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 - Now owned by eBay.
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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Add commentwww.cvmonkey.com
You can post jobs for free on www.cvmonkey.com-- Daryl Moore on April 13, 2004 04:13 PM (view details)
Jobs in Northern Ireland
www.jobsearchni.com is the newest jobsite for Northern Ireland, advertising current job vacancies and recruitment news from every sector and business type in Northern Ireland. It provides jobseekers with free jobs by email and CV database, plus quick hassle free job search.-- Sinead McFadden on June 23, 2004 10:38 PM (view details)
Wantingjobs.Com
Northern Ireland newest job site that takes over from the current rip off merchants operating at present , visit http://www.wantingjobs.com/ for more information
Philip-- philip Black on July 27, 2004 01:47 PM (view details)
Workhaven - the quiet employment revolution
www.workhaven.com
Anonymity, always out there - a ver neat way forward.
-- June Weatherby on April 13, 2005 04:47 PM (view details)
www.jobsinhampshire.co.uk
A brand new jobsite for Hampshire covering all industry sectors.
3 month unlimited free trial please contact Claire Fell on 01420 85175 or via email at claire.fell@jobsinhampshire.co.uk for details.
-- Claire Fell on May 09, 2005 05:39 PM (view details)
Insurance Jobs
www.insurancejobsboard.com
1000's of jobs from the UK's leading specialist insurance recruitment agencies and vacancies from direct employers.
Site features an Industry specific job search engine which drills down to deliver accurate vacancy matches across all disciplines of the sector.
A Live breaking news feed delivers insurance news & financial services news direct to your desk top and is updated every 5 minutes.
Use the company intelligence profiles to research employers before you apply for roles advertised.
Comprehensive links and resources for the whole of the market to help you keep abreast of all the changes.
The UK Insurance Recruitment Portal-- Graeme Henderson on May 23, 2005 09:05 PM (view details)
KillerJobs.com
Another site to consider is www.killerjobs.com
No need to register to view/apply for vacancies.
As of writing, 20,000+ jobs.-- David Brown on August 28, 2005 06:59 PM (view details)
Mytopjob.com
An excellent uk site for direct employers vacancies is Mytopjob. www.mytopjob.co.uk-- Mark Larr on September 27, 2005 04:23 PM (view details)
Jobs in Ireland
For anyone considering a move to Ireland, you should consider http://www.jobsearch.ie
This site contains jobs, accommodation listings, and extensive information on living and working in Ireland.-- jim murray on October 14, 2005 09:57 AM (view details)
Fastream Recruitment
Excellent team, really well organised and their website let me apply for jobs and upload my CV fo rthem to find work for me. I was very impressed with how quickly these guys were on the case. They cover the whole fo the UK for shipping, marine, water, building services, public sector and architectural Faststream Website Link-- Sharon Sumner on December 15, 2005 01:06 PM (view details)
www.workunited.com
Totally free jobsite for the UK. Submit an unlimited number of jobs for free!-- Tim Arnott on January 16, 2006 07:31 AM (view details)
SECOND POST - www.secondpost.com
Second Post is a jobsite for young professionals (graduates with 1-6 years of work experience).
A new site from the creators of Milkround Online, the UK's no.1 graduate recruitment site.
-- polly littlewood on February 03, 2006 12:59 PM (view details)
Careers Fair.com - Careers Advice, Job Sites, Courses.
Web Site: www.careersfair.com
Description: Careers Advice, Job Sites, Recruitment Agencies,
Careers Services, Courses and
Professional Bodies - Thousands of UK, European and World Wide links.
