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Internet Job hunting - Job Sites, LinkedIn and iProfileIf you don't own a computer or know how to use the internet, go to the library. All public libraries have computers and librarians will be more than happy to help you get started in your search. The Citizens Advice Bureau also have some computers that they make available under a booking scheme. Job Centres can put you in contact with 3rd party organisation that can help you, although these may only be free after being unemployed for a minimum period, e.g. 6 months. Watch out for potential scams, such as unsolicited e-mails that promise jobs outside of the country as well as Web sites or other advertisements that tell you that they can guarantee you a job if you supply personal information such as banking and social security numbers. Most employers have their own web site and a web page to display current vacancies. Large organisation like the NHS, local government and departments of national government have a wide range of jobs and update them frequently. Use alert systems on job boards and be sure to check a company's website for employment advertisements. Employers looking for candidates are also choosing to search job sites where job seekers have posted their resume. The job may be filled without ever being advertised. Most employers use recruitment agencies to find candidates. The agent gets a commission for a placement, typically the equivalent of a month's salary for the post being advertised but could be as much as 3 months. Recruitment is expensive for the employer. There may also be a recruitment campaign and a significant budget spent to find the right candidate. If you can get in before such budgets are committed the employer can save a large sum of money. If you have concerns about identity theft and confidentiality you can opt to leave personal identifying information off the resume and provide an anonymous e-mail address and forwarding phone number. Most job sites and agencies have resume banks were you can upload directly to the site or cut and paste. A bit tedious, but it is worth the effort in the long run to sign up with several agencies; the more the better. Link up those that use iProfile first and sign up on several others. There are web sites that offer, at a price, to upload to several agencies for you automatically - fine, but you loose control over what is uploaded and what that agency will actually see. Some agencies will create an iProfile based upon your
CV. This will usually be in a mess and not very friendly, but will have loaded
all the buzz words that the agency uses for their search. iProfile is basically
a prescribed form and format. You have to enter your CV in the format they
provide. The advantage to the employer is that all the profiles they look
through are formatted the same way. If you have internet access at home then your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is likely to provide web space along with your e-mail addresses. You can choose to post your resume along with more details of the projects and work that you have done. Alternatively you can use a networking website like LinkedIn.com. When an agency contacts you to get your latest resume you can point them to the web site and follow up later by e-mail. Employers have large fees when posting vacancies on the larger web sites and will use some of the smaller ones but after they have tried to find qualified candidates currently on the job market. If you want the exposure post your resume to all the best sites, large and small and keep them up to date. Use iLinkedIn to find the correct contact, probably by telephone. Have a conversation with them, understand their needs, do not ask about a job but ask about what is happening with the industry. Talk with them, tell them you are looking for a job, what type and where. If you are a match and there is an opening the contact on the phone will say "Send me a resume" or give you a contact who may have an opening. Never send out a resume to people in your LinkedIn network and say "Do you know somebody in your network that can employ me?" You are telling them you are too lazy to find your own job. When you e-mail a recruitment agency include in the first paragraph the kind of job you are looking for. The second paragraph describes exactly why you are qualified for that job. A good recruiter only needs a minute to decide if you are a fit for any of their current clients. If you are they will find you. Most recruitment web sites also include advise on writing a CV, on interviews and the process of hunting for a new job. There is no magic formulae and it is worth trying most suggestions among the hundreds of variations on a theme. |
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CV Library leading UK based independent job board
job hunting online workSMART is brought to you by the TUC - the umbrella for Britain's unions with help on the job search process.
http://www.indeed.co.uk a search engine for jobs posted across thousands of company career and job boards.
Gumtree - community board including jobs by location
https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch - universal job search from UK Government Job Centre
http://www.jobcentreplussearch.com/ - not the UK government but an international based job site.
https://www.adzuna.co.uk Adzuna is a search engine for job ads that lists every job, everywhere providing smarter search options and powerful data about the job market, giving you the information you need to take control of your career.
www.jobsgopublic.com recruitment for the public and not for profit sectors.
http://uk.jobrapido.com international based job search from Italy
Jobsite established in 1995 Jobsite is the UK's first multi sector online recruitment service by the Potts family, at a time when the whole UK internet had just 40,000 users. It remains one of the best places to start job hunting.
Jobsearch is part of Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment, the UK’s largest portfolio of specialist market-leading jobsites attracting candidates across a range of industry verticals including TotallyLegal (lawyers), PlanetRecruit (IT professionals), The Career Engineer, SecsintheCity (secretaries) and GAAPweb (accountancy and finance professionals).
www.jobstoday.co.uk is part of Johnston Press plc, one of the UK's leading publishers of local newspapers and internet sites, basing its publishing philosophy on local service to local communities.
