Jobs Fair "exceeded expectations"
By Jamie Furniss - 22/5/13
Students at Sheffield City College and people from the local community were given the opportunity to search for their dream profession at the Real Jobs Fair on Friday, April 26 at the City Campus.
Thirty-five employers and around 500 job vacancies were on offer to those that attended the fair.
Alison Coulling, the event organiser, was really pleased with the turnout. She said: “We hoped we would get more than 200 people come on the day, attendance far exceeded our expectation at 1,200 people.
“I am unable to tell at this present time how many were students and how many people came from outside, but at a rough guess it was probably 50/50, as we did a lot of advertising through Job Centres in Sheffield.”
The feedback from employers was also something that pleased Alison, and because the event was a success, more could be in the pipeline.
“All the employers filled in a feedback form on the day and all the comments were very positive, saying the event was the best attended they had been to, and that they spoke to a wide variety of people," she said.
“All employers said they would like to come to the next one we do, it's just a case of deciding when!”
Students at Sheffield City College and people from the local community were given the opportunity to search for their dream profession at the Real Jobs Fair on Friday, April 26 at the City Campus.
Thirty-five employers and around 500 job vacancies were on offer to those that attended the fair.
Alison Coulling, the event organiser, was really pleased with the turnout. She said: “We hoped we would get more than 200 people come on the day, attendance far exceeded our expectation at 1,200 people.
“I am unable to tell at this present time how many were students and how many people came from outside, but at a rough guess it was probably 50/50, as we did a lot of advertising through Job Centres in Sheffield.”
The feedback from employers was also something that pleased Alison, and because the event was a success, more could be in the pipeline.
“All the employers filled in a feedback form on the day and all the comments were very positive, saying the event was the best attended they had been to, and that they spoke to a wide variety of people," she said.
“All employers said they would like to come to the next one we do, it's just a case of deciding when!”
The Steel City Divide
I compiled a newsletter on the biggest game of the football calendar in this great city of ours. It's where Sheffield United meet Sheffield Wednesday, a game which is also known as the Steel City Derby.
The newsletter consists of two pages, and intro reads: 'The Steel City Derby. Why is it so popular
amongst many people in Sheffield? Why does the outcome of the matches mean so
much to fans? Why is there such an intense rivalry?
Fans of both Sheffield clubs want their team to
do better than the other, so when the two clash it all builds up to an
intriguing contest, hence the popularity of this fixture.
Fans are desperate to get one over their arch
rivals, with a win sending one half of Sheffield into
delirium.
You are either red or blue in this great city of
ours, with many friends and families completely divided when the day of the game
arrives.
"Go on the pitch as footballers, come off it as heroes", is
always a quote which springs to mind when these games come
around.
On Sunday 16th October, over 30,000 fans descended to Bramall
Lane, the home of Sheffield United, who took on city rivals Sheffield Wednesday,
with three points up for grabs, but most importantly the bragging
rights.
Both Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday somehow find
themselves in the lower reaches on the English footballing pyramid, each of them
battling it out in the third tier.
Both sets of fans may have an extreme degree of rivalry between
each other, but ask them their opinion on the demise of Sheffield football and
their opinion will be unanimous.
Sheffield football may have gone down the over the last couple
of years, but that doesn’t mean the hostility and the desperation of winning
decreases.'
Below is Page 2 of the newsletter
The newsletter consists of two pages, and intro reads: 'The Steel City Derby. Why is it so popular
amongst many people in Sheffield? Why does the outcome of the matches mean so
much to fans? Why is there such an intense rivalry?
Fans of both Sheffield clubs want their team to
do better than the other, so when the two clash it all builds up to an
intriguing contest, hence the popularity of this fixture.
Fans are desperate to get one over their arch
rivals, with a win sending one half of Sheffield into
delirium.
You are either red or blue in this great city of
ours, with many friends and families completely divided when the day of the game
arrives.
"Go on the pitch as footballers, come off it as heroes", is
always a quote which springs to mind when these games come
around.
On Sunday 16th October, over 30,000 fans descended to Bramall
Lane, the home of Sheffield United, who took on city rivals Sheffield Wednesday,
with three points up for grabs, but most importantly the bragging
rights.
Both Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday somehow find
themselves in the lower reaches on the English footballing pyramid, each of them
battling it out in the third tier.
Both sets of fans may have an extreme degree of rivalry between
each other, but ask them their opinion on the demise of Sheffield football and
their opinion will be unanimous.
Sheffield football may have gone down the over the last couple
of years, but that doesn’t mean the hostility and the desperation of winning
decreases.'
Below is Page 2 of the newsletter