UK job sites
Major UK jobsites - their features and faults and how to use them.
Employment directories
The best job search sites
Looking through the listings above, I have picked out the ones I particularly like. Many of the sites
include a jobs by email service.
- Jobserve.com - The largest UK
jobsite, with plenty of IT jobs and subsites for other sectors. A
large variety of agencies use this service. Includes a large
list of
UK IT recruitment agencies. Search URLs can be bookmarked, and it also
offers a jobs by email service and CV posting service.
- Reed.co.uk - I am a big fan of this
site, though it doesn't list as many technical jobs as I would like. Lists many jobs in temporary
positions. Offers CV posting.
- Jobs.guardian.co.uk - Smallish
number of listings from The Guardian newspaper, fairly media/public
services oriented.
- Planetrecruit - Lists a large
number of jobs and posts CVs to job agencies. Displays jobs from other
hotonline jobsites, including workthing.com.
- Monster.co.uk - The UK arm of
the large US jobsite.
View the relative popularity of jobserve, reed, monster, totaljobs and
jobsite on this
Google Trends page (alexa
version).
Bookmarkable job sites
Sites that I haven't signed up for email from, but have bookmarked.
Bookmarkable search results are very useful, instead of receiving a mail
full of yesterday's jobs, you can search as frequently or infrequently as
you wish:
- Totaljobs.com - Covers a number
of job sectors. Searches can be bookmarked (results.asp)
and they offer a jobs-by-email
service.
- Monster.co.uk - The UK arm of
the large US jobsite.
- Topjobs.co.uk - Medium sized job
listings, URLs were bookmarkable, but I don't have a current example, features a jobs by email service that unfortunately ignores keywords in the
saved search.
Other search sites
Some sites I haven't signed up to
anything from and don't visit regularly:
- Fish4jobs.co.uk - Features a large number of jobs and a jobs by email service. Their
search engine seems to become less specific (rather than more specific) when
searching for multiple keywords, which isn't very useful. The search
page does not include posting dates or salary. In the past I managed to bookmark their
search by decoding their search form.
- Silicon.com - IT news and job
listings. Includes a listing of IT recruitment companies (in the
search section) and a jobs by email service. A senior programmer
friend of mine subscribes to this.
- Jobsearch.co.uk - Smallish
number of jobs and a CV posting service.
- Gumtree.com
CV posting sites
I have had recent success with calls from agencies that have found my CV
on a CV posting website. All the sites below allow you to upload your
CV in Word format (possibly RTF). As time goes by, I should be able to
add to comments about how successful the CV sites have been for me.
CVs may need to be refreshed regularly to attract a recruiter's
interest. Most of the sites listed below also appear elsewhere on this page.
Recruitment agencies
Advice on company targeting
Asktheheadhunter.com
features advice on applying direct, making your the most of your CV and
interview techniques. All in an slightly over-the-top American stylee,
ideal for those a bit shy in coming forward. The best section by far
is the Articles
section, which includes insights from both the job-seekers and the employees
sides.
The biggest UK job sites
Website traffic graph from Statsaholic comparing monster.co.uk, totaljobs.com and reed.co.uk
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