Monster Winner of the 2011 NORA and Most Popular website - Career has the widest range of jobs on offer.
www.fish4jobs.co.uk is part of Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment popular candidate searches on the site include: Administration, Retail, Customer Service, Catering and Hospitality, Driving and Sales jobs
www.redgoldfish.co.uk The website is owned and operated by Red Advertising Ltd the independent UK based classified advertising company.
www.retailchoice.co.uk Whether you're a highly experienced manager or about to take your first step in this vibrant and exciting industry, RetailChoice.com has the contacts, passion and commitment you need.
www.britishchambers.org.uk The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is a dynamic, high-profile and independent business network, with Chambers across the UK. Local Chambers sit at the heart of the community, working with businesses of all sizes, and representing all sectors.
www.jobserve.com was formed in 1993 as the world’s first internet recruitment service. Now operating across almost all industry sectors, JobServe has a truly global presence. Headquartered in Essex, United Kingdom,
www.jobs.ac.uk Search international jobs in academic, science, research and administrative employment
http://www.jobapplications.co.uk printable and online applications for financial institutions, retail and department stores, pharmacies, grocery stores and companies in many different industries in the United Kingdom.
www.mycambridgejobs.co.uk as it says on the tin.
www.select.co.uk one of the UK’s leading staffing companies and recruitment franchisors
www.totaljobs.com is one of the UK's leading jobs boards, attracting over 3.6 million jobseekers every month on the hunt for one of 90,000 live job ads the site carries at any one time. All of this activity generates over 1.9 million applications a month, cementing totaljobs.com strong reputation among jobseekers and recruiters alike. Thousands of recruiters from multinationals to smaller regionally based businesses, recruitment consultants and advertising agencies use totaljobs.com to recruit individuals across almost every sector in the UK. Job boards are CareerStructure.com, Caterer.com, Catererglobal.com, CWJobs.co.uk, RetailChoice.com, Salestarget.co.uk and totaljobs.com.
www.jobs24.co.uk is the site produced by community newspaper and magazine group Archant, UK's largest independently-owned regional media business. It is a community media company active in the fields of regional newspaper and magazine publishing, contract printing and internet communications. All its titles serve clearly defined communities, based around locations or interest groups.
http://www.legaljobsboard.co.uk - Legal Jobs Board - A leading UK employment and career site for those working within or aiming to work within Law, which promotes a wide variety of legal vacancies from across the United Kingdom.
http://uk.tiptopjob.com/ The Global Internet Services Group is an independent Company that operates online sites in different channels. TipTopJob is a group of sites that is a unique network of generic and specialist jobsites that cover over 83 countries and 35 industry sectors. The group offers services that facilitate a match between job advertisers, employers and jobseekers. Its role is to help people find their ideal jobs and businesses find employees with the right skills for their needs. TipTopJob was launched in 2002 by Michael Dauncey, who is the Chairman of the Company. Anjim Qureshi was the Project Manager and chief architect of the site. The industry specific jobsites (e.g. theITjob.com, theSALESjob.com etc) were launched in 2004 in response to demand in the marketplace for niche jobsites.
Recruitment agencies:
http://www.bluearrow.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx With over 50 branches across the UK, Blue Arrow has national coverage with local knowledge. Dedicated to delivering effective and cost-efficient recruitment solutions, from unplanned cover when a staff member is off sick or on leave through to long-term flexible employees or permanent staff recruitment, the Blue Arrow team will take the stress out of recruitment for you.
http://www.computerfutures.com/en/ As one of the world's most dynamic and highly regarded IT recruitment consultancies, Computer Futures has the technical expertise, in-depth market knowledge and international footprint to enable our clients to manage change.
http://www.computerpeople.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx I.T. permanent and contract recruitment agency
http://www.hays.co.uk/job/it-jobs/ a market leading IT recruiter for more than 30 years
http://www.impellam.com Impellam Group is a leading provider of human capital services, including innovative solutions for the workforce, business process outsourcing (BPO), expertise in technical, professional and medical talent, flexible workforce consulting, staffing and recruitment. Brands include Austin Benn, Blue Arrow, Carlisle Managed Solutions, Medacs Healthcare and s.com.
www.manpower.co.uk with 300 locations across the UK and 2600 offices in over 80 countries
neuvoo is a job search engine that indexes jobs directly from companies' career websites, placement agencies and job boards. We centralize all jobs available on the web, so we are much like the Google for jobs. Our technology allows us to offer candidates a one stop shop for jobs in UK and other 63 countries, plus refined search by category or location.
http://www.prospects.co.uk/ Prospects is a leading education, employment and training company, working both nationally and internationally. We estimate we help more than one million people each year, through an extensive range of high quality services.
www.reed.co.uk In 1995, reed.co.uk became the first recruitment website offered by a recruitment agency in the UK. Each month, more than 3.6 million jobseekers turn to reed.co.uk in their search for work, making over 80,000 applications every day.
Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment is a portfolio of specialist market-leading jobsites attracting candidates across a range of industry verticals including
totallylegal (lawyers),
PlanetRecruit (IT professionals),
SecsintheCity (secretaries)
GAAPweb (accountancy and finance professionals).
Direct to the employer:
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ jobs with the NHS
www.admin.cam.ac.uk job opportunities with Cambridge University
www.tesco.com/careers job opportunities with Tesco
www.aradiagroup.co.uk job opportunities with the Arcadia group of companies BHS, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridges, OUTFIT, TOPSHOP, TOPMAN, Wallis
Last updated 27th March 2019