Looking for fresh talent? The University of Hertfordshire’s Careers and Employment team can help

We offer more than 700 career-focused degrees, strong industry connections, industry standard facilities and opportunities to study at more than 170 universities worldwide, to prepare our students to succeed in a competitive global market.

With 11,000 new graduates every year, it’s no wonder employers work with us to solve their recruitment challenges. Our Careers and Employment team is available to support every step of the way, from helping to identify which students and graduates are most suitable for business needs, to helping promote vacancies.

Vicki Pinch, Graduate Success Manager at the University of Hertfordshire, explains: “We understand recruitment challenges and aim to solve them with our specially tailored, free services, events and programmes designed to support successful employment matches.”

As well as promoting vacancies via our Career and Employment jobs portal, employers from all industries can network with our talented students and graduates by attending our engaging career events, hosted throughout the year. This includes a variety of career fairs to promote graduate placement and parttime opportunities, as well as more targeted industry specific networking events. These events provide an excellent opportunity for employers to engage with our students in a recruitment setting and discover new talent.

Over the past year, we’ve been proud to support market-leading tech consultancy Netcel in building their future talent pipeline through the launch of their new graduate programme, Netcel - The Next Generation. Based in St Albans, Netcel was founded nearly 30 years ago by Herts graduate and current CEO, Tim Parfitt. We’re excited to continue working with Netcel as they prepare to welcome a new cohort of graduates who are eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the company’s continued success.

Employers found value working alongside our academics to develop assessed projects and competitions designed to provoke fresh thinking and spot future talent. Others signed up for an employer presentation, delivering a short presentation to a group of students studying a relevant subject, raising their profile to potential candidates and promoting job opportunities.

Employer Instagram takeovers are also popular. These involve dedicating the channel to one of our partnered employers, allowing them to post stories throughout the day or host a live Q&A session for an audience of up to 6,000 students. This approach delivers

For more details on any of our recruitment services, talk to our Careers and Employment Team today on https://go.herts.ac.uk/recruit-our-students targeted careers content while putting a friendly face to the employer’s brand, offering a fresh and engaging way to reach potential candidates. The goal is to help employers connect with the brightest talent that aligns with their business needs.

We’d love for you to meet our Careers and Employment team and explore how we can work together. Get in touch with us at recruit@herts.ac.uk to sign up to our next on-campus Part-Time Jobs Fair on 26 September, and our next Graduate Jobs and Placement Fair on 9 October. The fairs will connect hundreds of students and graduates with employers on-campus.

Katrina Maltman, Human Resources at Flexible & Specialist Cables says: “We have attended several University of Hertfordshire job fairs which we have found to be extremely well organised and very beneficial for us in our recruitment drives. The team has been helpful and professional in their approach and their service has been excellent. We will continue to work closely with the University for all our graduate recruitment requirements.”