Recruiting students

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.

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 University of Salford 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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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

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 2024/2025 careers fairs

• ‘Very engaged cohort of students. Enjoyable afternoon.’
• ‘The quality of students visiting our stand was extremely high.’
• ‘The staff were good and professional and had the chance to speak to many international students.’
• ‘Excellent event, well organised, and the team were great to work with.'

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.

Please contact the Employer Liaison Team for further information.

• Email: business@salford.ac.uk
• Call: +44 (0)161 295 2417

Commission the Unitemps on-campus recruitment agency to identify and recruit appropriate student and graduate candidates for you. To enquire:

• telephone: +44 (0)161 295 0407
• email unitemps@salford.ac.uk
• visit our Unitemps page.

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 | University of Salford

• See the benefits of employing International Graduates
• Watch this video to dispel myths about hiring international graduates
• Find out more about the cost and convenience of the Skilled Worker Route

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

Please encourage any University of Salford 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 Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD) service. Direct any questions you have about this service to Prospects HEDD.