Adrian Slatcher reports from today’s ProDev Day.
I am at the John Dalton Building at MMU this afternoon for this year’s ProDev Day. Organised by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Business School this is a unique opportunity for students across all of the city’s HE institutions to find out about all the opportunities available in the fast growing digital sector in the North West.
For employers – and unique amongst this kind of event, employers are more in attendance than public agencies – it’s a golden opportunity to make some initial connections with the current crop of students. As David Edmundson-Bird, Director of Executive Programmes at the MMU Business School, recently said at the Social Media Cafe, by the time companies come to him each summer looking for the best digital talent in the region, that talent will already have found jobs.
With BBC – one of the attendees here – moving to New Media City, there’s a unique opportunity for NW based graduates and post-graduates to start their career in the region, without having to move to London or elsewhere.
Already a leading city for digital development, Manchester is uniquely placed to bring together both employers and potential employees. The digital sector is very varied and their are a wide range of companies in attendance from media sales to software development.
Last year’s event was a busy day for everyone and the wide range of companies and agencies who have given their time up to attend this event is a testimony both to the city’s wide-ranging digital sector and to the benefit that a sector specific careers fair such as this can bring.
More information on the day can be seen via Twitter, (#prodevday or follow @prodevday)or previous events are archived at their Youtube channel. This years event is being filmed by local production company Threedegreeswest and highlights from the day will put online in the next week or so.
Update: Here’s one of the presentations given today.
