Welcome
Launch your career in the food sector! Learn more about graduate careers, meet professionals working in the food sector and gain skills to improve your CV and interview technique.
Programme
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Arrival and registration (Peak Lecture Theatre) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Introduction and welcome Dr Cecile Morris, Head of Department for Service Sector Management, Sheffield Hallam University Robin Leaper, Education and Careers Coordinator, Institute of Food Science and Technology |
| 10:45 – 11:05 | Opportunities in the food sector Tbc |
| 11:05 – 11:40 | Interactive group exercise Small group task focussing on job roles and skills |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Early career perspective Tbc |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Walk to Owen Classrooms |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Food Sector Mentor Networking Lunch (Owen Classrooms) Speed networking tables with 'mentors' from a range of roles in the food sector |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Walk to Adsetts Lecture Theatre |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Standing out from the crowd - a recruitment perspective (Adsetts Lecture Theatre) Tbc |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Virtual Factory Tour - Raynor Foods Sandwich Factory |
| 14:40 – 14:50 | Introduction to IFST - including competitions, awards and events Robin Leaper |
Hosted by:
Arla Foods empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world, with brands including Cadbury, Oreo, Maynards Bassetts, Toblerone and BelVita. In the UK, it employs over 4,000 people across its nine sites, which include the Cadbury factory in Bournville and its Global Centre of Excellence for Chocolate Research and Development, where every chocolate product that Mondelēz International makes and sells globally begins its development.