How To Pick The Right Job

How To Pick The Right Job

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Looking for a new job can be a frustrating process. the Internet can make it much easier, keeping you up-to-date with the jobs you're interested in and providing useful information on how to present yourself to potential employers.

There are hundreds of on-line recruitment sites, and not just for computer and Internet jobs. For instance you can find catering jobs at City catering (http://www.citycatering.co.uk/), or management jobs in Call Centres Managers at http://www.callcentremanagers.co.uk/.

For most people, looking for work means browsing through newspaper adverts. You can scan the jobs pages of local newspapers from all over the UK (http://www.jobhunter.co.uk/), and the newspaper sites are among the best job sites on the Net. The Guardian's Jobs Unlimited site (http://www.jobsunlimited.co.uk/) is excellent, enabling you to search every current recruitment advert that has appeared in the paper.

Associated Newspapers, owners of the daily Mail, has also joined the world of on-line recruitment with the Peoplebank service (http://www.peoplebank.com/), and the Telegraph's job site at http://www.appointments-plus.com/ is well worth a look. Employment agencies, too, have set up websites, and Reed Online (http://www.reed.co.uk/) is one of the best.

Monster Opportunities

A growing number of sites act as middlemen, providing searchable lists of jobs that you can browse, as well as a number of other services.

One of the best known sites is the Monster Board (http://www.monster.co.uk/), which gives you the option to add your CV to its database. Potential employers can then search the database for suitably-qualified staff, and the site has its own 'job search agent'. This software regularly checks your requirements against the Monster Board's database, sending you an e-mail when it discovers a job it thinks you would be interested in. The site has been so successful that it has launched a number of spin-offs, including the Mortar Board (http://campus.monster.co.uk/) for graduates and the Medical Monster (http://healthcare.monster.co.uk/) for nursing work. All the sites contain plenty of useful information for job-hunters, and are free to join.

Feel wanted

Most search engines on job sites work in the same way, giving you the ability to search by region, by keywords (for example, you might search using the terms 'engineering', 'mechanical' and 'midlands' to find suitable jobs) or by salary.

If that sounds like a lot of hassle, you might prefer to put your CV on-line and wait for employers to come to you. Sites like Jobshark (http://www.jobshark.co.uk), Jobsite (http://www.jobsite.co.uk/), Jobsearch (http://www.jobsearch.co.uk/) and JobULike (http://www.jobulike.com/) all encourage you to add your details to their databases.

When you do this, your CV is then available for potential employers to look at - companies can search for people in exactly the same way as you can search for jobs. If your CV is well thought out and presents you in the right light, you may find a number of employers chasing you - much better than sending off countless applications through the post.

Once you've secured an interview, the job sites can still help. Sites such as Top Jobs On The Net (http://www.topjobs.co.uk/) and CareerMosaic (http://www.careermosaic.co.uk/) are packed with useful information on how to impress. The only thing you can't persuade the sites to do is to actually go to the office and do your work for you!

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