We're dedicated to helping employers meet their recruitment needs.

 

Recruiting our students

Give your business a unique opportunity to attract some of the North West's best students and graduates. Tap into the talent and skills that they can offer.

Read our Statement of Service

Recruiting students
Free vacancy service

vacancy promotion service reaches more than 70,000 º£½ÇÂÒÂ× 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. You can promote your graduate roles and internships to our high calibre candidates. Engaging with representatives from the world of work inspires our students. It provides them with insight and inspiration to help them develop their career ambitions.

For more information on how to engage with º£½ÇÂÒÂ× students and graduates, please contact the Employer Liaison team business@salford.ac.uk.

Interested in attending a careers event? Read our Terms and Conditions.

Careers Fairs 2026/2027

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Date Event Location Time
30 September 2026 Part-time Jobs and Volunteering Fair Maxwell Upper Hall TBC
7 October 2026 º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School Maxwell Upper Hall TBC
13 October 2026 Health & Society  Allerton Sports Hall TBC
14 October 2026 º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School Maxwell Upper Hall TBC
21 October 2026 Science Maxwell Upper Hall TBC
4 November 2026 Built Environment Maxwell Upper Hall TBC
18 November 2026 Teaching Futures  Clifford Whitworth - Open Space (ground floor) TBC
10 March 2027 Spring Careers Fair Maxwell Upper Hall TBC

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 Fee

The above costs include refreshments for two.  If you're bringing additional colleagues there is a charge of £10 per person.

Roles 

  • Placements
  • Summer jobs/internships
  • Graduate schemes
  • Graduate level roles
  • 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 and enterprise content
  • Pre-event email communication to students in your selected target
  • Opportunity to identify stand location at the venue

Feedback from 2025/2026 careers fairs

  • "We’ve had a really positive experience working with the team at º£½ÇÂÒÂ×. The students we engaged with were enthusiastic, well-prepared and keen to learn, and the partnership has been both collaborative and easy to manage. It’s been a great way for us to connect with emerging talent and support early careers in a meaningful way."
  • "The part time jobs fair is the most successful recruitment tool we use each year, the quality and number of students that attend is second to none and we would recommend this for any employer looking to engage university students in the local area." 

As well as organising careers fairs, the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has a free to use 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.

Please contact the Employer Liaison Team for further information.

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:

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) and Industry PhD

Partner with our academics to deliver a step change in business process and productivity via a KTP or Industry PhD project. A KTP is a grant funded project that offers a three-way collaboration between: 

  • the business
  • the University
  • a graduate Associate.

The graduate Associate is employed to work on developing a solution to an individual company’s specific needs. Our PhD scheme allows businesses to set the direction of one of our research degree projects. To find out more visit Knowledge Transfer Partnership and Industry PhD | º£½ÇÂÒÂ×

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

Referees and references for job/study applications

Please encourage any º£½ÇÂÒÂ× students or graduates to follow the advice provided on our Application referees web page when identifying appropriate referees/reference providers. 

If you want to confirm the study dates and qualifications of any of our students, you can make requests for information through the service. Direct any questions you have about this service to .