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Job seeking in Northern Ireland

Information applies to: Northern Ireland
 

There are many resources available to you when looking for a job in Northern Ireland.

Department for Education and Learning (DEL)

DELexternal website runs a network of 35 Jobcentres and Jobs & Benefits Offices throughout Northern Ireland. All vacancies handled by DEL are displayed on the DEL Jobcentre Online websiteexternal website

DEL helps people to develop their skills and become job ready, matches people to jobs and helps to administer the Jobseeker benefits for people looking for work in Northern Ireland.

European Employment Services (EURES)

The EURES network is a partnership between all the public employment services in the European Economic Area.  As an EEA citizen, your country’s employment service will have details of Northern Ireland vacancies supplied to it through the EURES websiteexternal website.  This allows candidates to search and view vacancies advertised by other public employment services throughout the EEA.  The website also contains information on living and working conditions in each EEA country.

There are over 700 specially trained EURES advisers throughout the EEA.  They focus on the practical issues surrounding employment in the Member States and help to promote mobility in Europe.

Click here for a list of Northern Ireland Advisors external website

Or contact: EURES CROSS-BORDER PARTNERSHIP
A Partnership between Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of the Republic of Ireland

http://www.eures-crossborder.org/ external website

info@eures-crossborder.org ""

Private employment agencies

Employment agencies are an important source of jobs in Northern Ireland.  For details of private employment agencies in your area, look under Employment Agencies or Personnel Consultants in a business directory .

Some private employment agencies in Northern Ireland include:

The press

Another important method of job seeking involves checking the Northern Ireland newspapers.  Jobs are advertised on the folowing days:

See also

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Permalink: Job seeking in Northern Ireland
Themes: Work
Categories: Employment, Social Welfare
Life Events: Working, Starting a new job, Becoming unemployed
Target Groups: Workers, The unemployed, Migrant workers, All, Frontier workers, Job-seekers
Last updated: 15 June 2010

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