The 2010 Liverpool Graduate Recruitment Festival took place this year on
Thursday 3rd June.
It was a great success with 59 exhibitors and 1213 students and
graduates in attendance.
Exhibitor comments included:
59 organisations booked to exhibit at this event compared to 50 in June 2009.
“Definitely worth attending. An excellent
opportunity to meet high calibre graduates from all over the North West.
The location and catering were fantastic.”
“Professional set-up, spacious, well-organised.
Good opportunity to promote our business and speak to graduates who want
to work in our business. First time here – we will come again!”
“An excellent opportunity to market our career
programmes to high calibre graduates. For the first time in three
years of taking part in this event, I didn’t have time for lunch – there
were too many high quality graduates to speak to!”
“Really well organised, very busy with a good selection of candidates.”
“Well worth attending. Really diverse range of students from a
mixture of disciplines and experiences. Lots had researched
companies beforehand, so pre-event advertising is clearly very
successful.”
“Great festival for meeting top class potential employees from multiple universities. Great staff. Well organised.”
Visitor comments included:
“Thought this event was very helpful. I’m
going away feeling very positive and looking forward to my exciting
career prospects.”
“Well organised. Good range of exhibitors. Very useful in deciding career direction.”
“Really positive
experience. Found the information really useful and the employer
stands very friendly.”
“Excellent. Good range of exhibitors. Found the CV Surgery
extremely helpful.”
“Very helpful as I was not sure about what to do
after graduation and this gave me a lot to think about.”
The award for best exhibition stand went to the Royal Navy.
Congratulations to them! Their stand boasted a creative and
unique design and their staff were engaging and interactive with a
constant queue of visitors waiting to talk to them to find out about
their opportunities.
If you were unable to attend, you can find out about the opportunities
that were available here.
You can still apply! Remember to call into the Careers & Employability
Service for help with any applications and to find out about other
employer events on campus.