Corporate roles exist outside of London.
Here's the proof.
Every finance, law, life sciences and other corporate firm across the North of the UK that isn't flooded with thousands of applicants.
Live firm count, by sector
Firms outside London & across Ireland
Our coverage across cities outside London and throughout Ireland.
The system is broken
You've probably sent out 100+ applications already, writing a slightly different cover letter each time so it doesn't look AI-generated. Don't even get me started on the Arctic Shores games.
And what have you actually got back? Nothing. Or a generic "we regret to inform you" after weeks of waiting. Look how messed up the situation is. And it's not in your head either.
You could have the best CV in your entire cohort and still get binned before a real person even sees it. There just aren't enough spots left.
Forget the portal, go straight to the source
So why are you still queuing up behind a thousand other people for the same job posting? Forget the portal. Go straight to the company, find someone who actually works there, and email them directly. A proper personalised email to a real person beats sitting in some pile getting auto-rejected by an AI ATS system that never even read your CV properly.
Getting in front of an actual human is better than getting filtered by a stupid algorithm every single time.
Everyone's fighting over the same tiny bit of London
There are 164 universities in the UK, and 76% of those are outside London. Every single person is applying to the same 20 top firms in London. Every careers fair, every LinkedIn post, it's all the same postcode.
So you've got thousands of people all queuing up while ignoring loads of solid options right on your doorstep.
North Search fills that gap
We've already done the boring bit for you. We've found the smaller firms near you that are actually worth your time, that aren't getting 140 applications a role. Where a real person will actually read what you send them.
No more spamming applications and hoping something lands. Just an actual list of places near you that are worth applying to.
See the list and decide for yourself.
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