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Another new partnership...

Today, we would like to announce a new partnership with Findemployment.com, the first multichannel employment platform that has a global audience.

Our jobs in all 83 countries can now be found on findemployment.com when jobseekers search through their database of vacancies.

We continue to look for new avenues to feed our jobs and this partnership does just that!

Summary of Statistics in November...

After some analysis, we would like to share some statistics when it comes to changes in “job” and “candidate” figures across our industries from September to October end.

We now have 54,852 MORE Health, Nursing and Social Services jobs,  48,713 MORE IT jobs and 30,464 MORE Sales jobs on TipTopJob compared to the end of September.

Construction had the largest rise in jobs from the end of September to the end of October – 188% increase. Transport, Logistics and Distribution saw a 137% increase.

IT holds the largest number of jobs in total today – a total of 227,486 jobs. Health, Nursing and Social Services is the second largest with 211,216.

When referring to candidate data, the industry with the largest percentage increase for the same period was the Manufacturing sector with 38%. Utilities and Services was the second largest with a 15% increase.

The IT industry is the largest still with a total of 431,408 candidates. Engineering is second largest with 328,745 and Health, Nursing and Social Services third largest with 270,750 candidates.

When looking at our Country data, we can confirm that we have the majority of vacancies in the USA – a total of 837,560 jobs were posted in October. The UK was the second largest – 39,201 jobs. Following on from this was Germany (38,322 jobs), France (15,208 jobs) and Canada (10,889).

The largest Country for candidate figures was the UK with 666,587 candidates and the USA holds 586,208 candidates. After this, India has the next largest number of 368,352 candidates and then South Africa with 150,640 candidates.

New Partnerships...

We are pleased to announce two new partnerships with global aggregators.

Our jobs will now be available to search on Jobbaloon across Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, New Zealand, Sweden, UK and the United States.

And njobs.com across France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK.

We are continuously looking for partnerships to increase the number of applications to our advertised jobs and drive traffic to our websites. There are more partnerships in the pipeline and will be revealing those as they go live - watch this space!

November Client Information - Rates

As we creep into the dark nights of November, we have decided to continue to offer our 4 packages but with a few changes.

Here is a quick overview of what we are offering:

Bronze:
£250/month
10 Jobs
1 user on CV database

Silver:
£350/month
50 Jobs
1 user on CV database

Gold:
£450/month
100 Jobs
2 users on CV database

Platinum:
£500/month
2000 Jobs
5 users on CV database

We have also decided to introduce multiple job posting packages which can be bought upfront but used up over a 1 year period. These are the costs:

10 Jobs = £300
50 Jobs = £500
100 Jobs = £700
2000 Jobs = £3000

The CV Database can now be bought based on whether you want to access a selected number of Countries, Regions or Global access and it is based on 1 user. Additional users are £50 per user.

1 Country will cost 1 user £150 per month.
1 Region will cost 1 user £250 per month.
Global access will cost 1 user £350 per month.

Additional services can be bought which include:

Featured Employer£300/month

Featured Job
£300/month

Company Profile
FREE


Sponsored Email Alerts
£ dependent on region – contact Sales
Email Marketing
£ dependent on region – contact Sales

Button Banners
£100/month

For any further information about any of the above services and costs, you can give our sales team a call on +44 (0)1628 207350 or email sales@TipTopJob.com.


So, what can TipTopJob offer candidates?

As a jobseeker, what should you expect from TipTopJob and what can you do to make sure you get the best out of our services?

When registering with TipTopJob it is advisable to include as much information in your profile as possible. This will allow recruiters to be able to find you more easily when searching on our database. Ensuring you have your most up to date CV on your account is the most important part as it is the CV that the recruiter will be wanting to view.

Within your account, you are able to save up to 5 CV's and 5 Cover Letters so make the most of this facility by saving your adapted versions of each so that when you come to applying for additional jobs you are making your life easier.

You can use the easy "Search" facility by entering in the requirements on the jobs you are looking for and search the over 400,000 live jobs registered on the site. You can search by location, industry, keywords and job type.

Once you have done a search, you can save this as an "Email Alert" in your account so that when available jobs that match your criteria are registered, they are sent out straight to your inbox. This delays any time in you having to come back to search for jobs again and you can click through to apply for the jobs straight away.

Our site also offers a comprehensive "Career Centre" where you can seek out useful advice on topics such as, "CV writing", "Cover Letter writing", "Interview advice" etc This has recently been updated with new articles and advice.

TipTopJob has pages and groups on all social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Linkedin so make sure you are kept up to date with news, reviews and more by liking/following/joining us.

