If you’re a first or second-year student looking to gain work experience through a summer internship or year-long placement, this could be the event for you and final years and postgraduate students, can discover the vacancies on offer in 2022 and crucially, the closing dates for applications.

Across the two fairs, you can meet recruiters from Aldi, BT, Deloitte, Experian, PepsiCo, Mondelez, Office of National Statistics, MI5 and MI6 and GCHQ and Rolls-Royce PLC to name just a few.

Some companies may be less familiar to you but are leaders in their sector and are keen to recruit Nottingham students. Don’t forget, that each company will have a range of jobs and internships on offer so don’t make assumptions, visit their website to explore.

Engineering, Science and Technology Careers Fair – Monday 18 October

Graduate Jobs and Internships Fair – Wednesday 20 October

Before the day of the fair

Log in to the fair platform using your university username and password, click on the name of the fair and press ‘attend’. Once in the fair:

• read about the employers and the graduate jobs, internships and placements on offer
• favourite the ones you want to talk to on the day
• think about questions you like to ask the representatives
• upload your CV and complete your personal profile for the employers to view

Pop back regularly to the platform as employers are signing up every day.

On the day

The fairs are open between 11am and 3pm and during this time, you can sign up to attend group chats or book one-to-one chats with the recruiters.

These chats are an ideal opportunity for you to gather information to help you to decide if you want to apply to the company and incorporate into any applications you make.

Find out more about the fairs and log in to the platform.