Where do I find the jobs I'm interested in?
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Where do I find the jobs I'm interested in?
Where do I find the jobs I'm interested in?
There's a huge range of roles and specialisms in farming and growing, and it's important to recognise that these can be advertised in different places, according to what the employer is looking for.
One of the most fundamental factors in determining where to look is the size of the business that's likely to have the role you're looking for. Simply put, larger organisations will often advertise their roles on their own site, while smaller companies may be more inclined to advertise with traditional media.
Read on to find out more.
Finding roles with larger employers
The larger employers have well established pathways through their own websites. Example organisations which offer opportunities for early careers entrants in the industry include nationwide companies like Pilgrim (pigs), JSR Farms Ltd (livestock), Cranswick (pig and poultry production), and P.D. Hook (Poultry) from the agriculture sector.
For the production horticulture (growing) sector you could try G’s Fresh and Dyson Farming. Finally, a good place to look for jobs at all levels in arable (crops) and machinery work is Velcourt.
Some alternative countrywide specialist recruitment organisations include Cultura Connect, More People, RoadHogs, LKL, and Agricultural Recruitment Specialists.
Jobs may also be advertised through recognised generalist employment search engines such as Indeed, Glassdoor and Totaljobs.
Finally, you may find it useful to seek these kinds of roles in the pages or webpages of industry publications such as Farmers Weekly, Farmers Guardian's jobs site (Jobs in Ag), Pig World, and HortWeek.
Where do smaller and micro-employers advertise their roles?
This is a significant but sometimes less obvious to navigate area of the landscape and some of the above routes will also be used. Smaller farming and growing businesses can be more isolated and rural, but this type of business tends to have a strong team ethos and often sees longer-term partnerships formed between employer and employee to the benefit of both.
Jobs are often advertised more locally through word of mouth, local publications (online or paper), colleges and schools, or through social media sites such as Facebook groups.
Some businesses may also place vacancies through the Find a Job service at Job Centre Plus and, in this industry, it is often worth a direct approach to a known local employer to ask if they have any vacancies.