Posted By E. A. Smith I am finding the job market an intriguing one at the moment. There have only been two private responses to my posting and interestingly none have come from agencies. It will be interesting to hear from other members of this forum what their experience of the OH&S employment market really is?

Posted By Paul Bellis You are not alone! I similarily have had little response on this forum from postings I have placed over the last few months, despite being MIOSH and RSP, there seems no interest for a fully qualified and experienced safety officer, but interestingly there has been a lot of interest for people with the General Certificate - Perhaps prospective employers feel that they will get more value for money, paying less for someone less qualified, or perhaps are placing the value of Health and Safety officers lower than they should. I initially thought It was where I was based ( North Wales) but have noticed yourself and other qualified people similarily getting little response. Well we will have to keep trying good luck Paul Bellis

Posted By gary k browning just a comment I agree with the over qualified comments. Have you thought that the higher you progress in your field the fewer vacancies there are for instance there is only 1 managing director in a company but many directors. So on this premise large companies who require a highly qualified safety advisor, but may then require lots of less qualified staff. Thats why there are so many cert jobs (less money less responsibility.) One last point have you ever thought of spreading your working week, offer your services on a part time basis and get 2 or more jobs your knowledge and skills are important why not spread them about.

Posted By Paul Craythorne Dear All, I think the underlying reason why people do not get much of a response in this forum is that the vast majority of people who use it are all safety practitioners and not HR Managers or recruitment agencies. The forum is little known outside of the HS&E profession so will only attract the same fish from the same pond. Paul

Posted By peter gotch Paul C I have personally recruited 9 staff through the forum (including in about half the cases responding to THEIR postings) They come from a range of backgrounds, and levels of experience and qualifications, ie from recent graduate through to RSP, and staff looking to change career direction into H&S. The result is that we want a balance of resources to match the needs of our clients, hence we are not ALWAYS looking (or capable of affording) an RSP, as we have several. Geography These staff are by no means all located in the South East Glasgow - 1 and subsequent replacement, when the first found his childhood dream job of working for the "Polis" Edinburgh Newcastle Manchester Cardiff Reading London Croydon Good luck all, Peter