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Cheshire's unemployment is consistently below that of the North West and the rest of Great Britain, and, in recent years, employees in Cheshire have had hourly earnings rates higher than the English average.
So, whether you're seeking employment, or to change your job, Cheshire is a good place to start.
Some of the recruitment agencies covering the local area are:
- Caterer.com - Advertising jobs in Hotels, restaurants and bars in the Uk including Cheshire
- Jobs-Cheshire - Search for jobs in the Cheshire region.
- Jobseekers-uk - A service provided by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation to assist you in locating a recruitment agency best suited to finding you work - on a permanent or temporary basis.
- Directgov Jobseekers - National website for jobs, training, occupations and voluntary work.
- Icerecruit - Website advertising Engineering jobs.
- Nextstep - 'nextstep' can provide all adults aged 20 years and over with free essential information on work and learning.
- Northwest Jobs - Jobs, training and careers advice in North West England.
- Thinkcare.co.uk - Information relating to careers in Social Care
And don't forget that many jobs are advertised in the Job Centre. To find your local centre, see the Jobcentre Plus website.
Careers advice is offered by many companies in Cheshire, including Connexions.
There are many websites offering employment opportunities. Some are devoted to matching potential employers to employees. However, many company sites also advertise details of vacancies.
Jobs within the County Council are advertised in job centres, newspapers, journals and on this website. Teaching vacancies within Cheshire are also available online.
Other Local Government job opportunities are listed in:
Useful employment-related sites:
- Flexibility - Case studies and checklist of options to make the workplace suit workers' needs.
- Tiger - A user-friendly site from ACAS - guide to the UK employment law.
If you're an employer, Cheshire offers a quality workforce with a good mix of skills and qualifications. Further details and details of potential locations can be seen on Economic Development.
Cheshire makes an important contribution to the economy of the North West of England. Although it has just 10% of the population of the North West, it produces more than its share of the North West's gross domestic product (12.5%).
The estimated population is now over 670,000 and has increased at a rate of 3% more than the national average over the last 30 years.
The combination of distribution, hotels and restaurants employs the largest number of people, closely followed by manufacturing, public administration and the banking, finance and insurance sector (in that order). Together the above groups account for more than 82% of the jobs in Cheshire.
Managers and administrators form the largest occupational groups. Overall, employment in the service sector accounts for approximately 70% of the jobs in Cheshire and this sector is continuing to grow. However, Cheshire has a lower proportion of employees in the service sector than the North West or Great Britain as a whole.
Chemical production continues to be very dominant in Cheshire's manufacturing economy. Cheshire's employment in the construction industry rose substantially in the year to September 2000.
Although agriculture and dairy farming in particular has been traditionally very important in Cheshire, agricultural land and the numbers employed working on it have declined slowly over the last 25 years. Nevertheless, employment is rising steadily in rural areas and the jobs are now arising in the manufacturing and financial sectors. |