The Best Places To Look When Searching For A New Job
Searching for a new role can be daunting but there are so many places to look. From newspapers to online, here are our favourites:
- Newspapers – Advertisements in the national and local press
- Trade Press – Advertisements in industry specific trade press, for example The Grocer. Libraries usually have copies of the trade magazines of the larger business sectors.
- Online – Job boards such as CV Library, Reed, Total Jobs and Indeed are amongst the largest across the UK. Also, recruitment agencies local to yourself or specific to the industry sector you are looking in.
- Recruitment agencies ‘on the high street’ – walk in and register
- Specialist Job Preparation agencies (you will have to pay but they have access to the ‘unadvertised’ job market)
- Find a Job (Jobcentre Plus online vacancies)
- My Work Search – online job vacancy search tool (available to join on the web or available at local library computers)
- Advertisements on company own websites
- Social Media – Twitter, Linked In, Facebook
- Job vacancy cards in shop windows (usually retail)
- Billboards and banners outside company premises on industrial estates
- Write speculative letters with CV to companies you would like to work for
- Cold calling – ‘knocking on doors’ to enquire if there are vacancies
- Word of mouth from your personal network of family, friends, former colleagues, etc. (make sure your network knows you are looking for a job)
- Setting up your own business – funding is available if you look for it e.g. The Prince’s Trust