Job advice please

towseriv

Sitting here with one day to go till I go back to work after being on honey moon for the last two weeks. The thing is I really dont want to go back but dont even know how to look for a new job (sounds stupid I know) The company I work for gave me my current graduate job after uni ( I applied for it but still never really had to search for a job) My new wife works Monday to Friday and I work shifts (no nights) I can afford to drop my salary slightly but since we just bought a house also its really scary thinking about all of this.

Any advice or guidance would be appreiciated.

Nile

Hello towseriv

Go to your local newsagent/paper shop and ask them when the local paper has their 'Job Vacancies'.............and buy the paper that night. Also, consider logging onto your local council's web site and have a look at their job vacancies too.

Your profile doesn't say where you live. I'd buy the Yorkshire Post on a Thursday for their 'Job Vacancies' section.............but you might not be interested in jobs in Yorkshire.

Have a look at the 'Benefits, Tax Credits & Jobseeking' board for lots of help and advice.

Good luck with your job search.

Kind Regards

Nile

henhog

I would think it depends on the type of job you want.

The job centre?
Trade Press like the Times Educational Supplement for teaching jobs etc
Ads in the papers - both local and national broad sheets.
I'm sure there are plenty of 'on line' job centres so to speak and that site where you send in your CV they advertise on the TV.
Temping / recruitment agencies - online as well I should think
Lots of websites like the John Lewis ones have a staff vacancy bit.

Sorry to be vague - I haven't applied for a job in ages, but hopefully the above list will get you started.

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dougie2468

It all depends what you want to do - stay in the same type of work or make a change to suit your chosen career path or lifestyle better. I would firstly recommend deciding what type of job you want, where you want it and the salary you want to earn / can live on.
You can get the local papers on the job days (good selection in libraries), find specialist recruitment agencies in your area and create a CV highlighting all your transferrable skills (you will have more than you think you have if you sit down and think about it). Go onto the internet and find out what is available. Use your contacts from uni and other people you know to get the message out diplomatically that you may be considering a change of employment, lots of vacancies are not advertised and networking can be surprisingly fruitful.
Be selective about what you want to do and get a book on CV writing and job searching if you are unsure of what to do in any way. Also approach companies you would like to work for on spec - you never know what they have. Lastly, remember its a lot easier to find a job when you are in one - just make sure you get the one you want and don't be afraid to turn any down if you don't think its right for you. If you hate your new job you can't go back to your old one.
Good luck, I know what its like - and I work in HR!

tanith

Lots of good advice given to you already but please with a new marriage and mortgage don't put the job you have in jeopardy till you have sorted yourself out and have a plan of how you are going to proceed in looking for another job . As someone else points out its much easier to get another job when you already have one...

loracan1

...and it's not uncommon to not want to go back to work when you've just had a fortnight off - how were you feeling about it before you went on honeymoon?

Becles

I didn't want to go back after my honeymoon, and I'm self employed and love my job! It takes a few weeks to get back into the swing of normal life.

Have a look on www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk to save you visiting the job centre.