Top graduate employers at Lancaster
Student talking to HSBC
Lancaster University’s Centre for Employablity, Enterprise and Careers has one run one of the UK’s largest independent careers fairs for many years, and each year there is a Placement Fair at LUMS which brings employers on campus to talk to second year students about sandwich year opportunities.
What makes the ‘Meet the Employer’ event different is that it is the first time LUMS has mounted a fair whose focus is very informal. It is intended for all students at LUMS – whether they are second year students just beginning to think about career options, or final years and postgrads actively hunting for jobs.
The event provided students with an exceptional opportunity to find out what to expect from graduate schemes, get advice on how to approach the application process, and to talk one-to-one with recruiters to find out about their opportunities and what qualities and life skills employers are looking for.
“I really enjoyed myself and I felt that the students came well prepared with some good background research which is a credit to you and your team.”
Sam Stiley, IBM
The companies attending included Times Top 100 employers as well as several regional firms. The informal atmosphere created a real “buzz” and employers were delighted with the constant stream of interest in their organisations.
The event also proved to be a hit with the 200 students who attended, all eager to find out more about the organisations and the graduate opportunities they offer.
Organisations which attended included:
Students discussing career options with recruiters at the 'Meet the Employer' event on 6th February 2007.
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- BT
- Rolls-Royce
- Enterprise
- ICI
- Aldi
- KPMG
- Co-operative Group
- James Walker
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Ernst & Young
- JP Morgan
- IBM
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- HSBC
- Moore & Smalley
- BAE Systems
- MARL
- Christian Salvesen
Building on the positive feedback from this pilot event, ‘Meet the Employer’ will run again in 2008. For further information contact Jane Johnson, Corporate Relations Manager, at j.johnson4@lancaster.ac.uk
