{"id":41,"date":"2017-11-21T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T12:26:14","slug":"october-fairs-were-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/2017\/11\/21\/october-fairs-were-a-huge-success\/","title":{"rendered":"October Fairs 2017 – A HUGE Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Were you one of the 3,700 students who attended?<\/span><\/h1>\n

The October Fairs kicked off with the All Sectors Fair on 19th October 2017.\u00a0 A staggering 106 companies exhibited, showcasing their graduate opportunities and work experience roles within a vast number of industry sectors.\u00a0 There was a real buzz throughout the day, with a final student attendance of over 2000.\u00a0 Students enjoyed networking\u00a0 with companies they may not have even heard of before, as well as grabbing freebies and soaking in the atmosphere.\u00a0 One student who attended, Elliott Wong (BSc Politics and Economics) said:<\/p>\n

“[The All Sectors Fair] provided tremendous insight into what I can do with my degree.\u00a0 A must attend!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the second day (20th October) it was the return of our long-standing IT, Science and Engineering Fair.\u00a0 Again, with 106 graduate recruiters exhibiting and over 1700 students who attended, the day was filled with student positivity about their future.\u00a0 They also had great things to say about the day including:<\/p>\n

“Employers were engaging and informative.\u00a0 I came away with more opportunities than I can believe” – Benita MacKay (Master of Physics student).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The employers, too, enjoyed meeting all of our eager and knowledgeable students:<\/p>\n

“Great students, good questions and lovely atmosphere.” (Aldi, All Sectors Fair Exhibitor). “It was a really interesting day, met a good range of potential students.” (Procter & Gamble, IT, Science & Engineering Fair exhibitor).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does this all sound so positive that you wished you attended or would you like to attend again?\u00a0 Fear not, the Careers and Employability Service is holding a Spring Fair on 6th March 2018.\u00a0 Also taking place in the sports hall and a large variety of graduate recruiters exhibitors are expected.\u00a0 Find out more HERE <\/a><\/p>\n

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Were you one of the 3,700 students who attended? The October Fairs kicked off with the All Sectors Fair on 19th October 2017.\u00a0 A staggering 106 companies exhibited, showcasing their graduate opportunities and work experience roles within a vast number<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2390,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careers-fair-wrap-up","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/221\/2017\/11\/2017ITSEFair033.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9oYKH-F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uoscareersfairsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}