Recruitment websites and job boards
The listings below provide ideas on recruitment sites which may support your job search.
When looking for work generally, it is useful to be aware of the many job search engines which essentially trawl through multiple sites across the web and pull together listings of advertised vacancies matching your criteria. These include sites such as Indeed, Total Jobs, Monster, Jobsora and Jooble.
If you want to identify agencies advertising vacancies in the field of interest to you, Agency Central is a resource which provides a searchable database, allowing you to find some useful starting points.
In addition, look at some of the listings below which link either to sites focusing primarily on the student/graduate market, or on the specific sectors highlighted.
Sites specifically advertising internships or job roles for students and graduates
Targetjobs
Prospects
Milkround
Graduate Links
Graduate Jobs
Gradcracker (STEM areas, especially useful for engineering and IT)
Brightnetwork
Reed Graduates
Fish4 jobs
The Big Choice
Aspire (focus on digital, media and marketing)
Student Ladder
Glassdoor
Inspiringinterns
Enternships
Step
MBA Match
Iagora (vacancies in the UK and overseas)
Graduate Recruitment Bureau
Debut offers a careers app which can be downloaded from their website.
Adzuna
Magnet.me
Careermap
Wikijob
Sites supporting specific groups:
Student Circus, a site catering for international students seeking work in the UK
Vercida specifically advertising diverse and inclusive career opportunities
Seo-London opportunities mainly in finance, law and IT for ethnic minority students
EmployAbility for students with disabilities
MyPlus students club information and a vacancy source for those with a disability
Internships/placements only:
Ratemyplacement
Windsor Fellowship (offer a number of internship programmes for ethnic minority students)
Creative Access (media-based internships for ethnic minority students)
Internship programs (USA)
Internweb (mainly USA)
Europe-internship
Europlacement
Interexchange is a not-for-profit organisation which provides paid for services to those aiming to secure an internship in the US. Their website also provides some useful resources open to anyone who wants to explore this option.
Accounting
CMA Financial Recruitment
Michael Page
ACCA Careers
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy (CIPFA)
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
GAAP web
Accountancy Age
eFinancial Careers (roles in accounting and finance)
PQ Jobs (jobs for part-qualified accountants)
Accountancy Work
Holden Jones
Statistics Jobs
Accountancy careers
Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
PR Week
Major Players
Hays Marketing
JFL Search & Selection
Pathfinders Media Recruitment
Reilly People
Spotlight Recruitment
Blue Skies
Live Recruitment
Aspire
Creative Pool
Campaign Jobs
The Dots - a selection of internship and job roles in the creative sector including marketing, digital media and graphic design
In addition to recruitment sites, it is also worthwhile to refer to the jobs pages of related publications, including:
Exchange
The Drum
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising also provides information for candidates interested in a career in advertising – there is general information plus a jobs board.
Arts and Design
Arts jobs Online
Arts Job Finder
Adrem (architecture and design)
Aquent (marketing, social media, digital, design sectors)
ArtsHub
Creative Recruitment
Live Recruitment
Fashionworkie (fashion design)
Banking and Financial Services
Insurance Job Vacancies
Lawes Group (insurance)
MW Appointments (insurance)
Darwin Rhodes
Hays Financial Services
IAUK (insurance)
IPS Group
Cityjobs.com
Barbara Houghton Associates
Austin Andrew (investment banking)
E financial careers
Allaboutfinancecareers
Graduate Actuarial Schemes
Insurance careers
Business
Gradinterviewprep A comprehensive guide to Management Consultancies in London
Education
eteach.com
Randstad Education
Time Plan
Protocol Education
GSL Education
Smart Teachers
Career Teachers
Hays Education
Strategy Education
Destination Education
Servoca Education Resourcing
Reed Education
Teaching Personnel
ITN Mark
Step Teachers
Supplydesk
Academy Jobs
Horizon Teachers
Tradewind Recruitment
Nursery World Jobs
Edustaff
Enlighten
Education Jobs
Clarus Education
Engage Education
Education Matters Group
i-teachers
The sites below focus specifically on working in further/higher education and in teaching English as a foreign language
Jobs.ac.uk (higher education)
FEJobs
FE Careers.co.uk
Tefl.com
ESL Jobs World
Teflnet
Intesol
ESLbase
LoveTefl
In addition, the publications below regularly carry education-based vacancies
Film, TV, Media, Digital Media
Creativerecruitment
Broadcastgraduate
Grapevinejobs.co.uk
Production base This is a subscription website, but a free trial is available for 7 days.
