Anyone here use Totaljobs.co.uk....?

[Kuroblack350]

There are some interesting jobs on there, just wondering what the PH opinion is? (i.e. how safe is my CV etc!!)

[dan1981]

I've got my CV on there.

They seem fine - you will get a few phone calls from agencies etc though.

Cheers

Dan

[DrTre]

i have but don't think i uploaded my cv? Just sent direct to the agency? ... or worked out who the job was with and went direct to them

careerjet.co.uk is another good aggregating site.

[Tycho]

Nope, I do use Monster though.
Updated my CV and I am currently getting about 3 or 4 calls per week.

[john_r]

Are people not concerned about their employer seeing their CV online?!

When I ran a company we subscribed to Monster, Totaljobs, etc, just to see who had their CV posted so were forewarned that they were looking around!

[oyster]

john_r said:

Are people not concerned about their employer seeing their CV online?!

When I ran a company we subscribed to Monster, Totaljobs, etc, just to see who had their CV posted so were forewarned that they were looking around!

You must have run such s st company if you were worried your employees wre looking to leave.

[Xaero]

I used total jobs they are fine.

I prefer jobsite though but that's just because its got me more interviews.

[lingus75]

You can 'blind' your CV so that if an agency want to get in touch they e-mail a generic address and you can choose whether or not you let them have the full version.

As opposed to putting it all on there and getting a stty 'fly by night' firm plaster it to all the companies who will accept it without asking you.

[john_r]

oyster said:

john_r said:

Are people not concerned about their employer seeing their CV online?!

When I ran a company we subscribed to Monster, Totaljobs, etc, just to see who had their CV posted so were forewarned that they were looking around!

You must have run such s st company if you were worried your employees wre looking to leave.

Errr, no not at all. It allowed us to pro-actively see if there were any issues or problems; therefore trying to fix them before people decided to leave. We would never say we saw the CV just alert the relevant business area manager so they could manage the line manager and resolve any issues. Although TBH, half the time it was not a problem as they were slackers and needed to leave anyway... so we just let nature take it's course.

And for the half that would be a loss to the company then we would find out what was wrong and resolve it as best we could. Was usually something really stupid like the manager taking too long to sign off expenses or they were away from home too much; easy to fix problems that prevented us from having to re-recruit and train someone new and made for a happy employee as well!

But I can understand how someone with a lack of business acumen or any people management skills/experience would just see it as the company being st...

[Tycho]

john_r said:

oyster said:

john_r said:

Are people not concerned about their employer seeing their CV online?!

When I ran a company we subscribed to Monster, Totaljobs, etc, just to see who had their CV posted so were forewarned that they were looking around!

You must have run such s st company if you were worried your employees wre looking to leave.

Errr, no not at all. It allowed us to pro-actively see if there were any issues or problems; therefore trying to fix them before people decided to leave. We would never say we saw the CV just alert the relevant business area manager so they could manage the line manager and resolve any issues. Although TBH, half the time it was not a problem as they were slackers and needed to leave anyway... so we just let nature take it's course.

And for the half that would be a loss to the company then we would find out what was wrong and resolve it as best we could. Was usually something really stupid like the manager taking too long to sign off expenses or they were away from home too much; easy to fix problems that prevented us from having to re-recruit and train someone new and made for a happy employee as well!

But I can understand how someone with a lack of business acumen or any people management skills/experience would just see it as the company being st...

I suppose the criticism levelled at your company was because your post could have been misinterpreted as the employees were warned rather than the company proactively trying to resolve conflict before loosing valuable staff.

Perfectly reasonable for the company to want to know of any issues.

[oyster]

Tycho said:

john_r said:

oyster said:

john_r said:

Are people not concerned about their employer seeing their CV online?!

When I ran a company we subscribed to Monster, Totaljobs, etc, just to see who had their CV posted so were forewarned that they were looking around!

You must have run such s st company if you were worried your employees wre looking to leave.

Errr, no not at all. It allowed us to pro-actively see if there were any issues or problems; therefore trying to fix them before people decided to leave. We would never say we saw the CV just alert the relevant business area manager so they could manage the line manager and resolve any issues. Although TBH, half the time it was not a problem as they were slackers and needed to leave anyway... so we just let nature take it's course.

And for the half that would be a loss to the company then we would find out what was wrong and resolve it as best we could. Was usually something really stupid like the manager taking too long to sign off expenses or they were away from home too much; easy to fix problems that prevented us from having to re-recruit and train someone new and made for a happy employee as well!

But I can understand how someone with a lack of business acumen or any people management skills/experience would just see it as the company being st...

I suppose the criticism levelled at your company was because your post could have been misinterpreted as the employees were warned rather than the company proactively trying to resolve conflict before loosing valuable staff.

That was indeed my original criticism, but retract it now as that seems a novel and admiral way to keep the best staff.