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Jobseeking

 

Looking for a new job?

 
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking for a change, take a look through our jobseeking page for support and information.
 
 

Magazines

We have hundreds of magazines available within Information Services in the Central Library.  Many of the specialist magazines include recruitment sections.  You can also access the magazine websites either at home or using our People's Network pc's throughout Sheffield Libraries. 
 
Magazines available include:
 
Accountancy
 
Advertising
 
Agriculture
 
Aircraft industry
 
Archaeology
 
Architecture
  • Architectural Review
  • Architects Journal
  • Building Design, magazine not in stock, website only
  • Riba Journal
    • See also Planning and Local Government
 
Armed Forces
  • Jobs for EX Forces can be found in:
    • Navy News
    • RAF News
    • Soldier
 
Arts/Creative
 
Astronomy
 
Automotive Engineering
 
Au-pairs
  • Country Life
  • Lady
 
 
Bio-medical Engineering
 
Black and Ethnic Minority specialist jobs
  • Eastern Eye
  • Voice
 
Blind/Partially Sighted
  • New Beacon
 
Books/Publishing
  • Bookseller
 
Building Services
 
 
Care
 
Catering
 
Charities
  • BBC Wildlife
  • Voluntary Sector
  • Tablet
 
Civil Engineering
 
Civil Service
 
Construction
 
Crime/forensics
  • Police Review
Dance
  • Dancing Times
  • Stage
 
Distribution: Retail & wholesale
 
Domestic/housekeepers/Cooks
  • Country Life
  • Lady
 
 
Economics
 
Education/Teaching
  • Times Educational Supplement
  • Guardian section on Tuesday
  • Teaching jobs in faith schools can also be found in faith journals
 
Electrical & electronic engineering
 
Energy management
 
Engineering
 
Environment
 
Estate Agency
 
Events Management
 
 
Facilities Management
 
Farming
 
Fashion Design
 
Finance
 
Flight Crew
 
Food Processing
 
Furniture Manufacture
 
 
Genetics
 
Geologist
 
Glass, Clay & Ceramics
 
 
Health Services
 
Heating and Ventilating
  • See Building Services
 
 
Industrial Relations
 
Information Technology
 
Insurance
 
Iron & Steel Industry
 
 
Legal Profession
 
Leisure/Sport/Amenity Management
 
Libraries
 
Local Government
 
Loss Adjustor
 
 
Marketing
 
Merchandising
 
Media
 
Mining & Quarrying
  • Quarry Management
 
Museums
 
Music
  • Jobs for music in churches and religious settings are covered in the Faith Journals
 
 
Nannies
  • Country Life
  • Lady
 
Nature Conservation
 
 
Occupational Health & Safety
 
Pharmacy
 
Photography
  • British Journal of Photography
 
Planning
  • Planning Magazine
    • See also Local Government recruitment
 
Podiatry
  • see Health Services
 
Police
  • Police Review
 
Project Manager
 
Property Management
  • See Facilities management
 
Public Sector/Quangos
 
Purchasing
 
 
Rail Transport
 
Refrigeration engineering
  • see Building Services Engineering
 
Regional Planning
 
Religious/Faith
  • Tablet
  • Jewish Chronicle
  • Baptist Times
  • Universe
  • Methodist Recorder
  • Church Times
  • Church of England News
 
Retail Trades
  • see Distribution
 
Road Haulage
 
 
Science
 
Social Work
  • Community Care
  • Guardian - Section on a Wednesday
 
Stage/Theatre
  • Stage - covers performance and technical areas and also auditions
 
Statistical work
 
Steel Industry
  • see Iron & Steel Industry
 
Surveying
 
 
Textile & Clothing Industry
 
Third Sector/Voluntary Sector
  • Voluntary Sector Journal
  • Third Sector- no copies taken please see the website
 
Timber & Wood
 
Traffic & Transport
 
Travellers/Gypsy Community
  • Travellers Times
 
 
Waste Management

 
 

Job Supplements in Newspapers

 
Guardian
  • Monday Media Section covers - Creative, Media, Sales, Marketing
  • Tuesday Education Section covers - Teaching, Higher Education, Further Education, School Management
  • Wednesday Society Section covers - Social services, social care, public appointments
  • Thursday Technology Section covers - I.T. jobs
  • Saturday Work Section covers - Graduate jobs all areas
Yorkshire Post - job section on a Thursday
Daily Telegraph - job section on a Thursday
Yorkshire Evening Post - job section on a Thursday
Sheffield Star - job sections on a Thursday
Jobs Today - covers regional recruitment in a wide area from Leeds down to Mansfield.
Evening Standard - covers jobs in the London area
 

Useful websites for job hunting and recruitment

 
Advice Resource - website offering careers advice.  Includes a Careers Value Tool to help make decisions about careers.  Also a directory of job profiles and CV builder.
 
