Careers and employability centre opens

5th March 2014

A new centre dedicated to helping students plan their careers and find work will launch at Sheffield Hallam University, providing students and graduates with careers workshops and employer-led networking sessions.

Chief executive of Gripple, Hugh Facey, will officially open Sheffield Hallam's new Careers and Employability Centre on Thursday 6 March as part of National Careers Week. The event will give students the chance to network with a range of employers the University works with, which include Morrisons, IBM, Nestlé and Network Rail. Paul Helm, lead for employability at the University, said: "This new centre provides us with a focal point where we can help students develop the skills needed to launch their careers. "In this brand new centre, we're providing workshops to help them plan their careers and find jobs, improve their online presence for networking with potential employers, fill in application forms and shine in interviews." In 2013 Sheffield Hallam came first in the Student Barometer Survey for employability and second place for the quality of its careers advice. The University also employs a large number of students - 1629 students were recruited last year into a variety of roles, including events assistant, laboratory assistant and photographer. 59 per cent of Sheffield Hallam students study on courses with a work based learning opportunity (10 points higher than the sector average) and last year 89 per cent of Sheffield Hallam students either entered work or went onto further study.