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Zoek is no longer a route to advertising a job: the company was dissolved on 1 February 2022, zoek.co.uk now redirects to a domain-for-sale page and zoek.uk does not resolve at all — all checked on 10 September 2026. It was a matching app rather than an advertising service, and we do not do matching. What we do is the advertising half, from £399 +VAT per vacancy, and the managed half as a separate product with its own price and its own terms.

What we checked, and when

Every claim on this page, with how we checked it

  • ZOEK LIMITED, company number 08908677, incorporated 24 February 2014, was DISSOLVED on 1 February 2022.

    Companies House public API, company profile endpoint. Checked 2026-09-10. Source

  • www.zoek.co.uk answers HTTP 200 but immediately sends the browser to /lander, which resolves to a GoDaddy “for sale” page — the domain is being offered for sale rather than serving a job board.

    HTTP request and then a rendered browser session from our own server. Checked 2026-09-10.

  • www.zoek.uk does not resolve at all — the request returns no response.

    HTTP request from our own server. Checked 2026-09-10.

What we could not verify

A dissolved company and a parked domain are facts about the register and the DNS. If some part of the brand trades on somewhere we have not found, we would want to know.

What it costs here

One flat fee per vacancy — never a percentage.

Every package is a 28-day listing on Indeed, Adzuna, Google for Jobs, LinkedIn, CV-Library, Totaljobs and Jobsite, plus over 100 micro and aggregator job sites. CV-Library is included on Premium and Premium Plus (posted for the client by our team).

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Premium Plus

£599 +VAT

per vacancy · 28-day listing

  • Everything in Premium
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Bespoke advert copywriting
  • Guaranteed shortlist
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Clients can draft their own adverts in the ATS, or our content writers write them. The ATS is free to use. Specialist account managers help give every advert the best chance of success. Most adverts are live the next working day after you approve the copy.

Advertising, or the whole search

Two products, priced separately, so you can buy one

TalentFinder UK advertising packages, per vacancy
PackagePriceWhat it adds
Standard£399 +VATMulti-board distribution · 28-day live listing · Employer dashboard access
Premium£499 +VATEverything in Standard · Featured listing badge · Social media promotion
Premium Plus£599 +VATEverything in Premium · Dedicated account manager · Bespoke advert copywriting
One role, in full

CNC Programmer / Setter — 60 days, 37 candidates worked

Thirty-seven candidates worked and twenty-six interviewed before six were presented — the part an advert alone does not do.

Engineering & manufacturing · The Midlands, relocation packages available
Time to fill60 days
Sourced & screened37
Internal interview26
Presented to client6
Client interview2
Hired1

That is a Guaranteed Hire placement — our managed service, bought and priced separately from advertising, with its own terms. It is on this page because it is the honest shape of a hire: an advert puts a role in front of the market, and this is what working that market took. The full funnel and all 3 roles in this sector are on the engineering & manufacturing case studies.

Where we are not the right answer

Matching and advertising are different products, and for some roles matching genuinely is the better fit — a live advert is a poor tool for a role where the right five people are all in work and not looking. We do not do matching, and we are not going to pretend a job advert is the same thing. Where the search itself is the job, that is Guaranteed Hire, and it costs more than an advert because it is more work.

We sell the two halves separately and price them separately, so you can buy the one you actually need: advertising puts the role in front of the market for a flat fee per vacancy; Guaranteed Hire is a recruiter working the role until it is filled, a flat fee by salary band, with a 100% refund if it is not filled.

Fair questions

What is the difference between a job-matching app and a job advert?

An advert is published and waits for people to find it; matching pushes a role at candidates a system thinks fit. Advertising reaches people who are actively looking, which is most of a normal market. Matching, and headhunting, reach people who are not looking at all — which is what you need when the skill is scarce.

Which one do I need for my role?

If people with those skills are applying for jobs this month, advertise: it is a fraction of the cost. If the last two hires took months, if the title is rare, or if the salary sits under the local band, the search itself is the job and an advert on its own will disappoint you.

How does the managed service price work?

A flat fee by salary band, agreed before the search and unchanged by the salary you end up agreeing — £1,500 to £4,000 +VAT. There is a 100% refund if the role is not filled. That guarantee belongs to that product only; the advertising packages are a different purchase and carry no refund once an advert is live.

Can I start with an advert and move up if it does not work?

Yes, and plenty of people do. Nothing is bundled and nothing rolls over automatically — you would be buying the managed service as a fresh decision, with its own price and its own terms.

Do unused credits from another provider transfer?

No. Credits are between you and whoever sold them. Ours are separate, they never expire, and they are bought in packs when you are hiring more than once.

If you are not sure which half you need, the shortest route is a phone call — five minutes on the role usually settles it, and we will tell you when advertising is enough.

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Compiled by the TalentFinder UK research desk from our own filled-role records and named public sources. About TalentFinder UK · Question about these figures?

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