Although I haven't had to wait for too long to start working in UK (if you consider one month wait (that happened in my case), read on), I have heard of lot of people who had wait for as long as six months before they landed a good job. To be fair, you can get a job very much below your current skill levels soon enough or start working as a temp quickly. It is the permanent jobs that take a long time to fructify. This is factor of the longer planning involved in posting of permanent jobs (As an example, I have heard friend mention an interview for a job which was to start 9 months later). Also, companies do conduct a longer and in depth due diligence process to select their permanent staff.
Connecting to recruiters and maintaining your profile in LinkedIn is especially useful.
The steps I followed in searching for a job was to post my resume (Maximum 2 pages please) to multiple websites. Some of the websites I found useful include
Top Consultant
Reed
TotalJobs
Jobsite
Planetjobs
Jobserve
and of course, Monster
Ideally, you should be posting your profile and CV (with a UK address if you have friends/family here) before you land in the UK to give sufficient lead time for it to reach the head hunters.
Once here, you should also look at buying the weekend editions of the newspapers guardian, telegraph, time etc.
Also, its a good idea to keep multiple versions of your CV for various job profiles that you're targeting.
Timing is very important in terms of getting a job. Its been my experience that its bad idea to be hunting for a job closer to the holiday season as people tend to be busy wrapping things up before going for their breaks. But things start picking up one or two weeks after a long holiday (Major holidays here are linked to school holidays - July/August(Summer break) and shorter breaks in December and Easter (April)
Finally, it does help if you keep an open mind about the job you want.
Connecting to recruiters and maintaining your profile in LinkedIn is especially useful.
The steps I followed in searching for a job was to post my resume (Maximum 2 pages please) to multiple websites. Some of the websites I found useful include
Top Consultant
Reed
TotalJobs
Jobsite
Planetjobs
Jobserve
and of course, Monster
Ideally, you should be posting your profile and CV (with a UK address if you have friends/family here) before you land in the UK to give sufficient lead time for it to reach the head hunters.
Once here, you should also look at buying the weekend editions of the newspapers guardian, telegraph, time etc.
Also, its a good idea to keep multiple versions of your CV for various job profiles that you're targeting.
Timing is very important in terms of getting a job. Its been my experience that its bad idea to be hunting for a job closer to the holiday season as people tend to be busy wrapping things up before going for their breaks. But things start picking up one or two weeks after a long holiday (Major holidays here are linked to school holidays - July/August(Summer break) and shorter breaks in December and Easter (April)
Finally, it does help if you keep an open mind about the job you want.
