New Vacancies (including my job) + tips

Graduate Data analysis roles in Chesterfield, up to £21k
Email CV's to sarah@embservices.co.uk

Graduates wanted for IT Helpdesk support roles up to £16.5k. Massive room for progression into Media consultancy roles. Media/creative degree (2.1 +) and excellent grades required.
Email CV's to dan@embservices.co.uk

Customer services positions always available, again email dan@embservices.co.uk

And my own replacement:

Marketing Grad wanted, preferably with placement experience, not essential. Business grad backgrounds may apply
dan@embservices.co.uk

IN MANCHESTER

School ICT support, email dan@embservices.co.uk

On Jobsite:

Cover supervisor
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/cover-supervisor-936364335?src=search_feat

Admin
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/administrative-assistant-936361313?src=search_feat

Recruitment Resourcer
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/recruitment-resourcer-936308480?src=search

Classroom assistant
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/classroom-assistant-936364305?src=search

Student Communications Officer - NTU - (awesome marketing role)
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/student-communications-officer-936207810?src=search_feat



Tips for CV writing
Always type the CV ­ using Word or similar if you are printing it out use good quality paper. Make sure the font is a standard and is a 10. Ariel, Verdana, Tahoma, Century Gothic are good ones.


Never use more than three pages.


Don't preface the CV with a cheesy descriptive statement ('A well-educated enthusiast who will undoubtedly make his mark in international commerce'). Let the facts speak for themselves, and the employer be the judge of your capabilities.


Use this Format:


Name (bold type)
Personal details including date of birth, address and telephone number, marital status, nationality
Qualifications
Career history (in reverse order, most recent position first)
Leisure interests
Referees



Ensure all dates link up month/year; leave no suspicious gaps. If you were out of work for a period, or travelling, include it as a stage in your history.


Write employer's name and location in bold type. Employers often select for interview by identifying with companies that are known to them.


Use your last title in each position, also in bold type.


Briefly describe the company's business and size, in italics.


Write no more than a few lines about the job content and responsibilities. If appropriate, show how you progressed from one position to the next. Mention specific numbers if possible ('In charge of 3 staff, 'sold 30 machines, worth £100,000 each'). Highlight one or two achievements after every job.


Under leisure interests, demonstrate breadth of character by mentioning varied interests, energy with sporting interests. Don't fabricate interests as you may well be quizzed on them, particularly if the interviewer shares those interests. Don't worry the employer by listing contentious interests (shooting, foxhunting). Keep the list short: one artistic, one sporting and one unusual interest. Don't put 'socialising' which is taken as drinking! Don’t put anything that might be perceived as being strange or too geeky unless you are going for a strange or geeky job.


Only list referees if they have said they would speak for you. With their permission, give their telephone numbers so that employers feel encouraged to make contact with them.


Ensure all spelling is correct. Don't trust computer spell-checkers

Go to www.peopletransfer.co.uk to build a CV online using your skills and experience.



Happy applying!

Getting names in high places

This can help whether you are applying for a job or if you are working in an email marketing environment.

After writing my last blog entry, I decided that to broaden out the subject of contact harvesting. Depending on what your intentions are sometimes you have a need to know the name of a particular person in a particular position in a particular organisation. How can you do this?
Do you want the HR assistant to get your CV in front of? Or the finance director for your marketing campaign? Here are a few tips:

LinkedIn - As I mentioned before, this is a brilliant tool for networking and finding people within organisations. In my previous blog (http://thisisdanh.blogspot.com/2010/07/linked-in-contacts.html) I detailed how you could get around the privacy settings on Linked In to get a name on a profile that is set to "private". Sign up, it's free and brilliantly useful. www.linkedin.com

Jobsite - think about it, HR staff want people to contact them about vacancies. Jobsite publish email addresses of the member of staff running a HR campaign within the vacancy. You may not be interested in that particular role, but it is useful to have that contact all the same.

Google - Google the company you want information on. Look for "contact" pages and "about us" pages. "Meet the team" occasionally crops up, especially in the legal and financial sectors. Failing that search the position in google. For example "HR DIRECTOR at NATWEST" (maybe start smaller) and you may find a published press release with this contact referred to by name.

