Working in UK regions
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Introduction
If you're looking for employment in a particular region of the UK, there are a number of online resources available to help in your job search. This page includes links to employment sites, job boards and business directories throughout the UK.
- Visit our Job Hunting on the Internet wiki page for more links on finding vacancies and employers online.
- Read the TARGETjobs guides to graduate careers and jobs in UK cities and regions.
Scotland
Sector/industry information and vacancies
- AGCAS Scotland links to careers services in Scottish universities
- Adopt an Intern one of the very few organisations to offer structured placement opportunities that provide graduates with paid internships in cross-sector organisations throughout Scotland.
- Commonwealth Graduate Fund The Fund is worth £10million over four years and provides funding for 1000 graduate jobs in and around Glasgow.
- Talent Scotland Graduate Placement Programme offers an opportunity to work on a short-term project with an established business or social enterprise in Scotland
- Talent Scotland search for jobs and read about key Scottish industries
- Online Industry Sector Profiles - Scotland This online resource has been produced by Heriot-Watt University Careers Service to help explore Scotland's main industries. It provides industry facts and figures, significant Scottish employers, job options, vacancy sources and case studies.
- Dundee Business Directory
- Electronics Scotland Information about the electronics sector and a directory of companies
- Interactive Tayside The lowdown on Tayside's digital media sector
- The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) Information about the energy sector and list of projects available for postgraduate students
- Scottish Financial Enterprise The international financial services industry in Scotland
- efinancialcareers Information about and jobs in Scotland’s finance sector
- Futureskills Scotland Scottish labour market information
- Scottish Chamber of Commerce Links to local chambers of commerce and members’ directories
- Scottish Development International Useful information about Scotland’s key industries
- Scottish Investment Operations Promotes careers in Investment Operations in Scotland
- What do graduates do? Scotland This website tells you what happened to leavers from Scottish higher education institutions six months after graduation
Recruitment agencies and online job boards
- Edinburgh University Careers Service - finding a job in Edinburgh
- Edinburgh University Careers Centre recruitment agency survey
- Strathclyde University - list of recruitment agencies in the Glasgow area
- JobsinScotland.com
- scotcareers
- ScottishJobs.com
- Jobsite
- s1jobs.com
- Job Journey Scotland
- MyEdinburghJobs.co.uk
- MyGlasgowJobs.co.uk
- MyAberdeenJobs.co.uk
- MyDundeeJobs.co.uk
- SCOTBIS search for Scottish companies
- The Recruitment and Employment Confederation Includes a database of member recruitment agencies searchable by location and sector
England
London
- The Careers Group University of London - JobOnline
- Just London Jobs search for jobs in London
- London Careers Net search for jobs by sector
- London Office Jobs permanent, temporary and part-time work in administration secretarial, HR, Finance, IT
- Canary Wharf Jobs search vacancies located in Canary Wharf and surrounding areas
Accommodation in London
- London Student Housing Guide
- Moove 2 London the essential guide to moving to London
- Springboard Urban the only specialised organisation dedicated to providing accommodation to graduates going to London to work
- Foxtons London estate agent
- Cass & Claredale Halls of Residence
- Imperial College
- Flat Club Flat-Club helps alumni and students find short term accommodation - particularly in London, but also in New York and many other cities
East
- Cambridge Network Recruitment Gateway search for vacancies and graduate opportunities in Cambridge
- Job Hunting in Norwich University of East Anglia
- Working locally in Norfolk University of East Anglia
North East & Yorkshire
- Graduates Yorkshire graduate recruitment service dedicated to Yorkshire
- North East - Guide to job hunting in the North East produced by the University of Teeside
- Yorkshire & Humberside - Guide to job hunting in the North East produced by the University of Teeside
- Yorkshire Job Shops links to jobshops in the Yorkshire area
North West
- Finding work in Manchester and North West Manchester University Careers Service
- How to find local vacancies in Manchester and the North West Manchester Metropolitan University
- How to find local vacancies in Cheshire, North Midlands and North West regions Manchester Metropolitan University
- North West graduate employer directory provides details of local companies who offer work placements and employment opportunities
Midlands
- Job Hunting in the Midlands University of Teeside
- Graduate Advantage search for graduate jobs and placements
- Jobs Midlands
South & South East
- Grads Kent operated by Kent County Council with the support of Kent universities and employers. It advertises job and placement opportunities for students and graduates
- University of Kent Careers Service links to working in Kent
- University of Sussex Careers Centre links to resources on working in Sussex
- University of Brighton Careers Centre Working in Sussex and the South East
- University of Bournemouth Careers Centre links to Employer Directories, Job Hunting Sites, Regional Newspapers and Local Councils in the South East
- Graduate Job South search for placements and jobs
- Grads East recruitment service dedicated to the East of England
- Sussex local jobs
- Brighton Jobs
South West
- Grad South Westgraduate recruitment service dedicated to the South West region
- Jobs SW online jobs board for the South West
- University of Bournemouth Careers Centre links to Employer Directories, Job Hunting Sites, Regional Newspapers and Local Councils in the South West
- Unlocking Cornish Potential matches talented graduates with progressive Cornish companies
Northern Ireland
- Gradireland online careers information service for graduates in Ireland. Has a searchable vacancy database including work experience opportunities
- NI Jobfinder
- NIjobs.com search jobs in Northern Ireland
- Recruit Ireland
- Career Jet - jobs in Northern Ireland
Wales
- Careers Wales information and advice on Welsh careers
- Go Wales work placements, funding for training, an online database of jobs in Wales and the Graduate Academy
- Swansea University Careers Service
- My Cardiff Jobs
- Prosper Recruitment a recruitment agency that covers South Wales
- Jobs Wales