-- Chris Mackie on February 05, 2006 08:23 PM (view details)
www.civilstructuraljobs.co.uk
Very good Civil, Structural, Highways Engineering, Job Vacancies-- Alex Christie on February 20, 2006 05:36 PM (view details)
www.internationalworkpermits.com
An organisation that helps recruiters and individuals with all immigration laws and procedures for work permits in the UK.-- javid blinks on February 20, 2006 07:18 PM (view details)
Emediacareers.com
Jobs in IT,New Media, Media Telecoms, Career Advice, News, Articles, Online recruitment services, 1 month free trial
http://www.emediacareers.com
clic for free trial http://www.emediacareers.com/public/request_freetrial.aspx
-- Martin Garvey on February 21, 2006 12:41 AM (view details)
www.caterjobs.com
Also try this site for placement in the hospitality industry throughout the UK.-- Branwen Simmons on March 14, 2006 01:08 PM (view details)
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-- michelle smith on March 21, 2006 05:44 PM (view details)
www.LabVIEWjobs.com, A new website designed for LabVIEW programmers worldwide
www.LabVIEWjobs.com is a new website targeting the industry leading test and measurement software package LabVIEW. It matches programmers with programming jobs worldwide.-- Sharon Hutchins on May 16, 2006 06:44 AM (view details)
www.publicsectorcareers.org
Public Sector Careers is an initiative intended to raise the profile of the public sector as an employer and promote the wide range of exciting and interesting careers that exist in the public sector.
Take a look - www.publicsectorcareers.org-- Tim S. on June 06, 2006 01:53 PM (view details)
www.yorkshirejobs.net
Yorkshire Jobs offers jobs in Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. You can apply for jobs in most industry sectors without needing to register your CV and there is a Career Centre offering advice on CV writing and interview tips.-- James Squires on June 26, 2006 04:13 PM (view details)
www.jobrapido.co.uk
It's a job search engine. Just entering keywords or location you will get all job offers posted on UK websites. One place to search through the job websites.-- jusy gax on August 04, 2006 08:58 AM (view details)
www.employmedirect.co.uk
Online database of jobseekers.
All industry sectors covered.
Registration for JOBSEEKERS is FREE.
EMPLOYER'S membership from £15 - UNLIMITED searches!-- Charlotte Brown on August 21, 2006 04:02 PM (view details)
New Jobsite
Just wanted to introduce our new job board focusing on people recruiting and working within the Property & Construction Industry. Be interested in your comments.
www.workinproperty.com
-- Richard Hirshman on September 01, 2006 04:21 PM (view details)
recADnet UK - executive search & permanent staff recruitment
recADnet is privately owned and operates in several sectors, they also have a great package for small business, one of the few private recruiters that put people before profit
website at www.recadnet.com
-- Mike Curran on September 21, 2006 05:06 PM (view details)
www.jobsforkent.co.uk
Looking for the best jobs in kent then look no further at www.jobsforkent.co.uk-- Nathan Parrett on September 22, 2006 11:36 PM (view details)
Try Trovit Jobs
I found this site very helpful, it aggregates the job offers published in many of the jobsites and lets you search using a very friendly Google-like interface.
Trovit Jobs-- Mario Parsetti on September 27, 2006 04:49 PM (view details)
TipTopJob.com
Heres another great site, TipTopJob.com
They've also got some industry specific sites like The IT Job, check 'em out!-- Mark Philips on October 06, 2006 11:13 AM (view details)
The Friday Pint - media sales jobs
The Friday Pint is the online community for advertising, events and information salespeople.
All our jobs are direct from the best media employers, no recruitment agencies. Plus features on the media industry, selling and careers, a discussion forum, special offers and more...
http://www.thefridaypint.com
-- Jill Branch on November 27, 2006 03:33 PM (view details)
Scottish Drivers
A 100% free driving job site for both drivers and employers. Find or advertise driving jobs and training.
http://scottishdrivers.50webs.com
-- ash ashes on January 22, 2007 01:55 PM (view details)
www.smythcvservices.co.uk
For friendly, simple and professional CV writing services at the most competitive rates:
contact - enquiries@smythcvspecialists.co.uk-- Julie Smyth on January 29, 2007 12:51 PM (view details)
www.scottishjobsonthe.net
A simple and easily navigated Scottish job board ,goes live April 2007.-- Nel Shannon on March 19, 2007 01:46 PM (view details)
Technojobs
I have used TechnoJobs.co.uk which has a really large selection of IT and engineering jobs - mainly IT for me.