But what good is a name?

According to my experience 70-80% of emails are of the format firstname.surname@companyurl.com

richard.branson@virgin.com (probably not that obvious)

Take the first name and surname and attach it to the company url - you have the contact details! It is good to search this created email address in Google to see if it has been published before, thereby further validating it.



For more names in other industries try

www.applegate.co.uk

whois.domaintools.com - check the web site admin name

WebCheck - wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk - check company details

Linked In Contacts

Just a quick tip for any marketers...

When logged in to LinkedIn I often come across profiles that are set to private. Wanting their names to possibly call them, I need to find another way to access this information.

So go to google, type in their job title, the company and "linkedin" and for some reason the name is now displayed!

Yet when logged in this information is not displayed.

Privacy settings gone mad.

Interesting jobs

Scouting about on the net today brought a couple of interesting Derby based jobs

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/attendance-officer-936234101?src=search_feat
Attendance officer at a school, 30 hours a week, term time only...

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/school-lettings-manager-936233256?src=search_feat
Lettings manager in a school, good pay, strange hours...saint benedicts

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/finance-graduate-trainee-german-or-french-speaker-936195642?src=search
Language graduates!

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/admissions-officer-936139865?src=search_feat
Admissions officer

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/floating-support-workers-x-5-936159060?src=search_feat
Support workers

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/project-workers-936243222?src=search_feat
Project workers

http://www.embservices.co.uk/peopletransfer/viewvacancy.php?vacancyid=2549
Sales opportunitys

Best to keep checking jobsite every couple of days, most adverts run for 7 days. Look down the list as direct employers often play second fiddle to agencies.

Happy applying

Online Recruitment - old habits with new resources?

As part of my role I come across a lot of online recruitment companies promising the world for next to nothing. So I decided to blog what I found...

As we all know the online recruitment market has gone wild in recent weeks and months. Every Google search for “flat fee online recruitment” yields a new result everyday. So with all these options available to you, how do you know where to put your limited recruitment budget?

First of all you need to know the basics – what do these companies give me for my money?
Well the truth can often be, not as much as you think! Lets break it down.

Most companies in this market will offer (or showcase) hundreds of job boards to try to make you believe that you are getting the best possible value for money. Claims include “we have partnerships with xxx job board” or “we will post it on every major job board” or even “we’ll post it on over 600 job boards”.

The truth?

1. “We have partnerships with xxx job boards”.
Partnerships? Does that mean they will post on these boards for you? No. Does that mean you will see the benefits of all of these job boards? No.

2. “We will post it on every major job board”

Every major job board? By whose definition? There is no guarantee or transparency as to where your advert will appear. Chances are the major job boards they define won’t be the ones you would.

3. “We’ll post it on over 600 job boards”

600 job boards? Even with mass posting software this is a big ask! The company doesn’t post it on 600 job boards, it assumes that 599 job boards will helpfully cross post their original advert on to their own. To clarify, cross posting occurs when one website takes an advert from another (like canvassing) to make their own site look more populated and therefore generate more traffic to that said site. This is therefore free and doesn’t necessarily add value as quality candidates mostly always come from quality job boards. Do you really want 599 poor quality job boards hosting your advert directing completely useless traffic your way? Quantity is not quality!



Don’t be misled!

Unfortunately however the false promises do get worse. Have you been promised a “No win, no fee” guarantee?

Win?

No, I didn’t think recruitment was a recognised sport either!

How can you have a “win” in recruitment? What is a “win”? Is a “win” a placement or is a “win” agreeing to certain KPI? Is it sending 10 CV’s? Is it an offer?

There is no way to be sure unless you read the T&C’s front to back. Be aware of the small print!

Online recruitment should not be about cheapening old habits by using the internet. It is the equivalent evolution of mugging to phishing. Piracy to p2p. Blackmail to DoS attacks. Same principle, new methods.

The price may be lower this time, but it’s still the same poor agency service.

Online recruitment needs to change the methodology with the methods. Bad e-practices are still bad practices.

New

I have been meaning to get round to blogging for ages, and now I finally have.

Going to post thought, jobs and other things of interest as and when they appear.

Thanks