers

These events will be aimed at students from all year groups looking for placements, summer jobs/internships, or course-related part-time work. Also open to graduates.

Brief overview

Cost to exhibit

Medium/large business (Organisations with 250 or more employees) £150 + VAT
SME (Organisations with less than 250 employees) £75 + VAT
Third sector/Public sector/Armed forces/Online ONLY* No charge

Roles 

Placements, summer jobs/internships, graduate schemes, graduate level roles or course-related part-time work.

Communication with students

You can let us know on a booking form which students you want to meet; year groups, relevant courses etc. we can then target advertisements to these students ahead of the fair.

Sponsoring our Careers Fairs 

A £500 + VAT sponsorship for the fair includes:

  • Main sponsor billing on the Careers Fair landing page
  • Sponsor logo featured on students’ fair booking page
  • Sponsor logo featured on event advertising and promotional material
  • Sponsor logo featured on pre-event Careers & Enterprise content
  • Pre-event email communication to students in your selected target* [content required]
  • Opportunity to identify stand location at the venue

Feedback from 2024/2023 Careers Fairs

  • ‘It was most useful to be interacting with students, and have the chance to network with our local businesses.’ Spring Fair 2024
  • ‘Great networking with University of Salford students and staff, very busy and well organised.’ Spring Fair 2024
  • ‘It was amazing connecting with students from the SEE school and understanding what they’re looking for!’ SEE Fair 2024
  • ‘Well organised and well attended’. ‘Well organised, helpful staff’. Spring Careers Fair 2023

As well as organising Careers Fairs, the University of Salford has a free to use online jobs portal for employers, which gains more than 22,000 views each year.
Jobs can be added throughout the year, for part-time work, placements and graduate level vacancies, either local or nationwide.

SMEs based in the North West might also be interested in our match-funded internships which you can read about on this page under 'Funded Internships and Employability Programmes'.

Please contact Rachel Martin for further information on: business@salford.ac.uk or +44 (0)161 295 0023 (option 5, then 3).

Unitemps recruitment agency – recruit students and graduates

Commission the Unitemps on-campus recruitment agency to identify and recruit appropriate student and graduate candidates for you. To enquire please telephone: +44 (0)161 295 0407 or email unitemps@salford.ac.uk or visit our Unitemps page.

Hiring international talent
Recruiting volunteers

Would you like to advertise a volunteering opportunity? Are you based in the UK and a: 

charity?

not-for-profit organisation (including social enterprises and public sector organisations)?

community group? 

If so, please complete our Volunteering Opportunity Registration Form.  

Volunteering opportunities can then be promoted through our Employer Handshake vacancy promotion service. Read our Employer Advertising Policy for more information.

Candidate verification

Contact HEDD (Higher Education Degree Datacheck) for verification of candidate qualifications and study.

Contact

Get in touch

Employer Liaison Team
The Library, Clifford Whitworth Building
The University of Salford
Salford
Greater Manchester
M5 4WT
United Kingdom