Careers and Enterprise

We're here for you from start to finish and beyond! Our team is passionate about helping University students explore career options, develop essential employability skills, start up their businesses and showcase their strengths to employers in the UK and abroad.

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Careers Fair: Part-Time Jobs and Volunteering

A Careers Fair in progress

Wednesday 4th October, 12pm-3pm, Maxwell Hall

Open to all UoS students and graduates. This free event gives you the opportunity to meet lots of employers offering local part-time work.

The entrance to the Careers Hub
Get specialist advice

At the Careers Hub and across campus

Careers Hub opening times:

Trimester 1 & 2:  Monday to Friday 10:00-17:45

Trimester 3 & vacation periods: Monday to Friday 11:00-16:30 

The best place to get Careers advice is at the Careers Hub, but we also travel around the University, meeting you where you are. The Careers Hub also hosts experts from other areas throughout the week. The table below shows our our weekly drop ins.

Located on The Broadwalk, within the Lady Hale Building (Campus Map), our Careers Hub is fully accessible to students. DisabledGo provides full details of our facilities.

Monday
1-3pm - Careers advice, Allerton, 1st Floor Concourse
1-3pm - Salford Inspire, Careers Hub - from 25th September
Tuesday
1-2pm - International Opportunities, Careers Hub
1-3pm - Careers advice, MediaCityUK, Ground floor (turn right at Reception)
Wednesday
12-3pm - USSU, Careers Hub, Lady Hale - from 20th September
1-3pm – Postgraduate Team, Careers Hub (3rd Wednesday of the month) - from 20th September
1-3pm - Careers advice, Maxwell, Employability Hub, 6th floor
Thursday
1-3pm - Careers advice, Science, Engineering & Environment (SEE), Ground floor Reception Area (near the entrance)
1-3pm - Unitemps, Careers Hub
Friday
11am-1pm - Salford Languages (LEAP & UWLP), Careers Hub - from 22nd September
1-3pm - Careers advice, Careers Hub

Careers events - What's on

  • Careers events - What's on
    • Start up School: Introduction to Our Start Up Schools

      Starts: 27 Sep 2023, 10:00 am
      Finishes: 27 Sep 2023, 2:30 pm
      Remaining places: 150
      ​Join us for an exciting half-day event designed exclusively for you! Get inspired and discover how attending our future startup programmes can empower you.
    • ICE - Wednesday Careers Talk

      Starts: 27 Sep 2023, 12:00 pm
      Finishes: 29 May 2024, 12:30 pm
      This event is for students to learn about professional life from recent graduates.
    • Finding Graduate Jobs

      Starts: 27 Sep 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 27 Sep 2023, 2:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Lady Hale, LH100
      Remaining places: 16
      Finding Graduate Jobs
    • PwC - Season Launch Event

      Starts: 28 Sep 2023, 3:00 pm
      Finishes: 28 Sep 2023, 5:00 pm
      Venue: Online, Online
      To celebrate the launch of our 2024 graduate and undergraduate programmes, we’ll be kicking off the new season with an event in our Virtual Park.
    • Become Incredible in Interviews

      Starts: 29 Sep 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 29 Sep 2023, 2:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Lady Hale, LH100
      Become Incredible in Interviews
    • Enactus Salford Presents #BreakTheGap

      Starts: 29 Sep 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 29 Sep 2023, 4:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Maxwell, 115
      Remaining places: 43
      Join us on September 29th for the #BreakTheGap Project, organised by our Enactus Salford Team. Our vision is to bring local and international students together, erasing divides through education, leadership, and captivating social activities.
    • The Prince's Trust: Mosaic Programme

      Starts: 3 Oct 2023, 10:00 am
      Finishes: 3 Oct 2023, 1:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Library Reception
      Mosaic focuses on raising young people’s aspirations and self-belief and improving their employability.
    • Be CV Confident

      Starts: 3 Oct 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 3 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Lady Hale, LH100
      Be CV Confident
    • Numeracy Refresher [on campus]

      Starts: 4 Oct 2023, 1:30 pm
      Finishes: 4 Oct 2023, 3:30 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Peel, LG09
      Remaining places: 20
      This session is suitable for any student needing to complete numerical reasoning tests or refresh core numeracy skills: interpreting charts/data, money calculations, percentages, ratio/proportion, approximation, converting units and averages. This session will be delivered on campus.
    • Numeracy Refresher [online]

      Starts: 6 Oct 2023, 10:00 am
      Finishes: 6 Oct 2023, 12:00 pm
      Remaining places: 40
      This session is suitable for any student needing to complete numerical reasoning tests or refresh core numeracy skills: interpreting charts/data, money calculations, percentages, ratio/proportion, approximation, converting units and averages. This session will be delivered online.
    • Finding Graduate Jobs

      Starts: 6 Oct 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 6 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
      Finding Graduate Jobs
    • Teaching Futures Careers Fair

      Starts: 10 Oct 2023, 11:00 am
      Finishes: 10 Oct 2023, 1:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Exhibition space
      Teaching futures is a careers fair for those interested in finding our more about teaching as a career
    • The Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair October 2023

      Starts: 10 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
      Finishes: 10 Oct 2023, 5:00 pm
      Venue: Online, Online
      Drawing on Legal Cheek‘s unrivalled law student subscriber and follower base, as well as its extensive campus ambassador network, the Fairs give students from all parts of the UK the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading law firms from their laptops.
    • The Prince's Trust: Mosaic Programme

      Starts: 11 Oct 2023, 11:00 am
      Finishes: 11 Oct 2023, 12:00 pm
      Venue: Online, Teams
      Mosaic focuses on raising young people’s aspirations and self-belief and improving their employability.
    • Using LinkedIn for Job Hunting

      Starts: 11 Oct 2023, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 11 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Lady Hale, LH100
      Remaining places: 25
      Using LinkedIn for Job Hunting