Mandy (TV and film)
Campaign Jobs
Pathfinders Media Recruitment
The Unit List
Creative Access (provide internships for ethnic minority students)
Function Central, Entertainers Worldwide and Entertainment Nation hire live music acts and DJs for example for a variety of events
Formula Won Media Ltd
Harrison Pursey
Impact Creative
Media Contacts
Spotlight Recruitment
Aspire
Major Players
The Dots - a selection of internship and job roles across the creative sector including digital media
Media Beans
Video Collective
Creative pool
Food and Nutrition
Nutrition Society
NHS Jobs
Foodman Jobs
DRNewitt
Focus Management Consultants
Your Food Job
New Scientist
b3
In addition, the Food Standards Agency website is worth referring to as vacancies are advertised from time to time
Health, Social care and Social work
Sanctuary Personnel
Capita Social Care
Hays
Community Care
Personnel Care Bank
Care First
4Recruitmentservices
Charity Job
Randstad Care
EM Recruitment (social work)
Supply Care Solutions (social work)
British Social Work Jobs
Jobs4medical
Job Medic
British Association of Social Workers jobs board
Health Jobs UK (administrative and healthcare assistant roles)
In addition, the links below may be of interest:
NHS Jobs
Compass Jobs Fair is an annual social work fair which takes place in London, typically in November each year
Frontline offers a programme providing an alternative route for social work training
Hospitality, Events Management, Leisure, Tourism and Sport
Albany Appointments
ESP Recruitment
Live Recruitment
Major Players
Dragonfly Recruitment
Berkeley Scott
Chess Partnership
Event Job Search
Meetpie.com
Caterer.com
Catererglobal
Restaurantjobs
Detail2Leisure
International Hospitality Recruitment Ltd
Mise En Place Catering & Hospitality
Travelweekly
Traveljobsearch
Leisurejobs.com
Leisurejobs.net
Leisuremanagement
Outdoorstaff
Sport England
Careers in Sport
The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Jobs in Football
IT and Data Analysis
Gradcracker
Cititec
Technojobs
OCC
Informatiq
Premier Group
Recruitment Partnership
TRG
Interactive Selection (Gaming)
Stemgraduates
IT Graduate Jobs
Pearson Frank
IT Jobs
CW Jobs
Cyber Security Jobs
Cyber Security Jobsite
IT Jobswatch
Grads in games (Gaming roles and information)
Statistics Jobs
Data Scientist Jobs
Data Jobs
Journalism and publishing
Redwood Publishing Recruitment
Inspired Selection (publishing)
Atwood Tate (publishing)
Media Week Jobs
Journalism.co.uk
Hold the Front Page
Prospect Solution (freelance opportunities)
Media Contacts
Folio Recruitment
The Bookseller jobs portal
Life Sciences
Institute of Biomedical Science jobs page
NHS job site
chemistryworldjobs jobs page of the Royal Society of Chemistry
SRG
Hays Life Science
New Scientist jobs page
Reed Scientific
Pf Jobs (commercial roles in the pharmaceutical sector eg medical sales)
CK Science
Jobs in Science
Pharmiweb
Get reskilled pharmaceutical jobs
Pmlive Sales, marketing & communication jobs in the pharmaceutical industry
Next Pharma Job
Langton Howarth
Non-Stop Pharma
Penny Warren (sales and marketing within the life sciences sector)
Stemgraduates
Guided Solutions recruit life science graduates mainly for sales/marketing roles for the medical devices industry
Search
Network Scientific Recruitment
CY Partners
Access Science
In addition, for placement opportunities for both undergraduates and recent graduates, vacancies are advertised from time on time on the Cogent website. Those interested in areas relating to microbiology may also want to consider vacancies in the food industry – see the section on “Food and Nutrition”.
Law
Law Careers.Net
Totally Legal
Legal Week Jobs
Michael Page Legal
Ten Percent Legal Recruitment
GR Law
All About Law
Target Jobs (law/solicitors)
Roll on Friday (news, views, jobs and training contracts)
Simply Law Jobs
Not-For-Profit
Angela Mortimer Third Sector
Civil Society Jobs
CharityJOB
Flow Caritas
Goodmoves
Harris Hill
Kage Partnership
ProspectUs
Third Sector Jobs
TPP Not for Profit
Eden Brown
Bond (international development)
Elevator (social enterprises, charities)
Smart Thinking (think tank roles)
In addition, you may be interested in Charity Works, a nine month programme for graduates interested in a career in this sector.
Public Sector
The following sites provide details of vacancies in the public sector.
Jobs go Public
LG Jobs
Working for an MP
All police jobs
National Security Careers
In addition, refer to websites of individual local authorities as well as to the NHS job site and the Civil Service job search page.
Training programmes aimed specifically at graduates are offered in:
Central Government - The Civil Service Fast Stream
The NHS - Graduate Management Training Scheme
Local Government - National Graduate Development Programme
Retail, Distribution and Sales
Retail Human Resources
Reed Retail
Retail Choice
Grocer Jobs Sales and marketing in the food sector
Fashion and Retail Personnel
Four Seasons Recruitment
Talisman
Ashley Stewart
Aaron Wallis (graduate sales roles)
Jobs Retail
Sales roles
In addition, The Retail Gazette carries job advertisements
Opportunities overseas
For those interested in working abroad, the country profiles on the Prospects website and the "Working Abroad" section of the Target Jobs site provide a range of helpful resources including job sites and Visa information.
The University of the West of England has developed web pages for international students interested in returning to their home countries. The site covers Central and Eastern Europe, the Gulf, China, Canada, Africa, India and South East Asia.
Another good resource for those looking for work in Europe is Graduateland.
For those interested in working in Africa, refer to Careers in Africa.
The site "Contact Taiwan" is aimed at those wishing either to work in Taiwan itself or in a Taiwanese company located outside the country. Interested candidates can upload a CV and then browse available positions.