Information For Employers

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How Do You Use It?

Using Jobshop is easy - simply follow this 4 step guide and with only a little effort, you can organise your recruitment advertising needs for up to a year! Here's how.....

1. First of all, you need to read the Jobshop Terms and Conditions of Business (see below). These terms exist to allow me to be able to guarantee to students using Jobshop that all vacancies offered comply to certain basic conditions.
2. How many positions do you want to advertise? Will you have more in the future months? Do you use seasonal staff? Have a think about your requirements not just at the moment but over the next few months - remember, you can book advertising runs that last up to a year.
3. Now, have a look at the charges to see how much your advert will cost. Because the Jobshop is run by the Students' Union, it can provide these services to you at a tiny fraction of the cost of advertising in a newspaper or using a recruitment agency.
4. So you've read the terms, decided on the advertising run you want - all you have to do now is book it. To do this you just need to fill in the relevant sections of the Employer Pack and e-mail or post it back to us. That's all you have to do - the rest is up to us!

On receipt of your order, we will enter your details on the Jobshop database and adverts will go up until the closing date or until you instruct us to take them down. Details of your vacancy will be included in the next e-mail out to all interested registered students, or we can arrange for it to go out straight away if it's really urgent! If you have any other questions about how to book, the charges or anything else, please contact the Jobshop. 

What's The Jobshop All About? 

The Students' Union Jobshop was set up in September 1998 in response to further grant cuts, the introduction of fees and the consequent increase in student hardship. It is one of a growing number of Student Employment Services at institutions around the country which aim to assist students in finding suitable part-time and vacation employment.

Jobshop offers employers: both local and national, direct contact with the 28000+ students studying at UWE. UWE students actively looking for work register with Jobshop and then receive a weekly personal e-mail with details of all the jobs available. The weekly e-mail currently goes to 20000 registered students. Jobshop can therefore offer employers fast access to well-educated, eager and adaptable staff.

Many of the students registered with Jobshop are not only looking for a source of income, but an opportunity to develop transferable skills and business acumen to assist their career development. You can benefit from this flexible and eager workforce and at the same time help them to gain invaluable experience.

Managed by a student employment professional, Jobshop is able to provide more than simply advertising and can tailor the service depending on your requirements. If positions may be of interest to students of specific disciplines, advertising can be targeted at particular faculties within the university, for example, I.T., nursing, engineering, to name a few.

Vacancies can be:

• Advertised on Jobshop noticeboards at all 4 of the Bristol UWE campuses
• Included in a weekly e-mail bulletin sent to all registered students
• Posted on Jobshop vacancy web page
• There are also opportunities for employers to advertise in Student Union publications, or to come on campus to hold recruitment stalls, interviews or information sessions.
• Further information about all our services are available on request from Jobshop.  

What's Your Side of the Deal?

The aim of the UWESU Jobshop is to assist employers with part-time/holiday, permanent, casual and temporary vacancies make contact with appropriate students who are looking for work. The Jobshop will not enter into contracts with students or employers. Contracts of employment are to be agreed directly between employer and student and the Jobshop will only become involved in this when the employer is UWESU. As such, the role of the Jobshop might be best understood as being more similar to a job centre rather than a commercial employment agency.

UWE Students' Union Jobshop Employers Terms and Conditions of Business

1. The employer must make clear the nature of work offered and specify any necessary skills required, the proposed wages and other terms.
2. It is the responsibility of the employer to let all candidates know the result of an application as soon as possible and to inform Jobshop when the post has been filled.
3. The employer shall be aware of students' study obligations and not ask them to work in excess of 16 hours a week (full-time students), except during vacations or other periods when a student does not have the usual pressure of study.
4. It is the duty of the employer to meet all statutory legal requirements.
5. Jobshop has set the minimum rate of pay in line with the National Minimum Wage. Employers must offer at least this amount if vacancies are to be advertised to registered students.
6. Employers must inform Jobshop if the vacancy they are offering is to replace employees with whom they are in industrial dispute. Jobshop may choose not to handle such a vacancy.
7. By submitting an order, you agree to accept the charges contained within the Employer Pack. Jobshop reserves the right to alter charges with reasonable notice.
8. The employer shall satisfy themselves as to the suitability of any employees and shall be responsible for taking up any references before engaging them.
9. Jobshop reserves the right not to advertise or to withdraw an employers vacancy without refund if the employer is discovered to be in breach of any requirements set out in these terms and conditions.