Although I trawl through all the main websites ( indeed etc), regionally based jobsites are also good as sometimes good positions with smaller companies pop up. I like south west creative jobs – have them on my twitter feed although to be fair at the moment they mostly seem to advertize swanky art director jobs.
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I think this is why speculative applications are so important. Articulate yourself towards the employer directly through your own channel as opposed to via a job site.
Oh also I once saw a CV that included the information that though the applicant had got a 2:1 they had achieved a first class dissertation. Do people think this is stupid or a good idea?
I’d never thought of that. It makes sense: the dissertation is a long-term project. I can’t say whether it would come across as amateurish to the employer, but it’s evidence of a prolonged and successful investment of an idea.
Still not sure it wouldn’t look lame, like you were trying to gloss over the fact that you didn’t get a first. It might give the employer a hint though that your 2:1 was in the upper range – 68/69, as opposed to 60. Not sure employers care either way though, as long as it’s not a third!
Really obvious point to make but proof read proof read proof read. I once watched my then boss whittle down a thick stack of CVs by discarding any that had spelling errors.
Student Gems is a website that regularly advertises unpaid roles for volunteer writers.
Some people see postgraduate study as a viable option because of tough economic times: studying towards a brighter future and taking yourself out of a turbulent job market for a few years.
Obviously the costs involved likely outweigh this rationale for many. Funding is also harder to come by (especially in the Arts & Humanities).
’'but my wish to learn a few songs on guitar fell by the way side. As well as wanting to learn french. and see more foreign films. and read more.’’
These are exactly what my resolutions were and I’m achieving them at a glacial pace (pre-global warming). Actually, tectonic pace is more accurate…
Businesses are trying so hard these days to broaden their brand-image via social networking: they want to appear more personal and ‘human’. From that viewpoint, I see no harm in job-seekers taking the same tact. Controlling your online profile can be a balancing act, since not many people want to turn their social network profile/s into a…[Read more]
I use Milkround, reed etc. and have applied for lots of jobs but still the big question is that, hypothetically, if 200 people apply for the same vacancy from only one job site, what are the chances? We graduates need something else, something which is articulated towards the individuals.
I find turning facebook off ups my work rate at least 400%.
I always laugh whenever I see a job to be a recruitment consultant advertised by recruitment consultants.
