The Top UK Job Search Sites

Here you will find a list of the major UK job search and application websites, along with a brief explanation of how they work.

The best job search sites

Many of these sites include a job by email service.

Jobsite.co.uk - Jobsite is a new and up and coming job site with a great search function and fresh new job options.
Jobserve.com - The largest UK jobsite, with plenty of IT jobs and subsites for other sectors. A large variety of agencies use this service. Includes a large list of UK IT recruitment agencies. Search URLs can be bookmarked, and it also offers a jobs by email service and CV posting service.
Reed.co.uk - Though this site doesn't list as many technical jobs as would be appreciated it does list many jobs in temporary positions. Offers CV posting.
Jobs.guardian.co.uk - Smallish number of listings from The Guardian newspaper, fairly media/public services oriented.
Planetrecruit - Lists a large number of jobs and posts CVs to job agencies. Displays jobs from other hotonline jobsites, including workthing.com.
Monster.co.uk - The UK arm of the large US jobsite.

Bookmarkable job sites

Bookmarkable search results are very useful, instead of receiving a mail full of yesterday's jobs, you can search as frequently or infrequently as you wish:

Totaljobs.com - Covers a number of job sectors. Searches can be bookmarked (results.asp) and they offer a jobs-by-email service.
Monster.co.uk - The UK arm of the large US jobsite.
Topjobs.co.uk - Medium sized job listings, URLs were bookmarkable, but I don't have a current example, features a jobs by email service that unfortunately ignores keywords in the saved search.

Other search sites

Fish4jobs.co.uk - Features a large number of jobs and a jobs by email service. Their search engine seems to become less specific (rather than more specific) when searching for multiple keywords, which isn't very useful. The search page does not include posting dates or salary.
Silicon.com - IT news and job listings. Includes a listing of IT recruitment companies (in the search section) and a jobs by email service. A senior programmer friend of mine subscribes to this.
Jobsearch.co.uk - Smallish number of jobs and a CV posting service.
Gumtree.com - Now owned by eBay.

CV posting sites

You can have great success with calls from agencies that find your CV on a CV posting websites. All the sites below allow you to upload your CV in Word format (possibly RTF). CVs may need to be refreshed regularly to attract a recruiter's interest. Most of the sites listed below also appear elsewhere on this page.

Planetrecruit.com - Popular CV posting site. Part of the hotonline group that power jobsearch.co.uk, workthing and other sites.
Jobserve.com - includes a CV distribution feature.
Reed.co.uk - Includes a configurable CV posting service.
Totaljobs.com - Largish jobs site, (same database as Gojobsite).
Workthing.com - Part of the Guardian media group.
Jobs.guardian.co.uk - The Guardian newspaper's jobs section, powered by Workthing.com.
CVposter.com - Posts your CV to a number of job agencies

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