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Finding a job
Know where to search for that perfect job.
Looking for a job can be confusing, frustrating and time consuming. You have to be prepared to be turned down for a few jobs or to never hear anything back from some of the applications forms you send away.
There’s so many different websites, newspapers, employment agencies, notice boards and job centres dedicated to job searching that it can be tough to know where to start.
So we've put together some useful info to make that search a bit easier:
- Visit your local careers centre or job centre (usually in Citizen's Information Centres). They provide information on training opportunities, university and college courses, job vacancies, apprenticeships, working in Europe and advice on finding the right job for you.
- Keep an eye on job vacancies in local and national papers.
- Visit a recruitment agency, give them your CV and tell them what sort of work you’re interested in. Recruitment agencies are paid by the companies looking for employees so they won’t charge you anything.
- Tell everyone you know that you’re looking for work, they might just have a useful contact that will get you started.
- Call into companies and organisations that you’re interested in working for. Ask for an appointment with the recruitment manager, bring your CV and tell them that you’re looking for employment.
- Lots of organisations have jobs on their websites. Look them up and check.
- Look at our hot links page. There you’ll find lots of useful contacts to help get that perfect job!
