Job Search Overview

In the United Kingdom, one of the best ways to begin a job search is by contacting various recruitment agencies and responding to advertisements placed in local and national newspapers. Some of the many recruitment agencies in the United Kingdom are small, niche companies that often specialize in specific occupational areas such as secretarial, marketing or information technology (IT). Other larger companies have numerous offices throughout major cities as well as regional areas and generally cover many different sectors and occupations.

Online Job Sites

1Job
http://www.1job.co.uk/
1Job.co.uk enables job hunters to search and directly link through to recruitment agencies' job advertisements, employers' job advertisements and job-board job advertisements appearing on websites throughout the UK and Ireland. Using unique technology and processing algorithms, high-speed robot crawlers search the web to find thousands of new job vacancies each day. The search engine allows job seekers to search by industry, county or town, as well as by keywords.

1Job.co.uk
74 High Street
Sutton Benger
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 4RL
Tel: 0870 3500 230
Fax: 01249 720 678
Email: contact@1job.co.uk

CV Library
http://www.cv-library.co.uk/cgi-bin/create.cgi
Job seekers with UK work permits can upload their CVs to be read by thousands of recruiters. In addition, there is an active job search engine and a jobs-by-email service. Job seekers must hold a UK work permit or visa to be able to register with this organization.