Somerset County Cricket Club host jobs fair

The event took place in Taunton on Tuesday, March 29, and welcomed almost 400 locals in search of jobs to speak with over 30 exhibitors and recruiters to help them settle into a new career.


Abbie Singer from Bridgwater & Taunton College


Nikki Difford and Heather Stebbing promoting Early Years Careers for Somerset County Council

Exhibitors at the event included Avon and Somerset Police, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and NHS Somerset.

The National Career Service and Community Employment Hubs helped to support the event, which was organised primarily by Stuart Wright; director of the Somerset Jobs website.


Sarah Thompson and Lisa Jefferies from Butlins Minehead

He said: “I felt it was the right time to lay on an event as so many people are reviewing their career choices especially after covid for the last two years and with a number of redundancies happening.”

According to SomersetTrends, 9,500 working age residents were unemployed between July 2020 and June 2021, after the beginning of the global pandemic.

The Somerset Jobs site helps Somerset residents to find local jobs, with popular locations listed as Bridgwater, Frome, Glastonbury, Hinkley, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, and Yeovil.

Written by Jamie Grover

More photos from the event below


Suzie Drew and Lyndsey Bath from Strode College


Amy Borthwick and Harry Jones from Avon & Somerset Constabulary


Caprice Page and Georgina Hainsby from SSAL


Sally Ravenor, Ashley Gold, and Ian Sutcliffe from Sally’s School of Motoring


Laura Potter from 2 Sisters Food Group


Katherine Kyprianou and Danielle Thompson from Somerset Larder