New Season, New Talent:
Opportunities for Local Employers in April

In the April Edition of our Employer Newsletter, you will find out more about:

 

🌼Free SME Graduate Development Programme
🌼Webinar: How to recruit international graduates with ease - visa options
🌼Science Graduate School Research Showcase 2024

🌼A call for Health & Wellbeing work experiences for our Psychology students

 

Happy reading!
 

The University of Sheffield is considering launching a Graduate Development Programme for SMEs in the region. 

Could you spare 5 minutes to complete our survey and share your thoughts?

The University of Sheffield is conducting a feasibility study for the launch of a pilot Graduate Development Programme to help SMEs develop and retain talent in the region.

 

This would be free of charge for organisations with fewer than 250 employees who have recruited University of Sheffield graduates. 

The Programme would offer a structured pathway for developing graduates in your workforce, with the aim of:

  • boosting their skills, adding value to your organisation
  • providing ongoing support for their continued professional development (CPD)
  • supporting your organisational growth

Spanning 12 months, the programme is expected to be structured around three fundamental elements:

  • Core Training and Development
  • Graduate Community/Peer Support Network
  • Inspiring Role Models

We would really appreciate it if you could spare 5 minutes to complete the survey,  in order to help us explore your interest in the programme and how it might be shaped to meet both your needs and those of your graduate employees. Closing date for submissions is 30th April 2024.

 

Thank you for your time!
 

Don't miss out on graduate talent:
join our webinar to find out more about recruiting international students.

International students and graduates can be valuable additions to your workforce. Offering more than just language skills, they bring with them a diversity of thoughts and cultural insights that could help your organisation’s international growth. 

The Graduate Route visa and Skilled Worker visa have simplified the process for UK employers to hire international talents. However, with the changes of the Skilled Worker visa coming into force on 4th April and the review of the Graduate Route visa that is to be concluded by mid-May, employers are wondering what the changes mean to them and international graduates. 

 

Therefore, the Careers & Employability Service, partnering with Carter Thomas Solicitors and GTI, invites you to attend this webinar on how to recruit international graduates on Wednesday 1st May, 12:30 - 14:00. Please register your interest using the Google Form below. The webinar link will be shared nearer to the date.

Support available:
At the University of Sheffield, we’re here to assist you with recruiting international students and graduates. We can provide you with data about student numbers in specific regions or subjects, offer advice on targeting students effectively, help create job adverts, and organise on-campus or virtual events for student engagement. We can also connect you with international student societies. Contact us at employers@sheffield.ac.uk for more information.
 

Science Graduate School Research Showcase 2024

📅 Tuesday 30th April 2024, 1pm - 5pm
📍 the Octagon, Sheffield

The University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Science Graduate School is delighted to invite you to participate in its annual Postgraduate Research Showcase Event.  

 

This event brings together postgraduate research students from 3 departments (Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy and Psychology) and 2 Schools (Bioscience and Math & Statistics)  in a valuable opportunity for the second and third year PhD students to present the results and/or outputs of their research to each other and to the wider community of  researchers in both the Faculty of Science and across the University. 

 

The Faculty would be delighted to welcome you to the afternoon, and hope they will have the chance to host your stand. If you are interested in attending, please complete this form:
 

Could you provide a Health & Wellbeing work experience
for our Psychology students?

We are looking to work with organisations in Sheffield and the surrounding areas who may be able to offer work opportunities to our Psychology students.

Many of these students aspire to pursue careers linked to clinical psychology and want to gain experience working with and supporting those with mental health related issues.

 

This type of experience is essential for students to better understand the challenges and realities of this type of work and is a requirement to progress to the required postgraduate training. If your organisation has potential opportunities in this area of work, could you provide some brief details via the form below: