Nawaz asked:


Are you trying to find Job Seekers from United Kingdom for your latest vacancy?

Here at e-CVs UK, we streamline the recruitment process to ensure UK Recruiters do not spend hours trawling through hundreds of unsuitable jobs applications or poorly formatted CV’s.

With free CV Search tool, UK recruiters are able to define specific search criteria, designed to produce highly targeted results in an instant. Following a simple registration, jobseekers can be searched by location, sector & even their desired job titles. UK Recruiters also have the option of adding more precision to the match results by browsing potential job searchers previous skills & experience, as well as details of their desired UK job search. With hundreds of new job applicants registering their CV on a weekly basis, recruiters are guaranteed instant and direct access to the most active UK Job Seekers within their target sector.

If you are you fed up searching UK jobs through 1000’s of vacancies on generalist job boards? Don’t waste time applying for unsuitable roles, locations or already filled positions. By using niche job sites that specialise in your job sector, you can instantly find professional recruiters who are searching for your particular skills & experience and advertising the vacancies that match your requirements.With specialist sites, you will have access to hundreds of highly targeted vacancies that may not be advertised on more generic sites. As niche sites focus on a particular job sector, fewer vacancies can be expected whilst a far higher standard of quality jobs is guaranteed.

CV Writing: Importance of how to write a CV for job Seekers

For active job seekers, a well presented and professional CV is an essential tool to stand out from other applicants & land that all important interview. Due to the vast number of jobs applications received, UK recruiters will only spend a few minutes scanning each CV. At this stage CV Writing skills does matter, any poorly presented or badly formatted CV’s will be filtered out of the recruitment application process.

To increase their chances of making an interview shortlist, job seekers should be confident that their CV is submitted using the most suitable format for the desired role, whilst using a balanced layout that highlights their experience, skills and attributes to their full potential.

Michelle Dumas asked:


The days of simply browsing through the Sunday newspaper and sending out a few resumes in order to win your next career opportunity are over. The days of retiring after having worked for just one or two companies are also over. Downsizings, mergers, offshoring, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, consolidation, and other change initiatives have required rapid adaptation of workers, hard career decisions, and frequent transitions. These days, the average worker will hold approximately ten jobs before the age of 36. The average worker will change careers several times during his or her lifetime.

While the timeframe for your job search will vary with the specifics of your situation, a commonly cited statistic is that the average job search will take anywhere from three to six months from initiation to the day you begin your new job. The U.S. Department of Labor indicates that the average length of unemployment in the U.S. is currently 18 weeks (a little over four months), but this figure covers all professions, all industries, and all professional levels. Another common job search statistic tells us that you can expect to spend approximately one month job searching for each $10,000 in salary you are seeking.

Do you have a job search planned in 2008? If you do, and if you are looking forward to your next job search with dread, you are definitely not alone! Job searching can be incredibly stressful. But, with some planning, genuine effort, and sincere commitment, you can minimize that stress and land a new job – one that is personally, professionally, and financially rewarding – faster than you may have thought possible.

Here is a checklist to help you achieve a fast, successful job search in 2008.

_____ Set a clear target. Put yourself in the driver’s seat of your career by clearly defining your job search focus. In general, the more precise and focused your job search is, the better. For most people, the best and strongest job targets will include a statement of the job function and professional level paired with other indicators, sometimes just one and sometimes more than one, to make the job target more precise and ultimately more effective. These other indicators may be criteria such as industry, company size, company culture, or geographic location.

_____ Build your network of support. Don’t underestimate the importance of having a strong support network to offer encouragement and advice, to brainstorm and share ideas with you, to help keep you accountable to the goals you set for yourself, and to help keep you on track throughout the emotional roller coaster that a job search can be. Family and friends are often included in the support network, but also consider joining a job search group or working with a career coach, particularly one who is very familiar with job search mechanics.

