Where do I start?

Global Visas have close working relationships with many of the UK's leading employers and recruitment agencies. We have contacts in many industries including, government, business, financial, healthcare, IT and leisure and have 15 years experience helping new visa holders find work in the UK.

International jobs and applying for work in the UK involves much the same dedication as applying for a UK visa and just like a successful visa application, successful job hunting means commitment.

If you can answer the following questions before working in the UK, you will find it a whole lot quicker securing a job:

What kind of work you want to do?
What kind of company you want to work for?
Which locations are you prepared to relocate to?
What kind of opportunities do you want the job to offer?

Where do I look for work?

Talk to your social network, socialise with your friends and family and find out the tips, tricks and trends only a support network like this can offer you. Your friends and family may have be able to put you in touch with loads more professional people, community groups and services offered by educational institutions, religious groups or government schemes.

Job vacancies are advertised in a wide range of publications, from national daily papers such as The Times, The Guardian, The Independent and the Metro, to local and regional daily/weekly papers.

There are also regional and national papers devoted solely to jobs in certain industries on different days of the week, there are many opportunities still out there that in many cases will not be easily filled by the local labour market.

Jobs in the UK are also advertised in journals and trade magazines for your profession or industry, where possible subscribe to these publications and find their websites online.

Subscription is often free if you are already in the profession/industry and as well as carrying job vacancy advertisements, there will also be news on which companies are expanding and those which have won new contracts, this is a great way of getting your foot in the door - before the competition!

In the UK, Job Centre Plus offices are open to anyone looking a job and although they may well not have any advertisements for the sort of job you are looking for, it still costs nothing to look!

Online job hunting is one of the most convenient and accessible ways to find work in the UK, whether you are overseas or indeed in Britain. Sites like Monster and Reed cater to most professions but remember you will be competing against hundreds of other applicants here so it's also very useful to specialist recruiters or ask a consultant at Global Visas for help.

How can Global Visas help?

Immigration law and job hunting are two minefields standing between you and your first pay check. The rules for both are constantly changing with job searching etiquette in the UK a lot different from other countries.

The immigration team in Global Visas has over 15 years experience and can help and individuals and businesses of any size deal with the burden of international recruitment.

Our global network of offices offer advice tailored to the region you are working in and can assist with all immigration solutions.

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