Searching the web is the easiest way of finding jobs especially within specialist fields and for outside your normal geographical boundaries. The links below provide instant access to online vacancies, CV posting sites and advice to help you find work. Finding vacancies will help you form your general strategy. Finding Vacancies Online gives advice on posting CV’s and applying online.

Birmingham I CV Posting I Employment Services I Job Search Portals I Job Search Sites I
Newspapers I Organisations I Recruitment Agencies I Specialists & Trades I Volunteering

Birmingham – mixed list to get you started looking for work in Birmingham/West Midlands but if Birmingham based why not come in and make use of our free services?

Birmingham City Council.
Birmingham Post/ Evening Mail.
Midlands Portal.
West Midlands Newspapers.

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CV Posting

You can post your CV on virtually any job search web site – try to find portals that send your CV out to as many as recruiter sites as possible. Many now do tailored e-mail service alerting you when suitable jobs become available.

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Employment Services

You can search the full database of jobs in UK job centres through www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk or www.worktrain.co.uk.

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Job Search Portals

The easiest way to find job search sites is by using portals that list most of the best sites such as: www.job-page.co.uk www.agencycentral.co.uk www.alljobsuk.com www.jobs.co.uk.

www.indeed.co.uk
Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages. Over 200,000 new jobs posted in the last week.

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Job Search Sites

We list the top 12 job search sites here but there are any number of sites you can use.

Click a Job.
Fish 4 Jobs.
Gis-a-job.
Gojobsite.
Jobpilot.
Job Serve.
Jobs Search.
Monster Board.
TipTop Job.
Top Jobs.
Total Jobs.
Workthing.

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Newspapers

Newspaper web sites are great as they list all the vacancies they advertise. The web enables you to search almost any local or national paper in the UK. Find any UK paper you wish via these portals:

ABYZ.
MediaUK.
UKNewspapers.

These national paper sites are more than just job adverts but whole job services via the newspapers.

Guardian.
Telegraph.
Times.

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Organisations

Most organisations and companies list their vacancies on their web sites especially local councils and public bodies. If you don’t know a specific company web site use a search engine or a web directory like Yell or Kellysearch.

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Recruitment Agencies

Agencies put job seekers in jobs advertised by their clients (employers). They either charge the job seeker for this or receive a fee from the employer. For example, if you start on a salary of £10,000 the agency may charge 10% (£1,000.) Something to check out with the thousands of agencies that exist. We list a few here but use a search engine to find agencies or a portal or directory service such as Kellysearch or Yell to find the right specialist one for you.

Agency Central
Alec Portal
Jobs Portal
BlueArrow
Manpower
Pertemps
Reed

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Specialists and Trades

Any area of work has specialist web sites which are easy to find simply try “google” or other search engine with things like “air cabin crew jobs Birmingham” etc or search for trade magazine sites and use them to find jobs. Alec Portal provides a good list to start from.

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Volunteering

You may want to choose this route to get new skills, experience or simply to see if you like the work. The best UK portal sites are Do It and Volunteer Action.

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