Local vacancies are usually handled by local recruitment companies or employment agencies (not government organisations). They cover all types of work.

Recruitment companies are listed under the Yellow Pages and in local directories like the Thompson Directory. If you are 18 or under you must visit the Careers Service before employment agencies can, by law, offer you any work.

Employment agencies can normally work in two ways. They employ and pay you while you work on a contract they have with an employer or they fill a vacancy for an employer who will then employ you directly. These vacancies can be permanent or temporary and there are agencies who specialise in specific occupational areas.

It's not unusual for our members to find full time work through agencies. Employers may well treat a temporary contract as a 'probationary' period. Of course for some employers and employees alike, temporary contracts give them both flexibility.