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Multiple vacancy sources

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Working in the regions

Newspapers and Periodicals

CEEC Resources

CEEC provides many sources of vacancies ranging from our own CEEC4jobs and regional partnership databases with thousands of vacancies advertised, to free-to-takeaway large directories full of jobs from the major recruiting organisations.

CEEC4Jobs

CEEC4Jobs allows you to search for your choice of graduate jobs and work experience, receive e-alerts of new vacancies and careers events, and search our employer database of top graduate recruiters.

Take a look at this page for online resources and visit CEEC to pick-up several vacancy publications and directories.

Multiple vacancy sources - Lancaster University partner sites

 
Prospects Finalist
Prospects Finalist includes the latest jobs and careers information for final year students published five times a year from October to May.
Collect this publication from your Careers Service or check out information on graduate vacancies at:
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/JobVacs

TargetedGRAD
(Vacancies aimed at Lancaster students & graduates)
STEP - undergraduate placements - http://www.step.org.uk/
Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Other graduate vacancy providers

• For information about employers, reviewed by employeed have a look at this site: www.thejobcrowd.com/employer
• For a wealth of information including job reviews, jobs, employers in that career, key information and more. www.thejobcrowd.com/careers
• Job Splitters | Affordable volunteering & valuable work experience http://www.jobsplitters.co.uk/

• Adzuna is a search engine for classified ads with currently 5000 vacancies- we aim to make it easier for you to find the right job locally - and soon properties and cars too. We search thousands of sites so you don't have to, bring together millions of ads so you can find them all in one place, and organize them with useful features so that you can easily find what you need.http://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs 
• Bubble-jobs is an online jobs board that advertises the latest vacancies in the online, digital and web industries. We advertise vacancies from some of the world’s top employers in the UK, across Europe and as far afield as Australia. In addition to job vacancies, we also have lots of useful resources such as job guides and useful links. http://www.bubble-jobs.co.uk

• FDM Group - International IT services provider who's achieved the title of Europe's largest employer of graduate IT students, they've managed to acquire this esteemed title through their award winning
  graduate programme which is based in multiple locations in the united kingdom.

• AllAboutCareers is a careers information website for students aged 16-24+ http://www.allaboutcareers.com
• ResearchGate: for positions in science and research www.researchgate.net/jobs. More information can also be found here
• Inside Buzz: http://www.insidebuzz.co.uk/home.html
• Wiki Jobs: http://www.wikijob.co.uk
• Target jobs: http://www.targetjobs.co.uk/registration?aff=1907798-3cb31a
• Charity Jobs: www.charityjob.co.uk
• Catering and Hospitality Jobs: www.check-on.co.uk 
• Professional recruitment services: www.robertwalters.co.uk
• All about Law is one of the most popular law careers website.
  For Law students http://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/index.php/undergraduates/
  For Non-Law students http://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/index.php/non-law/
• www.NewScientist.com/studentzone Aimed at students and recent graduates, New Scientist Studentzone is a guide to careers in science. It offers inspiration and advice to students and they are able to read about the different types of careers choices available, get top tips to help them find that dream job, explore what it may be like to work abroad or if they wish to continue learning we have a whole section on further study
• Graduate Futures www.gradfutures.com A free service for students which aims to provide careers advice, topical and insightful content, and assistance for students seeking graduate jobs/internships/placements. We also help graduate recruiters target qualified candidates who meet their criteria.
• Milkround - www.milkround.co.uk - vacancies, employers and CV databanks
• Diversity Milkround www.diversitymilkround.com - Aiming to promote awareness of diversity issues in the workplace, Diversity Milkround offers all job seekers and employers information, help and advice.
• Insidecareers - www.insidecareers.co.uk
  vacancies and advice on: Actuaries | Banking | Accountants | Engineering | IT | Logistics | Management Consultancy | Patent Attorneys | Tax | Purchase and Supply Management | Management Accountancy | Insurance | Marketing | Sales | Retail Management General Management | HR
  
