If the Quick Search isn’t providing you with the results you are looking for then you may want to try the Advanced Search. A link to the Advanced Search can be found underneath the Quick Search.

The Advanced Search:

• Allows you to include phrases and keywords and also to include words that you don't want to appear in your search.
• Allows you to search across more than one sector.
• Allows you to be more specific on the location in which you wish to work
• Offers extra options to search for management, graduate or charity/non-profit roles.

Keywords

As described in the Quick Search help, the keyword fields search text for matches in job titles and descriptions. This field enables you to specify more accurately the job you are looking for and will means that the most relevant jobs appear nearer the top of the list.

Example of how you could use the keyword fields:

• including all of the words: French, shorthand
• including the exact phrase: office experience
• including at least one of the words: expenses, diary
• not including the words: filing

You can also use inverted commas to mark out exact phrases. This is useful if you are searching for an exact job title or perhaps a software package such as "MS Project" or a programming language such as "VB Script".

Sectors

Each job posted on reed.co.uk will have been placed in a job sector. The advanced search enables you to select more than one sector. To do so, simply hold the CTRL key down whilst making multiple sector selections.

Salary/Pay Rate

As well as entering an upper and lower limit for your expected salary you can make the search relevant to the type of work you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for temporary work then you may wish to search by hourly or weekly rate rather than per annum. Similarly, if you are contracting you may want to look at daily rates.

Examples of how you could enter your salary/pay rate requirements:

• From: £12000 To: £15000 per annum
• From: £6.50 To: £8.50 per hour

Location

There are two ways to specify a location:

1. You can enter a town in the free-text box and select a distance from that town (eg. Manchester within 30 miles)

Or

2. You can select a region from the dropdown. (eg. North West)

Job Type

You can select any number of job types to act as search parameters. The job type will be clearly displayed on the job description.

More Options

If you are only interested in management, graduate or charity/not for profit roles you can indicate this here. You can also limit your search results to only return jobs added in the previous day, 2 days, week or month. This is particularly useful if you visit reed.co.uk on a regular basis and only want to see new jobs.

Ticking the box for "Show job summaries on job results page" means that your search results will contain a short synopsis of each job description. You can un-check this box, if you would prefer just to see the basic details for the job in your search results.

The Quick Search is a very popular way of searching, particularly if you are looking for something very specific. It is located in the top left-hand corner of most pages.

The Quick Search allows you to search by:

• Relevant keywords
• An industry sector
• A salary range
• The type of job
• Job location
• A combination of all 5

Once you have entered all or any details you want to search on, click on the ‘Search’ button to see jobs that match your criteria.

Keywords

This is a very flexible way to search and, if you have a good idea of what you are looking for, can save you a lot of time.

Entering keywords allows you to search for words and phrases that appear in jobs posted on reed.co.uk. Keywords can be used alone or in combination with other search criteria to provide more accurate results.

Keywords can include:

• Skills and qualifications (e.g. shorthand, HTML)
• Professional experience (e.g. "project management")
• Job titles (e.g. "Nuclear Physicist")

Keywords can be:

• Individual words (e.g. marketing)
• Exact phrases, which should be entered in quotation marks (e.g. "financial management")

You can decide whether you want to search for keywords in job titles and descriptions or job titles only, using the radio buttons beneath the keyword field.

The words AND, OR and NOT enable you to search for combinations of keywords. You can also search for variations of the same word by adding an asterisk to it.

Here are a series of examples to help you:

Example 1

• Keyword: internet
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the word 'internet' in either the job title or the job description

Example 2

• Keyword: "optician"
• In job title only
• Finds jobs with the word 'optician' in the job title

Example 3

• Keyword: "financial analyst"
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the phrase 'financial analyst' in either the job title or the job description

Example 4

• Keyword: magazine AND editorial
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the words 'magazine' and 'editorial' in either the job title or the job description

Example 5

• Keyword: "new media" OR internet
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the phrase 'new media' or the word 'internet' in either the job title or the job description

Example 6

• Keyword: cashier NOT clerk
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the word 'cashier' but not the word 'clerk' in either the job title or the job description

Example 7

• Keyword: account*
• In job title and description
• Finds jobs with the any words beginning 'account' in either the job title or the job description (e.g. accounts, accountant, accounting)

Job sector:

When companies and recruiters add jobs to reed.co.uk they choose the most relevant job sector from our sector list.

There are two ways to refine your search by job sector:

1. You can simply select a sector from the drop-down list in the quick search and then search within that sector only.

Or

2. You can click on one of the sectors in the centre of the homepage. This will take you through to that sector’s dedicated page. Once you have done this, the job sector box within the quick search will change so that the drop-down list is now the sub-sectors within your chosen sector. This will allow you to search in a more targeted way.

Enter town/county:

reed.co.uk has a comprehensive list of locations, which means that you should be able to search for jobs in any location in the UK.

If you enter a location in the box and search you will return a list of all jobs where the location matches the one you entered.

If you have some flexibility about where you wish to work you may want to widen the search area around your location. To do this you can choose a distance from the drop-down list. The results will then include all jobs within your chosen area.

reed.co.uk recognises city, town and county names as they are entered. If you misspell a name then you will be prompted with some suggestions. You can then choose your location from the list of options.

Salary:

Most people have a good idea of the salary they are looking for in their next role. Even if you are unsure of exactly how much you are looking for*, entering a range can help reduce the number, and increase the relevance, of jobs displayed to you.

As well as entering an upper and lower limit for your expected salary you can make the search relevant to the type of work you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for temporary work then you may wish to search by hourly or weekly rate rather than per annum. Similarly, if you are contracting you may want to look at daily rates.

Examples of how you could enter your salary/pay rate requirements:

• From: £12000 To: £15000 per annum
• From: £5.50 To: £8.50 per hour

Job Type:

reed.co.uk allows you to choose whether you want to search for a permanent, contract, part-time or temporary job.

You can select any number of job types to act as search parameters. The job type will be clearly displayed on the job description.