_____ Adjust your attitude. An enthusiastic, “can-do” attitude that exudes self-confidence and a clear understanding of the value you offer in the workplace will make all the difference. Always put a smile on your face when you talk on the phone; it will shine through in your voice. Make eye contact and watch your body signals and posture when you meet with contacts in person. Your positive, confident attitude is one that people will like to be around and will make it more likely that you will be hired.

_____ Update and revive your resume. Your resume is your first introduction to employers. Don’t underestimate the importance of making a positive first impression with it! Your resume should be up-to-date, focused for the current search, employer-centered, and results-oriented. YOU are a commodity in the job market and your resume is your advertisement. If your resume needs refreshing, now is the time to do it. If you need help with your resume, you should definitely consider hiring a professional resume writer.

_____ Cultivate and strengthen your professional network. With more than 80% of available jobs never advertised, it is essential that you have the ability to access the hidden job market. Your professional network will be one of your most effective sources for information and referrals relating to the hidden job market. Of course, networking is all about relationships and so you should continuously nurture your network relationships regardless of whether you are job searching or not. But, whether you have or haven’t (If you haven’t, building network relationships would make a great New Year’s Resolution), now is the time to reach out to everyone you know to inform them of your search and to ask for advice and referrals. Consider using a website like LinkedIn to help with your effort.

_____ Establish and promote your personal branding. At its essence, personal branding is about the authentic and unique promise of value you offer. In relation to your career, it is about the promise of value you offer that differentiates you from your peers and competitors in the workplace and job market. Branding yourself can actually have such a dramatic effect that you will become hunted rather than being the hunter for your next job opportunity.

_____ Get organized and create a system for managing your job search. An organized plan and system will help keep you motivated, moving forward, and focused on achieving the ultimate goal. At the very least, you need a calendaring system, a system of logging inter-related and follow-up activities, a contact management system, and a filing system.

_____ Create and follow a written, multi-pronged job search plan. Answering ads or posting your resume on the Internet are the easiest, but usually least effective job search techniques. Your job search plan should include a balance of techniques to access both the published and unpublished job market. Further, it should include activities prioritized and strategically selected to fit in each of the five major job search approaches: 1) Networking and referral building; 2) Targeting and contacting employers; 3) Working with recruiters and agencies; 4) Internet job searching (which also has some overlap with the 5th technique); 5) Answering advertisements.



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PAUL BOWLEY asked:


Every one is looking for a breakthrough job search strategy — a way to get a leg up in the job search process. A breakthrough job search strategy can put you at the front of the pack.

The fact is, in today’s sophisticated job marketplace, you need something special to get ahead.

Maybe you think you need a particularly fancy resume. Or perhaps an uncle in high places. How about a recruiter friend. Wouldn’t it help to have a sister married to a prospective employer’s cousin?

All of those could be terrific assets to have. But they’re only remotely possible for most of us.

Yet, in fact, we are surrounded by the most precious assets of all. And they are available to us all the time. If we take proper advantage of them they become the breakthrough job search strategy of our dreams. They can dramatically speed up our job search and position us for the best opportunities.

I’m talking about people we already know. And I strongly recommend learning how to make them your CAREER PARTNERS. Did you know that “career partners” is the hottest job search secret of the decade!

Take minute and think of all the many useful ways the following people you know might have the capacity to help you out:

Neighbors, friends and relatives

Former school mates

Religious leaders

Teachers

Your banker, lawyer, doctor and dentist

People you do business with, hire, buy

from, sell to

Members of fraternal organizations, sororities, social service clubs

Church, synagogue or mosque fellow members

And on and on.

How can teaming up with such a variety of people we know be helpful?

Well, most important of all, they know other people who may have or know of a job opening. What’s more, they can introduce us to other folks who can assist us or even hire us.

They may have inside information about a company or decision-maker we’re interested in. They can review our resume and presentation skills to make sure we’re on target. They can advise us about career training directions and identify organizations that would be good for us.

If you want to get a leg up on your job campaign, use this amazing breakthrough job search strategy. Take the time to identify career partners. Prepare a script in which you ask them for their advice. And then represent yourself assertively to all of them. Use them wisely. They are your biggest asset!



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