• www.ipa.co.uk/JobsIntro.aspx IPA -Institute of Practitioners in Advertising - marketing vacancies
  Barclay Simpson – www.barclaysimpson.com/risk-jobs London/Thames area: specialists in corporate governance, providing jobs in risk, compliance, internal audit, computer audit & information security jobs
• Jobserve - www.jobserve.com Currently have more than 50,000 vacancies live on the UK site and over 950 are specifically Graduate positions.
• www.grb.uk.com GRB is a specialist recruitment agency that has contacts with many small, medium and traditional graduate recruiters across the UK, offering highly desirable graduate jobs over a range of sectors.
• www.jobs-in-transport.com – A selection of transport career opportunities at all levels and throughout the UK .
• www.JobsRSL.co.uk – Online jobs board dedicated to recruiting for the social housing sector
• www.publicsectorcareers.org – Employment opportunities in the public sector
• www.theengineerjobs.co.uk. The Engineer is a fortnightly magazine which provides news and resources, as well as job vacancies, for engineering professionals. The website www.theengineer.co.uk is partnered to The Engineer magazine, and as such it provides the same services and information, as well as a job vacancy/search section. This covers a range of jobs for all levels of engineering professionals, from graduates to managers, as well as incorporating an online CV database which employers can use to head-hunt potential employees.
• www.careerjet.co.uk Careerjet.co.uk a job search engine for the UK. In one simple search, Careerjet gives the job seeker access to a massive selection of jobs that are compiled from various internet sources, saving the trouble of having to visit each site individually.
• www.TheGraduate.co.uk is a specialist jobsite for elite graduates seeking their first career move. It details career opportunities in hundreds of companies throughout the UK and the world, with links straight through to employers' vacancy pages. It's the fast-track route to finding the top UK graduate positions and schemes. In addition to the website, The Graduate publishes a directory which goes to over 50,000 graduates at the UK's top universities.
• www.hotrecruit.com is a specialist job site delivering full time, part time and temporary roles to highly targeted jobseekers, who are either seeking an immediate vacancy, their first job, or a career gateway. Hotrecruit advertises positions across all industries with a particular focus on tourism, hospitality, promotions and events. But it also specialises in unique work opportunities in the non-profit sector including voluntary work. Hotrecruit specialises in giving easy access to jobs for students who simply want to earn extra cash to support their studies, a gap year, and the usual holiday and seasonal opportunities.
• www.reachtoteachrecruiting.com/ English Teaching jobs in Asia
• www.HireScores.com is a unique online community, recruitment agency directory and information source for all things to do with recruitment and working which brings together candidates, employers and recruiters. Our main feature is that we collect and share feedback on recruiters allowing students, graduates and all job seekers to share their experiences and find the agencies that will best meet their needs.
  Artshub.co.uk is an arts website that provides jobs, news, events and courses listings, and much more to our many thousands of loyal readers. We have one of the largest listings of arts and creative jobs in the UK and our popular jobs bulletin with over 100 new listings each week is emailed (for free) to our members weekly on a Tuesday. We also have a comprehensive news service, and a database of career profiles, interviews and related feature articles. We are free to join, and cover the whole of the arts, from theatre, dance, visual arts, film, tv and radio through to writing and publishing, history and heritage, design, music, fashion and the creative industries.
• Women in Technology - www.womenintechnology.co.uk/graduates/ Graduate Careers - Dedicated information portal promoting female employment within the IT and technology industries. Apply for graduate training schemes, internships and new graduate jobs, read the latest news articles, get information on upcoming events, recruitment fairs and careers advice specifically for graduates.
• www.Technojobs.co.uk - Specialises in advertising jobs in the IT, Technical, Electronic, Engineering and Telecoms industries.
• Bright Jobs -www.brightjobs.co.uk Graduate Recruitment Website that provides a user friendly graduate job search service that brings candidates and recruiters together.
• www.ITjobsforgraduates.com - Job board where IT graduates can apply for jobs, with some of the biggest companies in the UK.
• http://www.nextstepaustralia.com - Next step Australia specialise in finding people jobs in Australia, and can provide people who are thinking of relocating temporarily or permanently with valuable advice on Visas, accommodation and travel. The website has 1000s of live jobs including many opportunities for graduates. Check out the job section on the website or e-mail your CV to info@nextstepaustralia.com and they will contact you with suitable positions in the area you wish to find work.
• www.Indeed.co.uk- In one search, Indeed gives students free access - instantly, in a single search - to millions of jobs and internships from hundreds of job boards, newspaper classifieds and company websites. Our service is an invaluable tool to help students in their job searches.
• www.girafferecruitment.co.uk/jobs Giraffe Recruitment. Providing jobs for graduates. If they cannot provide a job for your graduates they can provide extensive careers advice both on the phone and on their website.
• www.topemployers.co.uk/graduate-jobs.html Top Employers Provides listings of hundreds of top graduate recruitment schemes and graduate jobs in the UK. Content includes direct links to employers' online applications as well as interview, CV and application advice.
• www.broadcastGraduate.com. Dedicated to supporting graduates with TV/Film/Broadcast/Media/Design degrees in finding their first position in the broadcast and media industries. Graduates are able to register and use the service for FREE by creating a profile online then viewing and applying for positions directly to a variety of broadcasters, production/post production companies, design agencies and more.