And when I was looking for a new role they provide updates by email everyday of my searches.
Worth looking at http://www.technojobs.co.uk
-- tony nicholas on April 17, 2007 04:33 PM (view details)
UK Mystery Shopper Site
just like to share a site i found last night, its about becoming a uk mystery shopper, http://www.myukshopper.info-- Rick brown on April 19, 2007 03:34 PM (view details)
one more site
ClickAJob - Jobs in UK
UK's largest job search service. Vacancies from over hundred job sites in over 30 industries.-- Anastasia Rocheva on May 25, 2007 03:27 PM (view details)
New FREE jobs board launches
A new FREE jobs board launches for the Advertising, Creative, Games, IT & Web Design Industries.
It's completely free to use and free to post.
For the latest Advertising, Creative, Games, IT & Web Design Jobs click here.
Set up by people in the industry for people in the industry - The Job Hopper is now live.-- J Campbell on June 11, 2007 01:05 AM (view details)
International Jobs and Internships at iHipo.com
International Jobs -- Patrick Linden on June 28, 2007 06:29 AM (view details)
www.jobsincredit.com
Jobs in Credit is the UK's only jobsite completely dedicated to advertising vacancies within all levels of credit.-- brett marlow on September 17, 2007 11:42 AM (view details)
Wireless Mobile Jobs & Telecoms Jobs
www.wirelesssmobile-jobsboard.com has telecom jobs and wireless jobs in software, network planning, optimisation and other telecom engineer jobs. Find jobs in telecommunications like sales & marketing jobs, including 3G, 2G & GSM mobile phone jobs, focusing on mobile internet and multimedia vacancies. Find international telecom jobs in other WLAN sectors like Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Bluetooth, semi-conductors/IC, or integrated circuits.-- Graham Quinn on September 18, 2007 07:23 PM (view details)
job search engine
AllTheTopBananas Job Search Engine - LOTs of UK jobs, and it's a proper search engine, rather than a 'board'-- Lewis Jones on October 12, 2007 04:36 PM (view details)
MSC Headhunting
http://www.mscheadhunting.com/en/index.asp
MSC Headhunting recruits senior management exclusively for the EMEA Technology sectors.
As the market's specialists we understand your industry, the competition and the key people within these organisations.
We recruit Directors and Managers for the high-tech market and have a reputation for excellence. MSC’s foundation of success is based on our unique and unrivalled guarantee.-- Robert Hawcroft on October 16, 2007 01:39 PM (view details)
www.jobbi.com
Take a look at www.jobbi.com, this is actually a pretty cool job site, i am excited for them to start posting jobs in the UK. Would be a nice breath of fresh air!!-- Chris Power on November 07, 2007 02:56 AM (view details)
Try Yakaz jobs
Another site to consider is www.yakaz.co.uk.
It aggregates the job offers published in many of the jobsites in the UK and it is totally free.
Yakaz Jobs
-- Mathurin D on November 14, 2007 10:55 AM (view details)
Telecoms jobs
http://www.technojobs.co.uk/jobs/telecoms
Source of telecoms jobs in the UK.-- peter simons on December 05, 2007 03:13 PM (view details)
Nursing Jobs, Jobs for Nurses - The Nursing Jobsite
http://www.thenursingjobsite.com is a website dedicated to nurses and healthcare professionals. In addition to nursing jobs you can find nursing news, CV advice for nurses, nursing interview tips and nursing job email alerts.-- Angela Richardson on December 11, 2007 07:56 PM (view details)
coveman.com: the best resume building website
a great place to create, store and manage your resumes.
its difficult getting a job from the job sites directly. what i found was that its better to see the vacancies on offer, build a resume and apply directly.
this is where th utility of coveman comes into picture. its awesome!!!
