Non-academic job search

Clearly this list cannot be exhaustive, but focuses on general job search portals for non-academic positions, as well as job search sites within specific sectors. There are also a few recruitment agencies who have successfully placed PhD students in recent months.

The LSE CareerHub vacancy board is a good place to start. It lists job opportunities within LSE, and also a range of opportunities for which employers would like to recruit LSE students and graduates.

In the UK

• Agency Central

  UK recruitment agency and job site directory

• Forum3 Jobs

  Search for jobs in the charity and not-for-profit sectors

• FreshMinds Talent

  A recruitment consultancy for high-fliers and academic achievers

• Government Operational Research Service (GORS)

  Apply for a career in Operational Research with the UK government

• Guardian Jobs

  Well known jobs website - searchable by sector. Media, marketing and PR jobs published in The Guardian on Monday and Saturday. UK-based job site with a wide range of vacancies

• Jobs at LSE

  Access to internal vacancies

• Morgan Hunt

  Recruitment agency which works with leading global firms, SME's, government bodies and institutions

• Opportunities magazine

  Public sector recruitment news and job listings Search for jobs in the public sector

• Overseas Development Institute (ODI) jobs

  Jobs with Britains leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian policy

• PublicJobsDirect.com

  Search for jobs in the public sector

• Step Ahead

  Recruitment agency and job site specialising in jobs in public sector, charity and other not-for-profit, private sector and managed services including local government

• Third Sector Jobs

  Search for jobs in the charity sector

• Times Higher Education (THE) - job search

  An excellent site for academic and academic-related jobs

• UK Parliament - job opportunities

  Search for jobs in the UK parliament

• UK Part-Time Jobs

  Job site specialising in part-time, holiday and student jobs

• Vol Resource - work opportunities

  Job sites and resources for the charity and voluntary sectors

• w4mp Working for an MP

  UK based website with lots of case studies, top tips and insider info on working with an MP. Also information for think tanks and lobby groups. Jobs,opportunities, news, information and events for anyone interested in working in parliament

International job search

• ABG - L'intelli'agence

  A French website facilitating the move for PhDs into the business world

• Academic Employment Network

  Academic and non-academic jobs in the USA across all levels of education

• Devex

  International development jobs, business, news & more The media platform for the global development community. Includes international development job search

• Ethical Jobs

  Search for ethical vacancies worldwide

• Human Rights Jobs

  We subscribe to this bank of human rights job opportunities. For passwords, please see our website (internal only) Part of the Policy Library resources website group

• Job Search USA

  American job site

• Journalism Jobs

  Journalism jobs website - international. Sister site of PolicyLibrary Part of the Policy Library resources website group

• Policy Jobs

  Jobs website advertising research and policy making jobs worldwide. Part of the Policy Library resources website group

• Political Jobs

  Political jobs website, international. Sister site of PolicyLibrary Part of the Policy Library resources website group

• The Government Job

  A search engine for UK government & public sector opportunities

• TheSupplyCurve.com

  Dedicated exclusively to employment opportunities for Economists, Statisticians and Econometricians. There is a large selection of current vacancies across a range of industry sectors which past and present Economics and Statistics students are likely to An independent, specialist job board dedicated exclusively to jobs for economists, econometricians, statisticians and PhDs