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Range of free services for employers
Jobcentre Plus offers a range of services for employers. You can advertise your vacancies, offer work experience or work trials, get support from local specialists and get involved in mentoring schemes to expand your business network.
Jobcentre Plus will provide a named contact who can help build your business by finding the best people for your jobs. The support on offer is listed below.
Advertise your jobs free to millions of jobseekers who search Universal Jobmatch every week. When you register on gov.uk/advertise-job, you'll be able to post and manage jobs online 24/7, 365 days a year. You'll also be able to test the market before you advertise your jobs and get a list of suitable jobseekers, automatically matched by CV and skills. The service also shares your vacancies on My World of Work.
A work trial is a way of trying out a potential employee before offering them a job. You can offer a work trial if the job is for 16 hours or more a week and is for a minimum of 13 weeks.
You can use Jobcentre Plus as a free advice service. Get connected to a local Jobcentre Plus specialist by calling the Employer Services line on 0345 601 2001. Advisers can signpost you to sources of support, including:
Contact your local Jobcentre Plus.
A textphone service for people with speech or hearing impairments is available on 0845 601 2002.
This service is available from 0800 to 1800, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.