• Intern Options -www.internoptions.com is a dedicated, specialist advice and placement service for people wanting to do work placements in Australia or New Zealand.
• Jobs SW. www.jobssw.co.uk Search for graduate jobs in the South West and apply for vacancies in Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter & Bath.
• The European Patent Office in Munich and Berlin (Germany) and in The Hague (The Netherlands) is looking for engineers and scientists to examine patent applications and oppositions in our three official languages (English, French, German). www.epo.org/about-us/jobs/vacancies/engineers-scientists.html
• www.iinternship.com is a global interactive platform for internships, (work) placements and graduation assignments on an international level. We are in collaboration with the European Union through the Leonardo da Vinci project.
• www.gradplus.com - 'the essential graduate careers website, providing access to graduate jobs with some of the UK’s top graduate employers'.
• www.revolutionjobs.co.uk - is a jobs board from the UK's leading new media magazine. Designed to be the first place to visit when looking for a new job in the online or digital media industries, Revolution has hundreds of different vacancies for a wide range of disciplines including project management jobs, digital marketing jobs & web design jobs.
• www.totaljobs.com/Graduate - Totaljobs has now a new section dedicated to graduate jobs with thousands of jobs advertised in the top UK locations.
• Economics Jobs at Econ-Jobs.com - www.econ-jobs.com The world's leading site for Economics jobs. Providing Jobs for Economists, Statisticians, and Finance.
• EuroBrussels.com - www.eurobrussels.com The leading career site for European Affairs professionals. The first step towards a European career is EuroBrussels. EuroBrussels collects and displays most European Affairs jobs, otherwise scattered on a multiple of recruitment channels. Whether looking for a first working experience or entry-level positions, students will find hundreds of the latest vacancies in European and International Affairs on EuroBrussels. We list many interesting internship that may lead to permanent positions in NGOs, EU institutions and agencies, industry association, consultancies and law firms.
  We also publish junior positions suitable for recent graduates on a daily basis.
  EuroBrussels is the one-stop shop for European Affairs jobs in Europe
  We have Career Guides for job seekers - helping students to get a grasp of the European Affairs labour market.
  Besides our twice weekly newsletter with 50,000 subscribers, EuroBrussels also has one specialized newsletter with the latest updates on jobs in law and one newsletter for vacancies in environment, energy and transport policy.
• www.herecomestheboss.com - Want to find out more about employers?. Here Comes The Boss is the UK's leading student video information portal. They offer a free service to students so they can view video information about various employers throughout the UK.
• www.employment4students - Currently have over 300 graduate vacancies displayed on their site, a number that is constantly increasing, and have over 220,000 jobseekers visiting their site every month. They also have numerous links and relationships with universities all over the country. An ABCe traffic audit recently confirmed that Employment4students is the most visited job board for undergraduate work.
• Hays - www.hays.com Hays is a global leader in specialist recruitment, placing professional candidates in permanent, temporary and interim positions. With over 8,294 staff in 380 offices across 27 countries, last year we placed 80,000 people in permanent jobs, and around 300,000 into temporary assignments.
• www.itjobsforgraduates.com and we are a specialist job board for IT graduates in the UK. We currently have more than 1,300 Graduate IT jobs online with some of the top employers being Accenture, Capgemini, Bloomberg, Lloyds TSB, Siemens, Orange and Microsoft. They advertise graduate IT job vacancies, internships, graduate schemes/ programmes and training.
  Houdini Media Ltd operate a few student jobs sites that help over 2.5 million people each year find summer employment.
• www.seasonworkers.com/summerjobs - Summer Jobs all over the world, guidance, visa info and forums
• www.summer-jobs.com - Simple, easy to use summer jobs website
• www.igapyear.com – Gap Year information and first hand advice
• www.assistuk.net - Assist Employment offers the latest in temporary online recruitment, specialising in temporary admin and support jobs in the UK. Assist Employment was established in 2007 with the simple vision of reducing the cost, to simplify the process and to champion the benefits of temporary work.
• Great Care has six job boards which may be of interest to students:
  www.greatsocialcare.co.uk for social work, care and social housing jobs
  www.greatcare.co.uk for childcare, nanny and nursery jobs
  www.greateducation.co.uk for education, teaching and training jobs
  www.greathealthcare.co.uk for medical, nursing and healthcare jobs
  
• www.publicsectorcareers.org for all public sector and charity jobs
  www.thesupplycurve.com for economist, econometrician and statistician jobs

Other sources of vacancies

Information about working abroad
PhD jobs
Recruitment Fairs
Don't forget to visit our employer exhibition at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/sbs/ceec/careersfair/

Recruitment Agencies

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation maintains a database of all its member agencies, searchable by sector and region, here.

Working in the regions

If you want to work in a particular part of the UK you’ll find a comprehensive listing and links to regional graduate services here.

International Work and Study

If the idea of work or study abroad attracts you, you’ll find a thorough examination of the pros and cons, what to consider, how to succeed, and a reality check – plus comprehensive information on opportunities in 50 countries – here.

Newspapers and Periodicals

Job Vacancies in newspapers and periodicals

The charts below indicate the days on which specific occupational sectors advertise vacancies in newspapers.

It is also worth checking in the University library for particular publications.