-- manish hada on January 23, 2008 03:00 AM (view details)
SoCompetent - the website for people to find the people they need
SoCompetent - the website for people to find the people they need - SoCompetent is a people-to-people jobsite and online community of individuals both offering their own services and in search of the services of others.
Regardless of whether you look for a babysitter, carpenter, dog walker, housekeeper, nanny, private tutor, waiter, language teacher, or plumber,
at SoCompetent you will find the right fit.
Based on a simple concept, SoCompetent is a free user friendly online medium, that connects people willing to work together.
SoCompetent – the website for people to find people they need.
-- Tom Kant on February 08, 2008 01:21 PM (view details)
Jobtonic is the ‘best innovation in online recruitment’ in 2007
I proud to introduce you one of the best of UK recruiting sites.
Jobtonic is the recruitment website that rewards visitors for referring friends to new jobs. There are over 1,000 jobs on the site offering rewards with more being added every day.
To join our recruitment site and view detailed job descriptions proposed by leading UK employers, please click here:
http://www.jobtonic.com/cpja=1113
-- Bokov Den on February 12, 2008 12:34 PM (view details)
ITjobfeed.com is free to advertise
ITjobfeed.com is an innovative approach for advertisers. As ITjobfeed.com has alternative sources of revenue , any company recruitment agency can advertise for free , for as many ads as required. Check http://www.ITjobfeed.com for UK IT jobs-- jv jv on February 15, 2008 05:28 PM (view details)
Try http://www.hireforjobs.com
You can post jobs at http://www.hireforjobs.com
It is a multi-sector job board
-- Eyinade Fadare on April 20, 2008 07:34 PM (view details)
Jobsplay.com
An online Social Recruitment website, targetting the IT and Engineering sectors. It is a Socil network that allows users to find their perfect role. Agencies can advertise on the site for free.-- Dom Roberts on April 27, 2008 08:46 PM (view details)
UK job search
A new one that you might consider adding to your list is Jobs24-- John Fry on April 28, 2008 12:46 PM (view details)
Electronics and Engineering Jobs
Looking for an Electronics or Engineering in the UK?http://www.technojobs.co.uk/jobs/electronics or http://www.technojobs.co.uk/jobs/engineering
These will provide a useful source of thousands of jobs.-- peter simons on July 04, 2008 11:46 AM (view details)
Electronics Jobs
I thoroughly reccommend finding electronics jobs with Redline Group. They have over 20 years of experience in placing candidates in all sorts of technical roles. Find them at www.redlineplc.com.
-- nathan wood on July 14, 2008 02:23 PM (view details)
UKmigrationvisas.com
A top work permit and visa related consultancy firm. Registered by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. Free consultation available-- london chris on July 17, 2008 03:17 PM (view details)
Custody Industry Job Site
Free posting of job vacancies related to finance or business industry
Jobs.GlobalCustodian.com-- Doniyor Mahkamov on July 22, 2008 12:36 PM (view details)
Jobswork.co.uk
I simply want to add our site. Its www.jobswork.co.uk where you will find jobs in the UK. You can log in to the website for free!-- Mary Thomson on September 17, 2008 08:02 AM (view details)
www.myitcontracts.com
If you are looking for IT Contracts in the UK & Europe check out www.myitcontracts.com -- Karl Simons on September 25, 2008 02:30 PM (view details)
Global Clean Search
It's worth looking at Global Clean Search too. -- Sarah Clements on November 20, 2008 03:42 PM (view details)
Careers Seeker
www.careers-seeker.co.uk
-- nicholas kenny on January 15, 2009 11:15 AM (view details)
Exec2Exec
A fantastic site for anyone looking for more senior level vacancies (30k+) is Exec2Exec. You can upload your CV to be searched by recruiters and to use for easy and quick job applications.-- Caroline Dickin on February 12, 2009 12:30 PM (view details)
Job site for British Expats
You may want to look at www.recruitengine.com for job opportunities in South Africa-- Nick Coetzee on March 17, 2009 08:12 PM (view details)
www.EastMidlandsJobs.co.uk
If you are looking for a new job in the East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire) have a look at this new EMPLOYER ONLY job site! www.EastMidlandsJobs.co.uk
If you are looking for a job site to post up your jobs, as long as you are a direct hiring company (not a recruitment agency) post up your jobs for free.-- Richard Johnson on April 16, 2009 10:34 AM (view details)
Systems Engineering Jobs @ www.systemsengineeringjobs.com
The new, specialist Job Board for Systems Engineering professionals - UK, Europe and Worldwide. A cross-industry Job Board.
