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Vacancies: Where are jobs advertised?

Vacancies for scientific staff are advertised in:

• national press
• regional press
• scientific journals (such as New Scientist)
• Employment Services

Vacancies for support functions are advertised in:

• national press (if appropriate)
• regional press (if appropriate)
• professional publications (such as People Management and Computer Weekly)
• Employment Services (if appropriate)

Most publications have their own website with access to vacancy pages. Any adverts that are published in the press or journals are also likely to be found online as well.

National press

• The Guardian
• The Times

Regional press

Vacancies for scientific staff and support grades at FSS sites are advertised in the local press as listed below including the days in which these jobs are published.

Birmingham

• Birmingham Evening Mail - Thursday

Chepstow

• Gloucester Citizen and Echo - Wednesday/Thursday
• South Wales Argus - Thursday
• Western Daily Press - Friday
• Western Mail - Thursday
• Chepstow and Caldicott Free Press - Wednesday
• Forest and Wye Valley Review - Wednesday

Chorley

• Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday
• Chorley Guardian Series - Thursday
• Wigan Evening Post - Thursday
• Jobs North West - Thursday
• Manchester Evening Mail - Thursday

Huntingdon

• Cambridge Evening News - Wednesday/Friday
• Hunts Post - Wednesday
• Huntingdon and St Ives Weekly News - Wednesday
• St Neots Weekly News - Wednesday
• Cambridge Weekly News - Wednesday
• Northants Evening Telegraph - Thursday

Wetherby

• Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday
• Yorkshire Post - Thursday
• Harrogate Advertiser Series - Friday

London

• Evening Standard - Thursday

Specialist publications/journals

• New Scientist
• Chemistry in Britain
• Institute of Electrical Engineering (for electronic forensic science)
• Materials World (for accident investigators)
• Police Review
• British Journal of Photography (for imaging specialists)
• Marketing Week
• People Management
• Personnel Today
• Computer Weekly
• Press Gazette