Best place to job search?

pawsies

Apart from job centre? They get loads of applicants it's ridiculous to even get a look in!

Would be interested in agencies but they never specialise in what I want to do (retail/receptionist work).

What else is there? Jobsite, reed, fish4jobs etc always advertise specialist jobs, never low paid jobs :mad:

SarEl

Leaving aside the whole "are agencies any good" debate (which some of them are in my experience) - which agencies are you looking at? On my way into work in the morning I walk past dozens advertising vacancies like this!

hcb42

I would have thought Reed was perfect for those kind of roles.

Hays?

LadyMissA

pawsies wrote: »

Apart from job centre? They get loads of applicants it's ridiculous to even get a look in!

Would be interested in agencies but they never specialise in what I want to do (retail/receptionist work).

What else is there? Jobsite, reed, fish4jobs etc always advertise specialist jobs, never low paid jobs :mad:

Manpower
Office Angels
Adecco

http://www.reed.co.uk/job/searchresults.aspx?k=&jto=false&s=3&l=&lp=&ms=From&mxs=To&st=5&ns=true&da=8630

bluebeary

as well as those already mentioned, monster is quite good, im registered with a few scottish sites, are their local sites in your area, local paper sites ?

indeed.co.uk incapsulates all jobs from all sites, a bit like google

ian_h

try indeed.co.uk its a consolidator so pulls vacancies from lots of disparate sites into one place

scheming_gypsy

Jobserve
Jobsite
Totaljobs
Monster

Jobserve is my preferred choice as it's well laid out and easy to use. Jobsite is ok but it clears your search after a while so if you're job hunting and sitting with the job sites open all day, you have to keep re-entering your search details. instead of just refreshing.
Totaljobs is a nightmare because they've reduced your maximum travelling distance to 30miles and you can't pick a specific time frame to search...
Monster is just total gash

DCFC79

Ive seen normal jobs on jobsite before, apply for ones on direct.gov but you need to make sure you come across as the best candidate.

smileylondongal

I second Totaljobs but also are there any specific secretarial ones out there? worth an ask if you know anyone doing a similar role. Also, local weeklies (you'd be surprised) are quite good too.

pawsies

Thanks, indeed.co.uk is awesome. I've tried the rest aswell but nothing relevant is coming up in my area. Thanks anyway

scottishgirl87

How about RetailChoice.com? Although it is a part of TotalJobs so you may see some vacancies duplicated between them