Totaljobs review: the paid job board for the UK
Job board
Totaljobs is a job board for the UK. Employers and recruitment agencies pay to post their jobs there. Job seekers search, set up job alerts, keep a profile with their CV and apply for free.
Who Totaljobs is for
Totaljobs suits people looking for work in the UK who want to see the jobs of employers and agencies that pay for their ads. Employers who do not pay for job ads are missing, so it should not be the only site you search.
What Totaljobs offers
- Job search by job title and place.
- Job alerts: new jobs that match your search by e-mail.
- Profile with your CV: set it to searchable and recruiters can find you and suggest jobs.
- Salary checker and salary planner: what a job pays.
Who pays for what
- Job seekers
- Nothing for searching, applying, job alerts and the profile
- Employers
- Pay for every job ad, singly or as a plan for all their jobs
What speaks for Totaljobs
- Listings come straight from employers and agencies who pay for them, so they are current.
- Free for job seekers.
- Salary figures next to the job search.
What speaks against Totaljobs
- Employers who do not pay for job ads are not there.
- Applying and job alerts need an account.
- A recruiter you apply to sees your whole profile, even if it is not searchable.
How to apply
Open the listing and use its apply button. You need an account, and you apply with a CV you upload or one stored in your profile. The application goes to the recruiter. Totaljobs is not a recruitment agency, so questions about an application go to the recruiter, not to the site.
Where the listings come from
The jobs on Totaljobs are posted there by employers and recruitment agencies, who pay for them. By its own account, a paid ad also appears on many partner job boards. So the same job can turn up on smaller sites as well, passed on from Totaljobs. That makes Totaljobs a source other sites take from, not a copy itself.
Alternatives to Totaljobs
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Find a job
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Indeed
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