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 Manager, Institute of Food Science and Technology |
10:45 – 11:05 | Opportunities in the food sector Paul Sheldrake - Application and Technical Director, Healy Group |
11:05 – 11:40 | Interactive group exercise Small group task focussing on job roles and skills |
11:40 – 12:00 | Early career perspective Anna Woodbridge, Category Technologist, Asda |
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) Savannah Willetts - Early Careers & Skills Specialist, Greencore |
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 |
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Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK’s largest and most diverse universities: a community of around 32,000 students, 4,500 staff and 295,000 alumni around the globe. They offer a range of Food and nutrition courses.