Getting a job in Scotland

Printed media

The Scotsman and The Herald carry job adverts most days, although Friday is the best day for both. The Scotsman has an Edinburgh bias to the jobs in it, the Herald a Glasgow bias. However, sometimes jobs in Edinburgh are only advertised in the Herald. I've also seen Highland jobs only advertised in the Herald. Best to get both if you're not fussy about location. If you live outside Scotland, the best paper with a UK wide circulation and with a focus on Scottish jobs is Scotland on Sunday. Can't say much about the journalism though, after all it is from the Andrew Neil propaganda machine.

The Scotsman is at
http://www.scotsman.com/

The Herald is at
http://www.theherald.co.uk/

Scotland on Sunday is at
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/

Online resources

Note: Many of the on-line resources are biased towards jobs for those in the computer industry.

Job metasearch

http://www.jobs.co.uk/
Meta search for jobs. Potentially a great (although rather obvious) idea but has some way to go to be a useful search as there are limited search options and the integration between the jobs.co.uk site and the others is very lacking in places. One day they may all get their collective acts together and create a common API which produces something useful. Alternatively, contact us as we are interested in developing such an interface and are looking for funding/sponsors/partners.

Jobsite

Similar to Jobserve although some jobs may appear on one and not the other. Send an e-mail to mailto: jobsite@jobsite.co.uk or visit their website at http://www.jobsite.co.uk/
Tel: 01243 641141

Very flexible search which actually seems to work, unlike many other sites. Highly recommended. They have launched a Scottish flavoured version at http://www.scotrecruit.com/ which is highly recommended

Jobserve

Jobserve allows to to filter jobs by location so you can receive a mail whenever a job in Scotland comes up which matches your criteria (e.g. technical skills) For more information about JobServe, please send a blank e-mail to mailto: help@jobserve.com or visit their website at http://www.jobserve.com/

Unfortunately, you can't filter by salary so you often get back a load of irrelevant dross. Unfortunately also only agencies can use the service. This means that vacancies with many smaller companies are not to be found here as such companies cannot afford the 30% of first year's salary which agencies charge, often for a few hours work (not bad work if you can get it!). This is the original online job matching service and it shows. It doesn't look like they've updated their search facilities since launching in 1994, c'mon guys when is the salary filter going to arrive?

Website is noted as PANTS here:
http://www.siliconglen.com/usability/jobserve.html

careerjet

http://www.careerjet.co.uk/
Covering all job sectors and the whole UK, this useful job search has a wide range of jobs and a detailed geographic filter but no salary search and no option to multiselect various locations.

TipTopJob

http://www.TipTopJob.com

TipTopJob.com is a general job board. Search through thousands of jobs across 34 different industries and apply online. Set up email alerts and add your CV to help yourself get recruited.

Scottish Jobs on the Net

http://www.scottishjobsonthe.net/

No nonsense Scottish Job board with no annoying pop ups just thousands of jobs throughout Scotland

Scottish Jobs

http://www.scottishjobs.com/
One of the most flexible searches going, highly recommended.

Killer Jobs

http://www.killerjobs.com/
A decent website with a reasonable number of results. No salary search though. Keywords are mandatory (so no browsing for just the top paid jobs, irrespective of keywords)

IT Job Board

http://www.theitjobboard.com/

Monster

http://www.monster.co.uk/
Apparantly the market leader, although unfortunately they can't email you the actual details of jobs which match your requirements!

TotalJobs

http://www.totaljobs.co.uk/

IC Scottish Recruitment

http://www.icscottishrecruitment.co.uk/
Search by salary doesn't work
One of the worst job websites for usability

Website is noted as PANTS here:
http://www.siliconglen.com/usability/icscottish.html

Scottish IT Jobs

http://www.ScottishITjobs.com/

Jobs in Academia

For jobs in academic circles
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/
http://www.AcademicCareers.com/

S1 Jobs

http://www.s1jobs.com/
Allows filtering by salary (hooray)

The Appointments Section

http://www.taps.com/

ScotlandJobs

http://www.scotlandjobs.com/ - Domain available
http://www.movejobs.com/ - Domain also available

Agencies

http://www.best-people.co.uk/ Best People

http://www.careercare.com/ CareerCare

http://www.computerpeople.co.uk/ Computer People

http://www.elan.co.uk/ Elan
http://www.headresourcing.com/ Head Resourcing

http://www.mcg.co.uk/ Melville Craig Group

http://www.portalrecruitment.co.uk/ Portal Recruitment

http://www.search.co.uk/ Search
Search are Scotland's largest independent recruitment Agency and have the largest online database of jobs covering Scotland.

http://www.tps.co.uk/ Technology Project Services

Software Academy

The Software Academy, mailto: software.academy@scotent.co.uk, is a Scottish Enterprise venture to provide support and advice on
recruitment and skills projects including: assistance with the recruitment process, Training Needs Analysis and access to the Graduates into Software programme.

Rules and regulations

If you are not a European Union citizen, then there are complex
laws around obtaining a work permit and residency or being a student. You are strongly advised to consult the British Embassy or Consulate in your country for official advice. There is some information at from the Home Office http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
entitled "Naturalisation as a British Citizen - A guide for applicants" which should help.

and
http://britain-info.org/
regarding immigration rules to the UK

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