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Internet job agencies

Which are the best engineering job agencies and do they actually work?

I have registered on total jobs, oilcareers, oiland gascareers, justengineers and theladders, as well as registering on individual companies, e.g. BAE Systems

I get loads of "automated e-mails" from total jobs, but have yet to hear from an actual person.

Has anyone had success with agencies such as these?
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  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I've been using the likes of Monster, Jobserve, Jobsite and some specialist Telecoms agencies for years, and never got a job from any of them.
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    UK Engineering
    Prime Time Recruitment(Manchester)
    I :love: MOJACAR
  • isplumm
    isplumm Posts: 2,219 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've been using the likes of Monster, Jobserve, Jobsite and some specialist Telecoms agencies for years, and never got a job from any of them.

    Hi,

    I am in IT - use Jobserve all the time - all my work over the last 5 years has come from there ....

    Mark
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  • Angely
    Angely Posts: 99 Forumite
    hartcjhart wrote: »
    UK Engineering
    Prime Time Recruitment(Manchester)


    +1:money::T:T:T:T
    :rotfl:Love, like never been hurt before:rotfl:
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Totaljobs is not an agency - its just a website advertising vacancies.
  • A lot of agencies don't respond much to internet apps I have noticed

    Go and visit physical agencies and register with them - then call them often and badger them - otherwise they don't do much
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Angely wrote: »
    +1:money::T:T:T:T


    I take it you use one of them;)
    I :love: MOJACAR
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