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Finding local employment

It can be hard to know where to start jobhunting locally, so here are some relevant web links and some resources available from the Placement and Careers Centre (PCC) 

Local newspapers

• Local newspapers can prove to be a valuable resource for job vacancies of all sorts, both permanent and part-time/casual posts.  It's always worth having a look at them.  Here is a selection of the local papers for the Middlesex/Bucks area:
• Uxbridge Gazette (published Wednesdays)
• Harrow Observer (published Thursdays)
• Hounslow Chronicle (published Thursdays)
• Bucks Free Press (published Fridays)
• Bucks Herald (published Wednesdays)
• Ealing & Acton Gazette (published Fridays)
• Current editions of the Uxbridge Gazette are available in PCC or use web links such as Paperboy or British Media Online to search for local and regional newspaper links throughout the UK. Links to London papers, including local West London newspapers, can be found at British Newspapers and News Online 
• Pick up free papers like Metro and London Evening Standard, which you can find at bus and tube stations in and around London

Jobs at Brunel University

• See the recruitment pages on the main Brunel website

Recruitment agencies

• Look at our information about using recruitment agencies and discuss your job search with your careers consultant. 
• For listings of employment agencies use Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) - to search by activity and location
• Also check Yellow Pages, trade publications and in local papers for advertising by recruitment agencies

Jobs at Heathrow

For information on jobs in retail outlets, catering facilities and other companies based at the airport site visit Heathrow Airport 

PCC Job Shop

• Visit the PCC on campus to find out more about Job Shop vacancies and use our online vacancy board for up-to-date listings of temporary work, part-time work and vacation work
• You can also see listings of student employment services at other UK higher education institutions at Nases - but check with your local service to see what facilities are open to you

Local Jobcentres

• Hayes – 818-820 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0RS Tel: 0208 4263000
• Hounslow – 10 Montague Road, Hounslow, TW3 1LE Tel: 0208 6071859
• Uxbridge – Senator Court, Belmont Road, Uxbridge UB8 1DP Tel: 0208 4263000
• See also Jobcentre Plus - and explore a database of varied jobs by local area  

Disability Employment Advisers

• If you have a disability or a learning difficulty and feel that you might need extra employment support, your local Jobcentre can put you in touch with one of their Disability Employment Advisers
• A range of services are provided including information about employers in your area who have adopted the 'two ticks' disability symbol.  This symbol identifies employers who are positive about employing disabled people 

Libraries

Brunel University Library

• Databases available via the Brunel University Library website contain information on companies and industries.  These include market research reports and company profiles in Business Source Premier, GMID and Mintel
• Print business directories such as Kompass and Kelly's are available in the Quick Reference collection on the ground floor of the Library, near the Help Desk
• For more information refer to the Finding Company Information guide, available on the Library website, or contact the Business Librarian, Alice Cann at alice.cann@brunel.ac.uk

Public libraries

• Uxbridge Central Reference Library may hold copies of local business directories together with local Yellow Pages and Thomsons Local Directories. Some may also hold specialist directories like Hollis UK Press and Public Relations Annual
• Use Tagish for links to UK local authority websites. Most of these sites will give you comprehensive information about their library services

General information about local companies

The following websites will help:

• Middlesex Local Jobs search by area, number of hours and job type
• Scoot search by product/service and location 
• Yell for online search under location eg ’NW London’ and by type of service/product or by name of employer

Large major local employers

 Some examples of large employers local to Brunel University are:

• Stockley Park Hillingdon’s major business centre
• Brunel Science Park email science-park@brunel.ac.uk or telephone 01895 265057. A list of current Science Park tenants is available from the website

Colleges and hospitals

• Uxbridge College and Hillingdon Hospital can also be sources of local vacancies

Direct contact with employers

• Direct contact with employers on a speculative basis can result in the offer of a period of work experience of some kind
• You may find our information on networking and researching employers useful

Voluntary work

• If you are interested in voluntary work contact Brunel Volunteers on campus or the Hillingdon Association of Councils for Voluntary Services (HAVS) at Key House, 106 High St, Yiewsley, Middlesex, UB7 7BQ. Tel: 01895 442722
• For details of your local volunteer bureau outside the Hillingdon area use the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (nacva)  There is a search facility for finding local bureaux