25th Nov Placement Fair and Career Development Day

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School are holding a Placement Fair & Career Development Day on Wednesday 25th November in partnership with Pro Manchester, a corporate membership organisation representing the 240,000 employed in the financial and professional service community in and around Greater Manchester.

The Fair is open to all students from MMU, Salford and The University of Manchester to attend. Open to students studying on any year of any course (undergraduate or postgraduate) but may be of particular interest to those interested in; Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, IT, Computing, Law, Media, Advertising and PR.

More details follow…

Placement Fair and Career Development Day – 4th February 2009

Manchester Metropolitan University are holding a Placement Fair and Career Development Day on Wednesday 4th February 2009 from 12.30-3.30pm in John Dalton Building (opposite the BBC on Oxford Road).  Students from Manchester University are welcome to attend.

The Fair is a fantastic opportunity for students seeking placements, internships, projects, vacation work or graduate positions.  If  you go along you can network with employers and gain professional advice about the opportunities available.   To find out what it’s like to work for a particular company or in a particular sector, you can attend one of four employer led workshops - register for these on the day.

It’s open to students studying on any year of any course but may be of particular interest to those studying; Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, IT, Computing, Law, Media, Advertising and PR.

For a list of exhibitors and to pre-register to attend, visit the event page on the  MMU Business School website.

12-month placements in Manchester at Co-operative Group

If you need to find an industrial placement for next academic year and you’re interested in roles HR, environmental project management or business analysis and want to stay in Manchester, read on.

The Co-operative Group is offering 12-month placements for undergraduates or graduates starting in September, and so far they’ve told us they’ve had surprisingly few applications from University of Manchester students for the 3 placements in the above areas.  So why not apply? The Co-op offers a salary of £14k as well as training opportunities and other benefits. Check out the following placements on the Co-op website:

• Location Analysis Support Officer, Food Retail Location Analysis
• Energy and Environment Project Co-ordinator, Group Property Division
• Employee Engagement Assistant, Corporate Communications

Application deadline for these is 31 January so be quick!