Recruit a Salford resident

The Salford Employment Hub can help your business grow by offering you free recruitment support for job and apprenticeship vacancies. A dedicated account manager will advise and liaise with you throughout the process, providing:

• vacancy handling and free advertisement
• direct access to a pool of local candidates, who have been skills matched specifically for your vacancies
• support via processing, screening and assessment for applicants in order to facilitate the recruitment
• management of open days, jobs fairs and recruitment events
• premises for holding interviews
• development of employer specific pre-employment training programmes at no cost to your company
• access to grants and funding

We can also support you with training and workforce development opportunities, including:

• a range of apprenticeships (open to all age ranges)
• NVQ training
• professional training and development
• bespoke training courses designed with employers
• financial support towards the cost of training

Contact us to discuss the tailored support your business could benefit from by emailing employment.hub@salford.gov.uk

Our offer to employers

By locating your business in Salford you have access to a wide range of support in recruitment, training and workforce development. This is provided by Salford Employment Hub who will provide a solution to meet your needs and ensure local people are connected into the new opportunities your business will bring into Salford.

The menu of services provided by Salford Employment Hub include:

Account management - a single point of contact providing support by a dedicated Lead Account Manager to advise and liaise with you about your needs.

Recruitment and selection - a quality, joined up approach to meet your recruitment and selection needs, identifying opportunities.

Training and workforce development - providing an advisory service to link in with training and funding providers to assist you with your training and workforce development needs. 

Community links - Facilitate your engagement with the local community, and specific diversity groups you are keen to support, to meet your corporate leadership ambitions and to raise your company profile within Greater Manchester.

Support with hiring an apprentice

You can use apprenticeship funding towards giving someone a start on the career ladder or towards training costs for an established member of staff - even up to degree level.

The citywide Salford Skills for Business Apprenticeship Fund helps small-to-medium-sized organisations meet the cost of apprenticeship training. It’s backed by local organisations and has already helped many organisations train the skilled people they need. To apply, simply complete the online form below.

University of Salford recruitment and talent support

Student placement programme

The student placement programme matches aspirational students and graduates who have a skill shortage. This FREE to business programme works with committed students and graduates who want to further their employability in a specific business or industry sector.

If your business is interested in student placement scheme, please email: sbs-employability@salford.ac.uk or telephone 0161 295 4378.

Funded students and graduate internships

The University of Salford has partnered with Santander to offer internship opportunities to SMEs. Up to £1,500 can be offered to eligible business. If you are interested in the funded students and graduate internship scheme email: business@salford.ac.uk or telephone 0161 295 0023.