Have you ever got from the internet..?

Emmylou_2

My story's a bit like Badger lady's.

Six years ago I decided to relocate from the Midlands to the South West (my best mate had made the move a year earlier with her job).

I went to visit her at the seaside for a week's holiday.

I decided on the Sunday that I wanted to move.
On the Monday I did up my CV
On Monday at 4.50 I posted it to Monster.
On Monday at 5.10 an agency rang me. (Actually, the first of many)
On Tuesday I went to register with the agency (specialised in my field, not a generalist, although I have used them before), did all the tests and interview with them.
On Wednesday we went looking at places to live.
On Thursday and Friday I had eight interviews.
On Saturday, we found the place that was to be our home for the next couple of years.
On Monday, I had a second interview at one place and was offered the job.

So - I went back up to the Midlands with a new job and somewhere to live...over 100 miles away (although I did need a rest!) And I've never looked back.

And I only did it because "well, it can't hurt" :rotfl:

[Deleted User]

I have had several interviews and got my previous job from Monster.co.uk

MyUserName_4

DKLS wrote: »

Had a few decent offers via LinkedIn, might be worth joining up.

Do people seriously use it to recruit? I always thought it was just another social networking spin off.

katu

The problem is that the agency advertising the role doesn't always put you forward even if you have strong skills and the experience. A lot of them are being very picky when it comes down to which candidates they are putting forward for a role. If you know who the company is then it would be best to submit your application directly to them.

I have also when I applied for a role on one of their websites been told and I quote 'that wasn't an actual live role, we put it on there to bring in some more candidates'

Nixer

I have had a few interviews via jobsite but the agencies involved were all, without exception, complete pants - sending me for Java jobs and telling me it was C#, putting me in at too high a salary, company liked me but offered to someone cheaper etc. I've got all my jobs through applying direct to companies on spec.
I'm not on linkedin as I assumed everyone on there is looking for work and if my employer saw me on there they probably wouldn't be very impressed.

Edinburgh65

I got a one off temp job through the Reed website a few months ago, with an agency in Bradford who were recruiting for an Aviva job in Edinburgh (helping with the issuing of exam results). It was a fantastic job in itself as although we were originally contracted to work for 4 days and managed to complete the task in 6 hours, but we were paid for about 20 hours work, and the Aviva team were lovely. Know what you mean though. When I was out of work, I checked the Reed website regularly, and saw the same jobs appearing time and time again, so I don't 100% have faith in it, but I wouldn't write them off because there probably are good opportunites in there sometimes.

Sharon87

I have, but only through a specialist website which you have to pay for anyway. I have had a lot of calls from companies about jobs from it though.

Never had luck with any other websites though.

Perdi

I got my current job from putting my CV on Monster. You do get a lot of agencies just trying to fill their books though, trust your instinct when you speak to them. You still need a well presented CV with key words in as well.

Looking at it from a company's pov, when we looked to advertise a role ourselves rather than through our usual agency we ended up using Monster as it was easier to use, had a clearer pricing structure, and was cheaper than Reed. If a jobsite requires an employer to call to get rates for advertising/accessing CVs we don't bother, we don't want to waste our time sitting through a hard sell, we just want to click and get started. So I know in future, if I need to, I would be checking out how easy/expensive these job sites make it for employers to use before bothering to upload my CV.

Evilm

Due to forming links with agencies Jobsite has got me a temp role I start next week for a couple of weeks. Not the job I originally applied for via the site but it was how I got on their books.

Jobcentre website has recently got me a few interviews but no success on actually getting a job.

I find most of the roles I apply for through Jobsite, Total Jobs and Jonbcentre plus websites.

lurkylurky

OH starts a job on Monday he found on Jobsite.co.uk. Has found many jobs in the past on this website - he prefers contract work.