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 Finding work in London is a big task, as per any other city in the world. Unlike in other countries, agencies here have a big say and will probably pay a huge part in you getting a job.
Usually most agencies post adverts in websites and newspapers, you then apply by sending your CV. In many occasions you have a pre-interview with them before you meet the company you want to work for.
Their screening is hard and most times is worth giving them a call after you send your CV to try speak with the agent. As they receive hundreds or thousands of CVs for each position, it is good to stand out showing your interest.
For simpler jobs in bars and hotels, you are better off enquiring directly at the place. Otherwise, join a temping agency.
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There are many agencies and it is good to register with a few. Specially the ones dedicated to your sector. Some are focussed in temporary work, some in contracting or permanent. Some are also specialised in languages, financial, teaching or nursing jobs. In their websites they also post jobs and help on how to build your CV and prepare for an interview.
Websites
The easiest way to look for a job is looking on the net. There are websites also specialised in the different sectors and you can register to receive daily updates on the job posts. Apart from looking in our own Job Section, these are the most popular sites:
Addecco
Blue Arrow
Brook Street
Career Legal
Hays
Jobserve
Kelly Services
LondonCareers
Monster
Manpower
Office Angels
Reed
Select
Staff Nurse
Survival Guide: Peopleperhour.com -Freelancers at decent rates for SME
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Peopleperhour.com is a new generation online marketplace matching freelance or self-employed professionals with project work, usually in small or medium-sized businesses (SME's).
 If you are an SME you will be familiar with this problem: you have a heap of different projects on the go and insufficient in-house resources or skills to do them all. Many of them cannot justify a full-time role, plus you are reluctant to recruit too fast. Equally, you are reluctant to employ temp or contracting agencies who charge you hefty fees.
A skilled individual charging an hourly or fixed project rate is your perfect solution - but where do you find one that you can trust will do the job?
PeoplePerHour.com was created to address that problem. The site now features 000's of registered service providers that cover skills from IT to Admin Support or even Photography, Legal & Accounting, Translations...all of whom are ready to bid for your business. Empowered
with user ratings and reviews our system enables you to make well informed, unbiased selections, and pay securely only on job completion.
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busqueda de trabajo
By Miguel Gutierrez |
Mon 2 May 2008 02:16PM |
Buenas tardes a todos
Mi nombre es Miguel y soy de Sevilla, ya llevo aqui 2 anos y 4 meses y aun estoy muy verde en salidas por londres y demas, asi que espero poder conocer muchos espanoles en la misma situacion que yo.
El motivo de mi email es para saber si podriais ayudarme en mi busqueda de bandas de musica en vivo. Yo he tocado varios anos como guitarrista en orquestas de fiestas y la verdad es que me encantaria volver a los escenarios.
Bueno aqui os dejo mi eamil y mi numero de telefono por si podeis ayudarme o sabeis donde deberia buscar informacion.
Muchisimas gracias
Miguel Gutierrez
miguelmassage@hotmail.com
07891505195 |
Te respondimos por email
By LondonAmigo Team |
Tue 3 May 2008 12:25PM |
Hola Miguel,
te hemos mandado una respuesta online. Normalmente aconsejamos no poner datos personales como tu teléfono móvil porque lo pueden añadir a una lista de spam y empezarías a recibir mensajitos interminables con ofertas de todo tipo. Una vez leas nuestro email, probablemente borraremos tu comentario para salvar tu privacidad.
Gracias |
loocking for Job
By Alfonso Vargas |
Wed 4 July 2008 09:41PM |
Hi, My Name is Alfonso I am 24 years old, Mexican by nationality, I am more less fluent in English I have 80% reading comprehension 60% speaking and 70% writing, I would like to study in London and work there also, I have experience working in cake shops decoration,and I have a computer technician and an Industrial Engineering degree, I work here in Mexico as an Engineer, would you mind helping me to have a detailed information to my e-mail adress:
alfonso.vargas@fmc-na.com or ponchoslim@hotmail.com
Thank You in advance.
PD: Tambien me pueden escribir en Español. |
Link Suggestion
By Sarah |
Tue 3 November 2008 10:36AM |
Hi there,
I've been looking through your site and as it provides information and links for jobseekers, I thought I'd suggest a link for a jobs website that you could put on your site:
http://www.allthetopbananas.com/
The good thing about AllTheTopBananas is that it works more like a search engine - the results are an index of companies' and agencies' own websites and therefore link directly to them for viewing of job details, so you can apply more directly with the agency or company you are interested in. This is great for jobseekers, as they can job hunt on multiple different sites with a single search.
The result is 200,000+ jobs all in one search!
You can search by region to get a more localised search to find the exact town or village you are hoping to work in. We also have a CV database for recruiters, and a jobs gadget which allows you to display, on your webpage, specific jobs that you or your users may be interested in.
We would appreciate it if you would take the time to have a look at our site and consider us for your webpage.
Thanks,
Sarah
AllTheTopBananas.com |
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