Labelgraphics is set to move from the old Singer manufacturing site to Clydebank Business Park, creating 20 jobs. The new site is 4 acres in size and located ½ a mile from the previous site. Labelgraphics client base includes Jonnie Walker, Chivas Regal and Jacob’s Creek.

Golden Charter create 100 new jobs in Milngavie

Golden Charter is the UK’s biggest independent funeral business and it has recently reinvented itself as a direct seller of funeral plans and end of life products. This has led to the creation of 100 jobs at its call centre in Milngavie.

Jet2.com to create 50 new jobs in Glasgow

Jet2.com has announced that they will be creating 50 jobs at Glasgow Airport after a very successful 1^st year at the airport. They will be adding a 3^rd jet to the Glasgow fleet and the new staff will include pilots, cabin crew and ground staff.

Search needs 1000 staff for Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Search Consultancy has been appointed the official recruitment partner for the 2012 commonwealth games in Glasgow. They have announced a programme to fill 1,044 job vacancies. Expect a variety of different roles and these are said to be advertised on s1jobs.com

Morrison’s store will bring 280 jobs to Glasgow

Supermarket giants Morrison’s are set to create 280 jobs in Glasgow’s East End with the creating of a 50,000sq ft supermarket in a site in the Gallowgate, not far from the Barras Market. The site has been derelict from over 10 years and local councillors are very happy that the supermarket has helped the regeneration of the area.

Tesco to create 350 jobs in East End of Glasgow

Tesco will be creating a new superstore at the Forge Retail Park in Glasgow, taking over the Big W Woolworths store that has been empty for nearly 3 years. The store will contain a cafe, opticians, clothing, dry cleaners, mobile phone shops and Tesco Catalogue area. Work has already started on the site and it’s said it will be open for Christmas 2012.

Santander create 150 call centre jobs in Glasgow

Banking conglomerate Santander has moved its operations back to the UK from India. The Spanish firm said that it was customer pressure regarding complaints about poor service that promoted them to make the u-turn.

S1jobs.com is by far the most popular jobsite in Scotland. It is operated by Newsquest media who produce over 200 newspapers, magazines and trade publications including the Evening Times and Scottish Herald. S1jobs is by far the most popular job board in Scotland and boasts an impressive 30,000 visitors a day with in excess of 4,000 live jobs, many of which are located in Glasgow. S1jobs also has an impressive career guide section of the website that includes CV and interview tips. They have an easy to operate search menu that allows you to select location, core skill, specialism and keywords. The advanced search allows a lot more functionality including full time or part time, salary range and contact or permanent.

STV jobs is operated by the STV Group, which also operates the television channel broadcasting to over 4 million people across Scotland every week. The search allows you to select location, sector, salary band, hours, contract and employer type. It’s very easy to operate and at the time of writing this article had over 400 jobs available in Glasgow.

Gumtree is a unique job board that has many jobs in Glasgow, posted by small, medium and large businesses as well as individuals who require work to be complete. Gumtree has 100’s of jobs in Glasgow and surrounding areas, for a massive variety of skillsets. From tradesmen to babysitters to IT specialists, it’s a very unique site that must be checked on a regular basis if you are trying to find a job.

ScotCareers are run by Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment, they operate many other job sites including fish4jobs, JobSearch, Hot Recruit and Planet Recruit. It’s part of Trinity Mirror plc, which is one of the UK’s largest newspaper publishers. The career advice section is arguably the best from the 5 websites that I’ve mentioned. It includes tips for interviews and writing CVs and various other useful pages with information.

Jobsite is another massive job board with 1000’s of jobs across Scotland. They are operated by A&N Media which produces the Daily Mail and Metro newspapers. The website has vastly improved in recent times and has been subject to massive investment from its owners. They have also had a very successful television campaign with starring Max Beesley. We fully expect them to be one of the major players for online recruitment in 2012.

If you are serious about finding a job then submitting your CV to these sites and signing up for the daily job alerts is imperative to finding employment. These sites cover 90% of the jobs advertised in and around Glasgow.

Glasgow is a wonderful, vibrant city with a great range of locations to live. Merchant City and West End are arguably the pick of the bunch with their amazing selections of restaurants and bars. If you don’t live in the city already then you should spend some time learning about the geography and where you might like to live. It may also be an idea to look at the job opportunities in your chosen area to see if they suit you.

The best way to find jobs in Glasgow would be to search one of the many recruitment websites. Most of these websites have a specific job search facility where you can look for jobs in your chosen sector. An example of this would be if you were looking for retail jobs then you could search for ‘retail jobs in Glasgow’.

Glasgow has many prominent industries and there tends to be an abundance of vacancies available for these. The one’s that tend to appear on the Glasgow jobsites again and again are:

• Accountancy Jobs
• Engineering Jobs
• Health and Safety Jobs
• Customer Service Jobs
• Graduate Jobs
• Beauty and Hairdressing Jobs
• PR Jobs
• IT Jobs
• Marketing Jobs
• Social Work Jobs
• Retail Jobs
• Driving Jobs
• Call Centre Jobs
• NHS Jobs
• Bar Jobs
• Restaurant Jobs
• Security Jobs
• Cleaning Jobs
• Driving Jobs

As you can see from the extensive list, there is a good selection of jobs in Glasgow that should interest individuals from every walk of life. Although it’s a lucrative job market, it’s also competitive so you should ensure that you have a professional CV and detailed covering letter when applying for any jobs. You may also want to check other recruitment sites to utilise their online tools, which include job email alerts, advice on CVs and covering letters, interview tips and techniques, and careers questionnaires and videos.