Returning to England and need a job!

tryingtocutback

Hi everyone,

I gave up my job and moved abroad last year but I am now wanting to return to England!

I just dont know where to start with looking for a job. I am a secretary/PA. I have contacted all the usual recruitment agencies and told them that I am happy to travel over and register but they are all saying the same - there isn't much point at the moment, just keep checking our website.

Any advice you can offer would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Morgan_Ree

Depending on how desperate you are for a job I guess broadening your horizons would help
For the minute don't hold out for secretarial type jobs, go for anything that you're offered
Maybe start with major supermarkets?

Once you've got a job that's atleast bringing in some money you can then concentrate of finding something that you really want to do

angeltreats

I'm a legal secretary with years of experience and I can tell you that jobs are very, very thin on the ground at the moment. I had to look for a new job after we moved house and there was literally nothing at all in the area we moved to. I registered with every single agency I could find and only one was able to get me a single interview as companies are just not hiring. I've found a new job which I am starting on Monday but it's about an hour's drive away and even then I was lucky to get it.

I think it's a bad time of year too as nobody is really recruiting this side of Christmas.

Oldernotwiser

Definitely wait until the new year. Even without a recession, few companies recruit at this time of year.

MarcoM

Hi,

I would suggest that you either stay away abroad if you have a job there or you apply for a student visa in a bogus college or for a tourist visa here in the UK. You can then come here and apply for all sorts of benefits. I think you will have a better life than looking for a job.

But remember to fake a foreign accent and use the key words "asylum, refugee, socialist,you are bing racist, i will vote nu labour in two years time if you let me stay". You will then have a good life here in the UK.

barbara_anne

MarcoM wrote: »

Hi,

I would suggest that you either stay away abroad if you have a job there or you apply for a student visa in a bogus college or for a tourist visa here in the UK. You can then come here and apply for all sorts of benefits. I think you will have a better life than looking for a job.

But remember to fake a foreign accent and use the key words "asylum, refugee, socialist,you are bing racist, i will vote nu labour in two years time if you let me stay". You will then have a good life here in the UK.

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PasturesNew

You won't be taken seriously or considered until you're in the area. The best thing you can do is prepare your CV and email it out to them all about 2 days before you move, then contact them the day you arrive to follow up and make appointments to go in and register/do the agency interview.