UK agencies and general UK work

axiom

getting a bit fed up of the situation here job wise for entry level positions .... I have an ordinary degree in electronics and haven't been able to get a sniff of work here to do with it ...

so I've given myself an ultimatum soon that if nothing comes up here, I'm searching the UK ...

I've applied for a few jobs in the UK with little or no correspondance in return, so what I was thinking was heading over to the likes of London for a few days with all documents in hand and sitting down and chatting to recruiters or if I can find them, potential employers, explain my situation and go from there ....

moving over is no problem at all, it's just the initial job hunting, etc... that's the problem, don't want to leave a job here to get nothing in the UK, or only be offered similar positions, or worse get nothing at all and come back here to no job ...

anyone any advice or have gotten jobs through this route, or are there agencies in Dublin who have links for the UK etc... ?

finisklin

I think you just gotta make the decision to just go, relocate and start your UK job search rfom over there. I think it's gonna be very difficult to secure an entry level position in Ireland without a good network and serious inside help.

Note that the UK favours a two page CV not three or four which you can get away with here. Little quirks like that can hinder your search....so no harm to brush up and find out the nuts and bolts that can make your job search more effective.

If your young and out of college, you have nothing to lose. What's the worst that can happen.....you don't get a job! Which will probable be the same outcome here......Just do it.

Best of luck and don't sell yourself short.

ABajaninCork

axiom wrote: »

anyone any advice or have gotten jobs through this route, or are there agencies in Dublin who have links for the UK etc... ?

Yes, four come to mind. Reed, Kelly's, Adecco and Hays (who are a shower of *****, but might be worth a shot in the UK)

Reed are pretty good. Not sure about companies specialising in your field. Why not register with Monster UK? Or if you know where you want to look, then google Yell.com (Yellow Pages) search for recruitment agencies in your area, and let your fingers do the walking!

Good luck!

NoseyMike2010

Target the career pages of the University's in the UK. Let us know if that helps. Being honest you'd do better if your living in the UK.

axiom

thanks for the info people ! ....

forgot to mention I may have the possibility of going back to college in September, hence the hesitation, otherwise it'd be far to easy just to up and go, but I think it may just have to come to that

biZrb

I think you should consider going back to college to get your Honours Degree, most companies here and in the UK won't consider you for roles without one.
Enroll on a course that has work experience attached to it, that way you'll leave college with an Honour Degree and a little bit of work experience, and then you can apply for grad programs in the UK, or even here.

(I moved to the UK 1.5 years ago, after coming out of college, found it hard enough to get a job, but the basic requirements for engineering roles were a 2.1 in a honours degree plus some work experience)

Bagel

Another good website is jobs.ac.uk which has all the academic jobs - often there are support and admin jobs there as well. The Guardian online has a good jobs section - I think the guardian on a Saturday has a round up of all the weekly jobs.