Local Employers
The Handshake platform is available for all students and graduates and will allow you to search and apply for local or global opportunities.
Handshakes makes it easy to find opportunities and connect with employers and other students that may be employed with that organisation!
- Kompass - search companies by location and sector
- The Times Top 100 - research big graduate employers in the area
- Yell.com - local (and national) business search engine
Some of the larger employers in and around the Luton/Bedford area are listed below. Vacancies for large employers such as the National Health Service, Civil Service and Local Government are advertised on their main websites and vacancies can be filtered by location:
- Barnfield College (now part of West Herts College)
- Bedford Borough Council
- Bedfordshire Police
- Central Bedfordshire College
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Civil Service
- Greene King
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Local Government Jobs
- London Luton Airport
- London Luton Airport (through HRGO Recruitment)
- Luton Borough Council
- NHS (for Luton & Dunstable Hospital)
- University of Bedfordshire
Agency Central - search for recruitment agencies by location and job sector
- FISH4JOBS - option to search by area
- Jobs Today - option to search by area
- e4s - search for student jobs in local area
Address
Careers & Employability Service
University of Bedfordshire
University Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU
Please note that the University of Bedfordshire Careers & Employability Service does not endorse specific employers or organisations linked to the website.
Phone
During office hours
(Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm)
+44 (0)1234 400 400
Outside office hours
(Campus Watch)
+44 (0)1582 743 989
General Careers Enquiries
careers@beds.ac.uk