For employers
Structured, timetabled contact with students at colleges and universities, followed up for three months and evidenced afterwards.
3,000–5,000
students aged 16 to 24 expected across two Careers Days at our founding site
College planning figure, not confirmed attendance
4 sessions
Every partner attends both days and all four sessions, at every level.
Why it is different
Not something a student can collect. A stand works if a student can walk up and do something within thirty seconds: handle a piece of kit, attempt a task, be timed at something, or take a challenge with a result at the end.
A table, a banner and a bowl of pens does not work. Students walk past it, and the engagement figures we return to you will say so. We are glad to help you think it through.
Students aged 16 to 24 from industry-relevant training programmes, meeting employers who carry real, current vacancies and apprenticeship openings.
Every level receives attendance and engagement figures and expressions of interest. Higher levels add named leads, confidence survey results and destination tracking.
Students register interest on the day and are matched through an independent recruitment process. Placements are included in the contribution.
Ways to take part
A rate card prices floor space. What the levels buy is how deeply you are built into the programme, and what you take away afterwards. Every level is present for the whole event. The participation levels document sets out the full detail.
Level 1
You are at the event.
Present throughout · one of 12 places
Level 2
You are in the programme. Everything in Participate, plus:
In the programme · one of 12 places
Level 3
The event built partly around you. Everything in Engage, plus:
Principal partner · four places max
The timing
£2,000
incentive for smaller employers hiring a young apprentice, from October 2026
Youth Guarantee, House of Commons Library CBP-10827+8%
rise in school and college leaver hiring, while graduate vacancies fell
Institute of Student Employers, 2025
You take part free at an agreed level.
After a short call, confirmation is an exchange of emails setting out what each side is providing.
Placements are currently included in the contribution. Students are never charged, and leads go only to the partner a student has consented to.
Talk to us
Which level fits, and what space and support it needs. Tell us what you can realistically resource: an under-resourced Full programme is worse than a well-run Engage.
Discuss partnership options