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Next Wednesday we will be holding our first ever question time event. It's an opportunity for you to ask the experts anything you like from the current recruitment market to how to get into a particular job or industry. Meet the panel below and make sure you register online for this unique opportunity.

Our panel is made up of some of Sheffield's key figures including CreativeSheffield's Brendan Moffett and Ben Sequera, director of the ProSheffield network. Read the profiles below to find out exactly who the panel are, what you can ask and exactly why question time is an event not to be missed!

Brendan Moffett

Creativesheffield

Director - Strategic Marketing

Brendan is a brand marketer with extensive top level experience. He has worked for some of the world's leading Marketing Services Agencies, such as WPP, working with global brands ranging from Guinness to General Motors. He had 2 successful spells with media giant EMAP in a variety of roles, at the sharp end of dynamic markets in broadcast, publishing and b2b.

He joined Creativesheffield in April in a dream role, to market his home city. Much of his work involves partnerships with key city stakeholders, ensuring that the city's brand proposition is coherent.

Ask Brendan about his successful career in Marketing, his current role with Creativesheffield and the regeneration of the City and what that means for you.

Ben Sequerra

Pro Sheffield

Chief Executive Officer

Pro Sheffield is a membership organisation working exclusively with Sheffield based companies in the Financial & Professional Services sector. They help raise the profile of companies within the sector by organising events and networking opportunities, acting as a portal for the sector and connecting individuals and companies on and offline. The Pro Sheffield Young Professionals Network helps connect young professionals in the city through networking events such as informative seminars and talks as well as after hours drinks and quiz's.

Prior to his role at Pro Sheffield, Ben has 11 years of recruitment experience under his belt. He became national top fee earner at 25 years old with Michael Page in London before returning to his hometown of Sheffield and becoming a director with local firm Sewell Moorhouse.

Ask Ben about the importance of networking, what it's really like to work in recruitment and what Sheffield has to offer.

Kobi Thompson

Marketing Director

Tall Poppy

Kobi's career path began in London marketing large blue chip organisations, including AOL and Sun Microsystems, which led to her being invited to join Netengines, a technology start up company, where she was involved in raising £11 million from venture capitalists. Since then she has successfully marketed both public and private organisations in both the UK and the United States. This experience expands across a diverse range of industries including Manufacturing, Engineering, IT & Telecoms, Healthcare, Education & Professional Services.

After returning from travelling throughout Australia and South East Asia at the end of 2004, Kobi began working as a marketing consultant in Sheffield and formed her full service marketing agency Tall Poppy with her business partner Donna Renshaw in 2005.

Martin Edmondson

CEO

Graduates Yorkshire

Martin Edmondson is the Chief Executive of Graduates Yorkshire, the regions leading graduate recruitment service. During his time with Graduates Yorkshire, Martin has successfully led it from a funded project to a sustainable social enterprise.

Prior to this Martin has considerable experience in the public and private sector, predominantly in business development and project management roles. He forged his career working for the Reed recruitment group, successfully turning round one of the worst performing branches in the Reed network, and working directly for Reed founder and Chairman Alec Reed.

Ask Martin about the current recruitment market, graduating in a recession and any advice you want about getting a job in Yorkshire.

Dan Fell

Head of Policy

Doncaster Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber is an independent organisation that supports and represents the Doncaster business community.

Dan has worked at the Chamber for fours years and is one of the
Chamber's four senior managers leading on the organisation's policy and representation activities. Businesses do not have a vote; however, there are hundreds of decisions made everyday, both locally and nationally, that impact on the performance of the town's economy.

Dan has a degree in English Language and Literature and an MA in
Politics, both from the University of Sheffield.

As a recent graduate, you can ask Dan about how he found the graduate recruitment market and any advice he has for job seeking. He's also a representative of Doncaster, which hold great opportunities for graduates and is just a short commute away from Sheffield. Also ask him about how important getting involved with Chamber activities is.

To attend this event you need to register here.

Here are some more events for your diary from around the region.

Part Time Open Event
13th May, The Hubs, Sheffield University

Perfect for those in employment and wanting to improve their skills or those not in their ideal career looking for ways to become more employable.

Find out more by visiting Sheffield Hallam University's Website.

Yorkshire Graduate Recruitment Fair
Wednesday 10 June 11am to 3:30pm
University of Leeds Sports & Exhibition Centre

You can meet over 80 organisations offering local and national vacancies, voluntary opportunities, further study and more and the Local Employment Zone is perfect for those looking for work in the Yorkshire region.

Get help from a Careers professional, get your CV checked, collect useful information resources - all free!

To find out who will be there, the opportunities available and how you can make the most of the event, check out the fairs website.

Twitter is set to be the next big thing so of you're not Tweeting yet it's about time you checked it out. Not only is it a great way to keep up with what your mates and your fave celebs are up to, but you could even Twitter your way to a new job with twitterjobsearch.

Companies like us who are all clued up with the way Twitter works post their jobs online. Not only can you follow your favourite jobs board (us) directly but every time any job is posted on Twitter it's added to a job's database that you can search by job title, location or key word. Give it a go; you never know what you might find! And don't forget to add Graduates Yorkshire to your following list too!

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