The Southampton Jobs and Wellbeing Fair 2024 hosted a range of employers, as well as training providers and wellbeing support, to help jobseekers take the next steps in their career.
Southampton Jobs and Careers Fair 2023SHOW
This event in the heart of Southampton was organised in partnership with the council's Employment Support Team, Go! Southampton and FigFlex Offices and hosted small, medium and large employers, as well as wellbeing support and charities to help jobseekers take the next steps in their career.
The event featured:
Local employers with live vacancies
Organisations and charities offering support around wellbeing, mental and physical health
Business to business networking opportunities
One Southampton, Jobs and Wellbeing FairSHOW
Wednesday 5 October 2022, 1pm-6pm
O2 Guildhall, Southampton
This event was organised by Southampton City Council’s Employment Support Team, Public Health team and Stronger Communities team and saw over 250 people come out to meet 40 employers with live vacancies. There were also opportunities to meet wellbeing organisations and take part in yoga sessions and bench press competitions. Attendees could also get their COVID-19 vaccination at the event.
Southampton Jobs Fair 2022SHOW
Tuesday 31st May 2022, 3pm-7pm
Central Hall, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NF
After two years of virtual events, the council's Employment Support Team ran our first in-person Jobs Fair since 2018 at Central Hall on Tuesday 31 May 2022. We hosted over 25 employers who all had live vacancies covering a variety of sectors.
Southampton Virtual Jobs Fair 2021SHOW
Wednesday 11 August 2021
Our second Virtual Jobs Fair gave anyone in Southampton looking for work the opportunity to virtually meet employers with live vacancies!
The Southampton Virtual Jobs Fair was organised by Southampton City Council and Southampton Jobcentre Plus to assist job seekers, and those who were unemployed, furloughed or being made redundant in Southampton to engage with recruiting employers.
Southampton Virtual Jobs Fair took place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and was organised by Southampton City Council and Southampton Jobcentre to assist job seekers, those who were unemployed, furloughed or being made redundant in the Southampton, waterside area and Hythe to engage with recruiting employers.
The virtual jobs fair took place on Wednesday 29 July 10am-4pm, giving people the opportunity to find out about companies recruiting locally and their current vacancies and providing a safe platform for positive engagement to happen between the job seeker and the employers.
On the day there were free webinars to help attendees improve their employability skills and wellbeing and the chance to virtually meet employers for 5 minute 1:1 sessions where they can find out more about vacancies and ask questions.
Webinars from the Virtual Jobs Fair are now available to watch back on our YouTube channel.
Our Jobs Fairs are free for people to attend and free for employers to exhibit at.
Grand Harbour Hotel, West Quay Road, Southampton, SO15 1AG
As the UK workforce ages and fewer younger people enter the labour market, employers will increasingly need to rely on the skills and experience of older workers if they are to remain competitive, increase productivity and growth, and avoid skills shortages in the future.
While there are more people aged 50+ in work than ever before, there are still significant numbers of people over the age of 50 leaving their jobs prematurely; a decision that can affect them both financially and socially.
On Monday 16 July 2018, we hosted a Fuller Working Lives Careers Event in partnership with Southampton Jobcentre and the Education Development Trust at the Grand Harbour Hotel.
This was an opportunity for people in Southampton to meet employers, training providers and support organisations to help them to retrain, regain or remain in employment to achieve a more financially secure future. At this event, people also had the chance to participate in free workshops to help improve their employability skills.
Southampton Enable Employment FairSHOW
Tuesday 20 February 2018 11.30am-3.00pm
Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY
The Southampton Enable Employment Fair is part of a continuing initiative by the Southampton Jobs Fair Partnership to support employers in creating a workforce that reflects and connects with our community, whilst enabling those with a disability or health condition to access work opportunities and support.
Employers who exhibited were:
Southampton City Council
Westquay Works
Other World Escapes
The GROW Project / Grow Enablement Service
Saints Foundation
SCA
City College Southampton
Harbour Hotel and Spa
We welcomed over 200 people to the Jobs Fair who were looking for jobs and training. The event was organised in partnership with Southampton City Council, Southampton Jobcentre Plus, PeoplePlus and Wheatsheaf Trust.
This Jobs Fair had a focus on careers within Hospitality, particularly jobs associated with hotels. As well as live job vacancies, there were also plenty of training and volunteering opportunities available with local employers from in and around Southampton.
We welcomed clients of Southampton Jobcentre Plus, PeoplePlus, Wheatsheaf Trust, and our own Employment Support Team to the event. There were also special sessions from the National Careers Service as well as visits organised for the Saints Foundation and Bitterne Park Sixth Form College.
Students graduating or looking for seasonal part time work were also in attendance as well as those looking to move career or change jobs within the hotel and leisure industry.
The hotel industry is a vibrant, friendly and exciting industry to be a part of, many roles available at this event included roles in:
Management and senior positions
Housekeeping
Hotel Bar & Restaurant
Hotel Reception
Conference & Events Operations
Conference & Events Sales
Accounting and Book Keeping
Night Porterage
Leisure and Spa
Chef & Kitchen Team
Marketing
Concierge
Guest Services
Organisations included:
Accor Hotels (including Novotel, Ibis and the Dolphin Hotel)
Brockenhurst College
Careys Manor Hotel & The Montagu Arms Hotel
Chilworth Manor
City College
Destination Southampton
DoubleTree by Hilton Southampton
Hilton Ageas Bowl
Holiday Inn Southampton
Holiday Inn Eastleigh
Meon Valley Marriott Hotel and Country Club
New Place Southampton
Premier Inn
Solent Hotel & Spa
Southampton City Council’s Employment Support Team
Southampton Football Club
SpectrumCIL
Southampton Jobs Fair Local July 2017SHOW
Thursday 27 July 2017
Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY
Southampton Jobs Fair Local is a continuing initiative by the Southampton Jobs Fair Partnership to give people the opportunity for face to face engagement with handpicked employers who are willing to support individuals into employment.
We are pleased to welcome clients of Southampton Jobcentre Plus, PeoplePlus, Wheatsheaf Trust, Maximus, Shaw Trust and our own Employment Support Team to the second ever Southampton Jobs Fair Local.
With over 300 vacancies being advertised, there were plenty of employment, training and volunteering opportunities available with local employers from around Southampton.
If you would like to attend a future Jobs Fair, either speak to your work coach or contact the Employment Support Team on 023 8091 7585.
Southampton Jobs Fair 2016SHOW
Friday 7 October 2016 10am-3pm
The Spark Conference Centre, Southampton Solent University, East Park Terrace, SO14 0YN
Thank you very much to all the employers who exhibited at the Jobs Fair and thank you to everyone who helped to make the event such a success. Keep an eye on this page for updates about the latest Jobs Fair as well as announcements about future events.
We’re very excited to share a promotional film of the Jobs Fair that was made for us by Solent Creatives. The film showcases the highlights of October 2016’s Jobs Fair and summaries why it’s so important that these events take place.
Thank you to That’s Solent TV for covering the Jobs Fair on their Freeview and YouTube channels. Check out their report below:
64 employers from a range of sectors including hospitality, retail, care, construction, security attended the Jobs Fair on Friday 7th October. They brought over 1,100 vacancies to the 900 job seekers who visited the Jobs Fair.
Employers included:
Restaurants and establishments who will be opening in the new Westquay Watermark
Toys R Us
IKEA
Allied Healthcare
Carnival UK
Southampton Football Club
NHS
First Bus
…and many more
The dedicated partners involved in organising this event are:
