UK
Agency Central
Links to over 1000 recruitment agencies and jobsites across the UK. Provides listing of vacancies across various disciplines like Automotive, Biotechnology, Electronics, Engineering, IT and Science amongst others.
Department for Education
The recruitment website of DfES provides information about various opportunities that range from administrators to senior civil service within the UK government. Very good website with exhaustive search facilities. There is a forum where you can ask any career related questions. It is a good place to share ideas and thoughts. Lists job opportunities both for graduates and experienced professionals.
efinancial Careers
Very comprehensive site covering all aspects of recruitment in the financial sector. Search for experienced hire or graduate recruitment vacancies . You can obtain a valuable insight into working in the financial sector and an overview of current news and events.
GAAPweb
An online job site for finance and accountancy professionals, working with companies such as Aviva, BAE Systems, BBC, Dell, Kellogg’s, Next, O2 and VISA.
Graduate Elite
Graduate Elite provides information to students about career opportunities, graduate schemes, and postgraduate study.
Graduate Jobs.com
Graduate Jobs features graduate job advertisements for small and large organisations in the UK. Graduates can set up a job-matching account.
Graduate (The)
Graduate career website with immediate graduate vacancies, postgraduate course details, and career advice.
Graduate Recruitment Bureau
Recruitment agency specialising in graduate vacancies particularly in the IT, Engineering, Science and Business Sectors. Note: Vacancies tend to be based in England.
Database of graduate employers. Vacancies are primarily within the UK but users can search for vacancies worldwide.
Gradplus
Online jobs board for students and graduates.
GET - Hobsons
An excellent graduate career website. Click on the link above to find a graduate employer, current vacancy, work experience or professional training organisation.
Hudson Recruitment Agency
Scotland's leading recruitment and human resources consultancy company.
Jobs.ac.uk
An excellent and authoritative site where users can search for science, research, academic and related jobs in the UK and abroad
The official recruitment site for local government. The vacancies advertised on this site are primarily local government posts within England and Wales.
Milkround
Search for graduate jobs and employers. Details upcoming graduate application deadlines.
Opportunities.org
Employment Opportunities is a national charity helping people with disabilities to find and retain work. The graduate schemes page provides a listing and brief description about the various employers providing graduate employment.
Prospects UK
Prospects is the official graduate careers website featuring vacancies, job seeking advice and postgraduate study advice.
REC represents the recruitment industry. They operate a Jobseekers service which locates a recruitment agency best suited to finding you work.
redcommerce
SAP Technology Recruitment Agency.
Simply Marketing Jobs
1000s of marketing jobs throughout the UK including Direct Marketing, Research & Analysis, Communications, Branding and Field Marketing. For your next marketing job register and apply on Simply Marketing Jobs.
UK Business Park
Lists news articles related to the hiring strategies of various companies within UK. A useful resource to act as pointers and to know which organisations are into recruitment and which ones are not.
UK Net Guide
Online career portal featuring links to recruitment agencies dealing with graduate and specialist jobs.
Research and funding information/opportunities
Skills Funding Agency
The skills funding agency is the official gateway site to the UK's universities, colleges and research organisations. The research page has excellent information on the research that is going on in various UK universities and research organisations. Provides links to the various research centres and councils within the UK and the European community.
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership set up to champion science, engineering and technology supported by the eight leading UK Research Councils.
Royal Society
Independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to promoting excellence in science. Grants and research fellowship details can be obtained.
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
RSE is Scotland's National Academy of Science & Letters. It is an independent body with charitable status.
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)
Equivalent of HEFCE. As a non-departmental public body reporting to the Scottish Executive, SHEFC provides financial support for teaching, research and associated activities in Scottish higher education institutions.
CV help/Careers Guidance
Graduate career website with immediate graduate vacancies, postgraduate course details, and career advice.
Careers Advice
A very comprehensive collection of sites relevant to careers guidance. Provides access to a huge database of career guidance websites and articles on the internet, and a telephone support service.
DoctorJob.com
Very good website with exhaustive search facilities. There is a forum (http://doctorjob.com/forum) where you can ask any career related questions. It is a good place to share ideas and thoughts. Lists job opportunities both for graduates and experienced professionals.
GET - Hobsons
An excellent graduate career website. Click on the link above to find a graduate employer, current vacancy, work experience or professional training organisation.
Prospects UK
Prospects is the official graduate careers website featuring vacancies, job seeking advice and postgraduate study advice.
Lists news articles related to the hiring strategies of various companies within UK. A useful resource to act as pointers and to know which organizations are into recruitment and which ones are not.
McKinsey & Company
Useful site with an example of case studies used in interview.
Newspapers
Focuses on jobs within the financial world. The week's top jobs are posted on the main page of the jobs section and in addition it has a search facility.
Wide variety of jobs across different disciplines ranging from Media to Arts. Very good search facility and allows you to save search criteria.
Good site to either browse or search for appointments. Also features profiles of recruiting companies.
THESIS - The Times Higher Education Supplement Internet Service - http://www.thesjobs.co.uk/Complete range of academic and research appointments.
Other Useful Sites
Connects people worldwide with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and build long lasting relationships between the UK and other countries. Provides exclusive pages for English, education, arts and science subjects giving more detailed information into these areas.
The Economist - Global Executive
The Economist's online recruitment portal, in association with UK headhunting firm Whitehead Mann
Back in Job - all kinds of job vacancies in every industry
BlueSteps - UK & European executive recruitment. A service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants
Alan MacKelworth - Executive Search
Ashton Penney - Executive Search - specialising in interim executives
Complinet - specialists in compliance experts - recruiting for the banking and financial services
Finance Professionals - UK-based recruitment into the finance industry, especially investment banking
CareerBuilder - also USA, Canada, India, and Asia besides UK
CareerJet UK - a search engine that indexes a wide variety of job sites in the UK
Interim Management Association - portal to all things to do with interim management (temporary management positions), including list of agencies in the Uk specialising in interim management.
InRetail - leading recruitment website for the retail industry, with a section aimed at graduates
JimFinder.com - useful site for engineering industry, and for graduates with several years' experience, such as MBAs.
Jobs in the UK Academic Community - see also ResearchResearch.Com for academic research jobs
JobServe
Jobs Unlimited -The Guardian's job pages
Morris Linney - executive search and selection
New Scientist - Science Jobs
PlanetRecruit - jobs in technology in the UK
Postgraduate Careers Service - jobs for postgrads
Reed Employment
WorkCircuit - for engineers
Total Jobs - excellent - and highly recommended - site for all kinds of jobs in the UK.
Work Permit Information - for overseas nationals wishing to work in the UK and employers who wish to recruit a national from outside the European Economic Area.
