What job websites are there?
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Pulse

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10,922 posts

245 months

Monday 6th September 2010
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I'm aware of a few, but having not hunted for a job for a while, can anyone suggest the better ones?

gamefreaks

2,067 posts

214 months

Monday 6th September 2010
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Well get your CV up on JobSite and Monster for starters.

flimper

580 posts

210 months

Monday 6th September 2010
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Totaljobs seem ok

Firefoot

1,600 posts

244 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Web Recruit seem good

www.webrecruit.co.uk

Simbu

1,906 posts

201 months

Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Alot of job sites are industry specific (cwjobs.co.uk for IT, for example), so these can be an efficient way of finding relevant jobs. Also, Reed.co.uk - found my last job there. Reed are a recruitment agency but their website is a general jobsite.

ymwoods

2,194 posts

204 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown

Pulse

Original Poster:

10,922 posts

245 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!

Original Poster

5,429 posts

203 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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Pulse said:
ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!
Why on earth not?

Do you not want a job then?

Hedders

24,460 posts

274 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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Original Poster said:
Pulse said:
ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!
Why on earth not?

Do you not want a job then?
Yes, but he doesn't want to be told about every single job in Britain.

spikeyhead

20,203 posts

224 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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I have never put a CV on a website and never would.

Almost all jobs in my industry sector end up on jobserve and it's a simple matter of checking occaisionally and when I see something I like, phoning the agent and findout out if they are just phishing or not. Once I have a jobspec then I will tailor a CV to the role.

ymwoods

2,194 posts

204 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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Original Poster said:
Pulse said:
ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!
Why on earth not?

Do you not want a job then?
It's not that, its the fact they don't actually have a job for you to go into. They just add you to their list of clients in the hope that something comes up. They ask you loads of questions and just generally waste your time when in actual fact your chance of a job through them is tiny.

JobSite is still a good site to use...just I wouldnt put your CV up on it, just use it for searching only.

evolution666

310 posts

262 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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this all depends on what sector your in.

EG, im a CNC programmer and im constantly looking for new work as usually my contracts are for 3 to 6 months at best. I have a PAYG mobile which i lkee with me where ever i go, by that i mean what ever hotel or place, and its constantly left on to recieve voice mails or texts. Generally, in my sector, by the time a job hits a website, its too late, as alot of jobs are sort through word of mouth or by agents calling ppl they know who can do they job directly.

So, you could creat a hotmail account set up specificly for this, you could also get a free payg sim from O2 for this. all it takes is a little bit of fore thought and finding work doesnt invade your email or mobile for the rest of your life. Anyone who says othwise is not in the know and therefore hardly worth listening too.

im in the Netherlands as we speak, i only finished my contract yesterday and lined up my new job about 2 hrs ago to start friday.


all comes down to the fact how much you want a job at the end of the day.

What job are you looking for?

www.jobsite.co.uk
www.monster.co.uk
www.totaljobs.com
www.aviationjobsearch.com
www.cvsearch.co.uk
www.reed.co.uk
www.cv-library.co.uk

should keep you going

Halb

53,012 posts

210 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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I found jobserve to be my fave, then cwjobs...still looking thoughbiggrin

edc

9,571 posts

278 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Pulse said:
ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!
Easy way round that is don't load your CV or make your profile hidden.

edc

9,571 posts

278 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Pulse said:
ymwoods said:
Get ready for the millions of E-mails from job agencys when you put your CV up on Job Site. about half of them start to ring you too frown
Won't be using that one then!
Easy way round that is don't load your CV or make your profile hidden.