Employers are mulling over dozens of applications from job-hunters who flocked to the Oxford Mail Job Fair at Oxford Town Hall on September 11.

It was voted a success by companies and other organisations who ran stalls.

More than 30 employers and agencies were represented, including Fresh Direct, which needed about 24 people to staff its expanding warehouse business in Bicester, and Stagecoach, seeking about 25 bus drivers.

On the NHS stall, Denise Greenspan said the interest had been overwhelming. "There was a steady stream all day," she said.

NHS staff were giving out details of 73 vacancies in a wide range of jobs.

Sarah Keane, of the Oxford and Swindon Co-op, was seeking childcare staff for its new nursery in Rose Hill, due to open next March, as well as employees for its garage chain Motorworld.

It also needs 15-20 people for its Headington supermarket, due to re-open in November after refurbishment.

Unemployed Alex Damm, 21, who had travelled into Oxford from Steeple Aston, was looking for a job as a trainee electrician or plumber.

He said: "There is quite a lot on offer, but it's not for me. I will certainly look around a bit more."

Vicky Mill, 19, from Charlbury, had no luck in her search for a job in gardening maintenance.

She said: "I studied performing arts last year, but now I have changed tack and I am doing garden design. I have already got a job in a garden centre, so that's a start."

The fair's organiser, Trudy Thomson, said: "It was very busy all the time and everyone seems to be happy with how the day went."

The fair, sponsored by recruitment agency Champion Recruitment, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.