Work permits - Advertising

As you will need to show why you cannot fill the post with a "resident worker" evidence of your advertising and recruitment methods are required.

• You should have advertised the job in the most appropriate medium that provides the best way of reaching suitably qualified "resident workers". This will normally be in local and national newspapers or professional journals. These publications should be readily available throughout the European Economic Area. If you use the internet you will need to show us that it is the most appropriate means of advertising the post in question to people in the United Kingdom and European Economic Area.

• Advertisements should normally give details of the post, the qualifications and experience needed and an indication of the salary or salary range. You should allow 4 weeks from the date the advertisement appears to receive applications.

• You should also give us details of the responses you received to all advertising or other recruitment methods you used. This should include the total number of people who responded, the number you short-listed for interview and full reasons why no "resident worker" was suitable for the post.

Newspaper advertising

This should normally be in the local press and in a suitable national newspaper, which is also available in Europe. The Times or Sunday Times, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph or Sunday Telegraph, The Independent or Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, The Observer are all likely to be acceptable depending on the vacancy.

Professional or trade journal

This is acceptable provided the journal is relevant to the job and readily available to anyone who wants to obtain a copy.

Recruitment Agency

If you decide to use a recruitment agency to place an advertisement you should justify why this is the most appropriate method to use. You also need to provide a letter from the agency used to confirm that they have conducted a recruitment search on your behalf. This should detail what methods they have used, as well as the results of their search.

Internet

This may be acceptable in some cases, but you will have to demonstrate that the website which has been used is the most appropriate place to advertise the job.