The website went "live" one week ago and already has 80 Job adverts across a number of industries including Avionics, Rail, Aerospace, and Oil & Gas.
www.systemsengineeringjobs.com
-- James Rabbett on May 05, 2009 09:55 PM (view details)
Food Industry Careers.co.uk - UK Food Jobs
http://www.foodindustrycareers.co.uk is a niche job board for the UK Food Manufacturing Industry. We advertise hundreds of vacancies in this sector across a wide range of disciplines from Graduate Careers to Factory Management positions.-- David Lee on August 03, 2009 01:44 PM (view details)
London Jobs
London Jobs - Advertise your jobs for free.
Find jobs and employment opportunities in London.-- Peter B. on September 29, 2009 10:36 PM (view details)
New job board focused purely to help temporary workers and employers!
The www.DirectTemping.com website has been created to utilise simple work flow processes which apply sensible parameters by which the temporary worker and client can seek out each other, ascertain the suitability of the assignment and application of the workers and engage still via a third party.-- Graham Flahery on November 26, 2009 10:02 AM (view details)
More Job searches available to you
Wow, so many comments under the UK Jobs title.
If you enjoy the recruitment community I'd like to invite you to my new blog http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/
I am in the process of offering the UK's simplest way to advertise and allowing jobseekers apply for jobs.
Here are a few of my sites
http://www.barecruitment.co.uk - For Accountancy and Administration jobs in Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.
http://www.Just4Medical.co.uk - Search Medical Jobs in the UK.
My holding company is http://www.JobAffair.co.uk at the moment all we are showing on there is pretty logos, there is a lot going on in the background.
Hope the above helps all jobseekers
Richard
-- Richard Johnson on February 17, 2010 02:13 PM (view details)
For Education & Training Jobs..
Visit www.eatjobs.co.uk - Search for vacancies and upload your CV! Jobs by email service too-- Ryan Vidor on March 08, 2010 12:23 AM (view details)
job websites
In bookmarkable job websites, bigrecruiters.net
-- xam xam on April 06, 2010 12:39 PM (view details)
NoRecruitmentAgencies.com - A good online source of employer direct jobs
Hi,
The following jobs board is a good source of employer direct jobs:
www.NoRecruitmentAgencies.com/jobs
It is a 'no agency' jobs board so the quality of jobs is very high as it doesn't suffer from the huge number of anonymous job adverts that other job boards do.
Enjoy!
-- Billy Davies on June 01, 2010 02:02 PM (view details)
Hull Jobs.com
www.hulljobs.com for jobs in Hull and East Yorkshire.-- beckie ives on June 23, 2010 12:20 PM (view details)
UKJobs.net
Please consider UKJobs.net to be included in your list of recruitment websites. Carrying jobs from over 2500 recruitment agencies in the UK-- David Brown on June 28, 2010 08:13 PM (view details)
www.jobs4development.com
I helped to design this international development jobs website which we hope will provide a simple yet effective way of searching for jobs in the international development sector.
Regards,
Neil-- Neil Smith on July 05, 2010 02:07 PM (view details)
Jobijoba UK
JobiJoba UK is a comprehensive search engine for jobs. It crawls the web looking for job listings, and collects them all. We give the job seekers a quick access to their matching opportunity saving them the trouble of having to go to each site individually. Based on new algorithm of job search, it aims at providing the most relevant results for job searches. The job search engine is learning from both content and queries to refine the results constantly.
JobiJoba UK-- Murat Demir on July 07, 2010 09:59 AM (view details)
