Are you a person in search of employment in the United Kingdom (UK)? Are you interested in finding job openings in Great Britain or abroad? And are you keen on getting some help from the government in that process of searching for a job? If your answers to those questions are in the affirmative, then you are likely to find the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website useful. The Universal Jobmatch website in question is part of the UK government’s online ecosystem. It is a website through which you can not only search for, but also go ahead to apply for both full-time and part-time jobs. The jobs you can search for through the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website are not only in Great Britain, but abroad as well.
What searching for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch entails, at a glance
At its core, applying for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch entails going to the Universal Jobmatch website, and specifying the type of job you are interested in. You specify the job you are interested in by entering the job tile, the postcode or town or place — and (optionally) the skills. If your search yields some jobs that interest you, you may have a chance to go ahead to apply for the jobs on the Universal Jobmatch website. Alternatively, the Universal Jobmatch website gives you links to the websites where you can apply for the jobs.
Things you need to have, when searching for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch
Really, the only thing you need to have when searching for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch is a computing device connected to the Internet. The moment you are able to connect to the Internet, you should be able to visit the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website, and search for a job there.
The website you need to visit, to search for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch
To search online for a job in Great Britain or abroad, you need to visit the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website. The address you can use to access the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
The steps you need to follow, when searching for a job through Directgov Universal Jobmatch
- Get your browser application running. Then enter, into the browser’s address bar, the address for the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website. That address, for Directgov Universal Jobmatch, is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
- Upon getting to the Directgov Universal Jobmatch website, you will have the option of either logging into your account there first, or initiating a job search without logging in.
- To search for a job, enter the job tile, the postcode or place or town, and optionally, enter the skills. Then click on the green-colored ‘Search’ button. Relevant search results will be returned. To see what any of the jobs in the search results is all about, click on the link for that particular job (under the job title column). To apply for any of the jobs in the search results, click on the ‘apply’ button which is at the bottom of the job description, or on the ‘apply’ button on the left hand sidebar for each job’s description.
Links to help you
- Directgov Universal Jobmatch website: http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk