Jobs in Essex

The history of Essex recruitment plays an important part in why people today are able to find different opportunities in the area. Essex recruitment was once filled with skilled trading and farming work. It was once a thriving county that championed the production of wool (Bay and Say trading) and silk garments. Essex jobs during the reign of Elizabeth I consisted mainly of silk weavers, tailors, cobblers, traders and factory workers.

Essex was famous for its silk manufacturing that it attracted the attentions of royalty and their rich counterparts, to which some of the towns became their favourite places to purchase garments from the streets of Colchester, Coggeshall, Braintree, Halstead, Bocking and Dedham. Essex jobs at this point was abundant in employing weavers and spinners, employing over 60, 000 people including families.

During the mid 1500s Essex recruitment saw a change from silk weaving to gunpowder manufacturing, which then later became the main source of manufacturing and trading. Post-war Essex jobs saw a transition into the first railway stations that created over 1200 job opportunities. Existing production of agricultural goods (milk, fruits, meats etc) could be transported across to the main cities with the help of the rail links. Some of the historical aspects of recruitment in Essex are still prevalent today, with much of the areas in Essex still retaining its roots in skilled trading.