My Sheffield Jobs - covers Sheffield and the surrounding area.  If you register with the site you can upload your CV and have it evaluated.
 
Direct Gov Jobs - official Government site that allows you to search for jobs by area or postcode.  Also allows you to search for training and voluntary work.  You can also find childcare and careers information. The site also lists public appointments such as seats on public committees or boards for Quangos.  These will often pay a nominal salary for a set number of hours per year.
 
Careers Advice - part of the Learndirect organisation that provides information on jobs and careers.  You can search for information on careers in particular areas and also find job profiles with information on training, salary, entrance requirements etc.  You can also search for courses or contact a Learndirect Advisor for more personalised help.  The site includes a CV builder and a Skills and Assessment Programme to help you find which jobs/careers you may be suited for.
 
Jobcentreplus - part of the Department of Work and Pensions.  On this site you can search for jobs and find out information about New Deal and various employment programmes. Can also get help with making benefit claims.  Usually the first stop for people looking for work.
 

Local Help

 
Sheffield Centre for Full Employment - operates Jobnet centres around the city which give help with information on job search, training and help with CVs.  Based at 73 West Street, Sheffield 1 and centres around the city.  Please use the website for local area jobnet offices.
 
Sheffield Futures and Connexions Centre - this covers Careers Advice and Guidance for young people via the Connexions Service and for Adults via Sheffield Futures.  It has a Careers Library open to the public and includes a drop in information service for adults as well as appointment advice sessions.  Based at Star House on Division Street, Sheffield 1.
 
Sheffield Job Centre Plus - There are various offices around the city. The City Centre office is at 112 West Street, Sheffield 3.  Please use the Sheffield Telephone Directory for a full list under the heading "JOB".
 
Sheffield Prospects - gives information and guidance for job seekers, adults facing redundancy or needing advice on careers and work.  They also offer help with CVs.  Based at Belgrave House, 47 Bank Street, Sheffield1,  Tel 0114 279 9760.
 
You can also find more local employment help on the Help Yourself website.
 

Help with CV's

Local Libraries offer word processing on Peoples Network to create a CV.  Some local libraries offer CV help if they have links with a local Jobnet/development trusts.  Firth Park Library has a service on Monday afternoons starting at 1.30pm where you can get help with creating your CV. You can book an appointment through the library, tel 0114 203 7433.
 
The Careers Advice website has a CV Builder which will allow you to create a basic CV on the website, save and print it out.  This should be available on the People's Network in all libraries.
 
Jobnet - some of the Jobnets or local development trusts or other organisations will give CV help for people registered with them as jobseekers or if you have been referred on specific programmes such as New Deal.  For local area organisations you have to be living in that area.
                                                                                                 
Sheffield Prospects gives CV help to the public.  You will need to telephone for an appointment and have a guidance interview to decide what to put in the CV.  They can help you do it or create it for you.  For more information tel 0114 279 9760.
 
My Sheffield Jobs - if you register with this website for job hunting you can send in your CV and they will evaluate it for you.
 

Employment Agencies

 
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is the trade body that supports and represents the recruitment industry.   Use the online consultancy finder to find an agency by name, location or work sector.
 
Executive Grapevine - the UK directory of talent management is available for reference in the Business, Science & Technology Library.  It includes executive recruitment, interim management and talent management firms and can be searched by name, salary range, function & industry.
 
You can also find more local employment help on the Help Yourself website.
 

Starting your own Business

If you are considering starting your own business, then take a look at our Starting a Business page, and our Patents & Intellectual Property and Sheffield Inventors Group pages.
 

Living and Working Abroad

 
We have books on living and working abroad and how to obtain summer jobs abroad.
 
Useful websites include:
 
Careers Europe Official Site Promoting Mobility in Europe - Careers Europe is the UK National Resource Centre for International Careers Information.  It provides resources to Careers services, Connexions services and other information and advisory services throughout the UK.
Please note that the inclusion of any website or link on this page does not mean that they have been vetted or recommended by Sheffield City Council.  It is important to make sure that you are happy that they are suitable for your own requirements.