Job profiles video transcript
When you're looking for a new job, the wider your search the better.
But sometimes it's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack and it can be confusing.
The National Careers Service website has all the information you need to help you get a job.
These days there are many places to look and many ways to apply...
There's also lots of help available, but...
If you haven't looked for work recently it can take you a while to get the hang of it.
Newspapers and trade magazines are a good place to start recruitment agencies can take some of the legwork out of job searching (especially if you have the skills that people are looking for) and many vacancies can be found online.
Our website can give you lots of hints and tips for a more effective job search, helping you plan and giving you ideas about the best places to look.
You may want to look for a particular type of job maybe find out more about what's involved... make sure you have the right qualifications.
You might also find you have to make decisions that you're not used to... you can use our website to help you with this.
We also have information on the average salary you could expect; and what the career prospects are.
We even have job market information to find where the biggest number of jobs are.
The National Careers Service website can help make all these job decisions easier...
So there you go - a really smart way of checking out what you want to do.