Getting a job in Manchester
Whether you are moving to Manchester and looking for a full time job, a student looking for term time work or just looking for work to experience life in the UK it is important that you find the type of work you want.
Finding work in Manchester can be both exciting and challenging. Like any large city there are hundreds, if not thousands of vacancies appearing every day. Casual work is perhaps the easiest work to get although there are many part time and full time work vacancies as well.
There are many internet websites that list job vacancies in Manchester . There are numerous general vacancy sites as well as specialist vacancy websites that can help make your job search easier.
Government run Job Centres may also help as they have a list of job vacancies and they may be able to help with training.
Recruitment agencies are another good source of employment and there are many specialist and general recruitment agencies with offices in and around Manchester.
Most, if not all, newspapers in Greater Manchester have job vacancy listings, usually this will be on one day each week. The two main sources of job vacancies is:-
- Jobs North West (Weekly, every Friday)
- Manchester Evening News (Daily paper with jobs vacancies every Thursday)
There are smaller circulation newspapers in many parts of Greater Manchester. These will often have local job vacancies from local employers.