Can anyone recommend a good Jobs website?

Gembo_2

hello moneysavers!
can anyone recommend a good Jobs website? I have been unemployed for 3 months since leaving Uni and I have noticed that most sites tend to list the same jobs all the time.
any job-hunting tips greatly appreciated
Gembo

MA

The one I and many of my friends use is jobserve. https://www.jobserve.co.uk Hope that helps Good luck!

trafalgar_2

http://fish4.co.uk/jobs/index.html


;D..I've found jobs through tis site

Gembo_2

Thanks, these are two that I haven't tried.
I am trying to get an Office/admin job, although I got a First in my degree I have no Office experience, I've just had Saturday and holiday jobs in shops and factories. I feel that this is seriously hindering my job search. Has anyone been in this position? Whats the best way onto the 'ladder'?
Incidently, I've just received YET ANOTHER office job rejection in the post!
>:(
Gembo

System

hello moneysavers!
can anyone recommend a good Jobs website? I have been unemployed for 3 months since leaving Uni and I have noticed that most sites tend to list the same jobs all the time.
any job-hunting tips greatly appreciated
Gembo

hi gembo - try http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/

in my experience one of the best - worth signing up 4 the free daily jobs email, which u can customise so u only receive details of the jobs u want!

good luck !!

System

I am trying to get an Office/admin job, although I got a First in my degree I have no Office experience, I've just had Saturday and holiday jobs in shops and factories. I feel that this is seriously hindering my job search. Has anyone been in this position? Whats the best way onto the 'ladder'?

Hi Gembo.

Why not try doing some "voluntary" work experience?

I couldn't complete my degree due to illness and ended up doing jobs that didn't particularly appeal. 4 years ago, I decided to change and train to be a film festival administrator. I volunteered in the admin offices at 3 art house cinemas/small film festivals and ended up landing a job doing exactly what i wanted.

Even if you are focusing on business admin, I'm sure a potential employer would be impressed if you had volunteered for an admin job at say the Edinburgh Film Festival. If you are interested in this, then if you sign up for the daily jobs email at http://www.arts.org.uk it should give you some ideas...alternatively approach the venues directly like I did.

Also re: the guardian jobs site. Also worth buying the Guardian, espescially on saturdays, as the jobs sections are excellent, and on saturdays you also get a few pages of very good tips on how to maximise your employability. You can also buy the guardian for less than half price if you follow the major's chat tip, click here!

Hope this helps and good luck...don't be afraid to cold call and make direct approaches even when jobs aren't advertised. When I looked for work, I always put in at least the equivalent of a 9-5 day every day, until I landed a job.

Fortune favours the brave!! ;D

Gembo_2

Thanks Pablo_Money, some great advice, I will be extra pro-active this week, the 9-5 thing is a great idea, I can even spend the whole day at the desk!
Gembo

Mozilla_2

Try this one for public sector jobs:

https://www.jobsgopublic.com

Good Luck!!

Savvy_Sue

Yup, definitely take Pablo Money's advice about doing some voluntary work. See if there is a volunteer bureau in your area which 'collates' vacancies. Or if you know of a charity based in your area which interests you, see if they could use you short term.

As someone who's sat on the other side of the recruitment desk, why would anyone offer you a job in an office if you don't have any experience? That may sound harsh, but however bright you are, if you are up against people with office experience you are at a serious disadvantage. Look carefully at what you are saying on your forms and your CV and make sure you are demonstrating relevant experience for anything you apply for. If you don't, you are wasting your time and the recruiter's time. Again, harsh but true.

And please, never say "Although I have never worked in an office I am sure I would be good at it because ..." Say things like "I demonstrated my organisational skills when I worked in Fred's Bar by colour coding the linen drawer so we could quickly find whatever was needed" or "I helped my mother organise the records of her Brownie pack, setting up a simple database for her." It has to be true, of course, but it can be "puffed".

And have you tried using agencies? Some are better than others, but if you were willing to sign up for temporary work that would be another way to gain experience - and you may like temping as a way of life for a while. Or you may discover you hate office work and head off in a whole new direction!

Final idea: does your local council or hospital have its own 'temping' agency? It's another way in to office work.

System

Thanks Pablo_Money, some great advice, I will be extra pro-active this week, the 9-5 thing is a great idea, I can even spend the whole day at the desk!
Gembo

Glad to be of service Gembo and good luck!!
When I was looking for work I always felt guilty if I didn't put in at least a 9-5 day looking for work (not quite a Norman Tebbitt "Get on Yer' bike", but you know what I mean  ;)  ).

In my tempting years I would quite often visit 20-30 agencies in a week, smile nicely at the recruitment consultant , always asked to see the same recruitment consultant and re-visited each agency every day , always wearing a suit. Being bothered to visit each agency in person every day made much more of an impression than simply making a phone call to the agency. Think about it from the point of the view of the recruitment consultant: when a job comes up, who are they going to remember who might be suitable for the job. The person who has visited the agency every day, smartly dressed (i.e. "Ready for work") or the person with a similar CV who calls the agency say once a week.

It's a bit like the whole Money saving approach...when looking for work (or money) sometimes you have to apply a bit of "lateral thinking"!

When I employed this "blitz" tactic of visting every agency, every day in person (I got on "1st name terms" with some of the female recruitment consultants!  ;) )by the end of the week I would have my pick of 3 or 4 jobs which had been offered to me.

Should you go for this tactic the important thing is to "swear on the oath" to each agency that they are the only agency you are registering with, should they ask you! They don't like it if they know you've regsistered with all their rivals!

I also think Savvy_Sue has also provided some excellent advice in the post above this one...that post has been an interesting read for me too! One point she touched on was to carefully check the wording of your CV. Quite often I would change or re-word parts of my CV depending on which job I was applying for!

Finally thought I'd post the links to the Volunteer posts at the Edinburgh Film festival (too late for this year but worth checking out) http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/eiff_current/more_than_movies/jobs/volunteer_posts/   (the London Film Fetsival also have similar openings).

Good luck again and let us know how you get on!  :D

Savvy_Sue

I also think Savvy_Sue has also provided some excellent advice in the post above this one...that post has been an interesting read for me too! One point she touched on was to carefully check the wording of your CV. Quite often I would change or re-word parts of my CV depending on which job I was applying for!

Why thank you! It is essential to change or re-word parts of your CV for every job you apply for to target that particular job. I think it is, anyway.

Here's another example of how to make the most of what you've done: my son has "experience of stock control management and cash reconciliation". He works in a local, small cinema. At the start of each day, they count how many packets of sweets are on display, how many pop-corn cartons of each size, how many coffee cups etc. At the end, they count how many are left, see how many they've sold, how much money they've taken and work out if it balances or not. Then they work out how much stock they have out the back and whether they need to re-order. I don't think they have a computer for this: the most complicated bit of machinery in the place (apart from the projectors) is the coffee machine, which dispenses hot water only! But I still think what he could say on his cv is valid!