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Where to find work, who can help you and how to access skills based training for employment.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
If you run an employment agency or employment business you have to follow…
Some employment agencies need a licence if they are supplying specific…
Before placing a work-seeker with a hirer, you must get sufficient…
Before you supply work-seekers to work with vulnerable people you have to:…
Work-seekers registered as limited companies are also covered by the rules…
You must not advertise a job without the full details of the position. You…
If you run an employment business you can sometimes charge a transfer fee…
Employment businesses’ terms and conditions with work-seekers If you run…
You cannot refuse to provide services to work-seekers or to provide them…
You can charge for other services like CV writing and transport to jobs.…
You must not introduce or supply a work-seeker to a hirer unless you’ve…
Accommodation When a job involves working away from home and the…
Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using ‘Find a job’.
Job search, Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), job offers, right to work share codes, apprenticeships and volunteering
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Help and advice on finding a job including where to look and safety when looking for a job.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Guidance and advice for candidates using the Civil Service Jobs website.
Guidance for recruiters on completing sift evaluation forms and issuing results to candidates
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
Guidance for vacancy holders sifting applications and entering results using the vX Civil Service Jobs system.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Overview of the Civil Service Jobs vX system for recruiters, including search and table layouts.
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
Information and guidance for those looking for a job
Find a supplier who can provide a user research studio through the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework.
Where to find internships and work placements.
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