Universal Jobmatch in UK – British job seekers will get be the first to see tens of thousands of job vacancies

British job seekers will get be the first to see tens of thousands of job vacancies after ministers demanded an end to blanket adverting across the EU.

Under Brussels rules any jobs that the Government posted through its official Universal Jobmatch website also had to be placed on an EU website used by migrants across Europe searching for work.

A new deal between European states means that the jobs will only be advertised outside the UK if employers specifically request it giving British job seekers a head start when it comes to domestic vacancies.

Universal Jobsearch was launched in November 2012, and more than 7million people have registered to use it.

More than 4million searches are carried out every day and half a million vacancies are listed on the site.

Until the new deal, negotiated by Esther McVey, the Employment Minister, all of these vacancies were automatically listed on the Eures website which can be accessed by anyone in the EU.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at British job adverts will only be advertised for British workers in new EU deal – Telegraph.