Our mobile site also allows you to search for jobs on the go so if you are using your mobile, make sure you have changed your settings.

Don't forget, our services to jobseekers are entirely free.

We are always keen to improve our service to you so please get in touch with any useful feedback. We would love to hear from you here or send us an email to marketing@tiptopjob.com.

Where do you think it is best to sit in your office?

A recent poll that we carried out of over 1,000 jobseekers asked where would they rather sit in an office. We wondered if there would be some sucking up to the boss un-covered here.....and.....

we were right! 28% would actually prefer to sit next to their manager in the office. Although this was not the top answer, it was the second most popular response.

35% would however prefer to sit in the middle of their co-workers, which is of course the most obvious answer.

Other responses include:
- Near the big bosses office - 14%
- Near the entrance - 12%
- At the back - 8%
- By the exit - 3%

Tell us where you sit and if you could change this, where would you prefer to sit???

Personality Tests - What Are They?

Are you unsure what personality questionnaires are?

TipTopJob have partnered with JobTestPrep to help explain what they are and provide you with some practical examples so that you become an expert before you have to actually do one.

Personality tests are a very popular method for assessing potential employees during job interviews. The results of these tests have a significant influence on your chances of getting the job as they are seen as a measurement of your compatibility with the job you’re applying for.

Personality tests are often referred to as personality questionnaires. The reason for this is partly because they are often not timed, but mainly in order to make you feel more comfortable with the test and thus answer as honestly as possible. It is also for this reason that most of these tests will say that there is no right answer. This is obviously far from accurate. Depending on the specific position, virtually every question has answers that will help you or hinder your employment chances. It is very important for this reason to prepare for these Personality Tests, despite what the assessment companies might tell you.

If you want to practice a personality test, then please take this link: http://www.jobtestprep.co.uk/personalitytest.aspx?affiliateID=10196.

Alternatively, you can click through to our website to read more about personality tests: https://www.tiptopjob.com/displaycontent/sectionid/15/contentid/1372_-personality-tests-what-are-they.

Jobseekers visit job boards before other methods

In a recent survey by TipTopJob, it was found that most jobseekers would visit a "job board" in the first instance when looking for a new job.

The survey asked 847 jobseekers where they would you go first when looking for a new job.  28% of respondents said "job boards". This highlights how job boards have become more common place in today's jobseeker market and more well-known given that jobseekers visit them directly. This figure would certainly not have been so high 5 years ago.

27% said they would visit a "search engine" first which of course may lead to a jobseeker then finding a job board but also other methods like job aggregators or recruitment agencies.

16% of jobseekers would go to a "recruitment agency" first, 14% would go "direct" and 4% would use their "friends or acquaintance network".

Mike Dauncey, comments, "Interestingly, 10% said they would use "social media" in the first place. Although social media is not the most obvious place to go to look for a new job, it will become more mainstream in the future (especially in the younger generation) as more recruiters and direct clients use the social networks to advertise and recruit and as people use the social media sites to network about potential roles amongst friends and acquaintances."

Did anyone see "National Hug Your Boss Day" ?

Did anyone see "National Hug Your Boss Day" in the news on the 23rd August? Here at TipTopJob, we were all to happy to have a hug with our bosses and colleagues. We created the day back in 2008 to promote workplace relationships.

On a couple of the surveys we had run prior to the 2013 National Hug Your Boss Day we found that most people backed up our theory. 86% of respondents said that if they were happy with their boss that they are more productive. Second to this, top of the list of options to the question "What makes you more productive at work?" was "Good Working Relationships".

Another interesting survey result found that 55% of women would prefer to hug another woman. When asking men the same question, 62% would prefer to hug a woman.

Hug of the month went to Choice FM, whose photo you can see on the homepage of the website. CBS 42's Kate Muse and Kaitlin McCullet celebrated the day by hugging their news Director, Bill Payer.

You can check out more hugs sent in this year in the Gallery on the website:

And more interaction on our Facebook page:

We would love to hear of any more hugs we missed so do let us know if they are not currently shown and we hoped you all enjoyed the day this year. We look forward to celebrating again next year :)

New Look Career Centre

A few weeks ago we re-launched our Career Centre with an easier to view layout so jobseekers can quickly find advice about various aspects related to finding a new job, working life and their career. There are sections dedicated to advice about writing CV's, cover letters, interviews, recruitment tests, working life, redundancy, legal and money, training and re-location.

There are some new books in the Career Bookshop that can be purchased via Amazon that are inspirational and highly useful. And the Career Clinic allows jobseekers to send in a career-related question for it be answered.

A new section with "job profiles/descriptions" will be added soon that will help jobseekers identify what is involved in some popular jobs so they can decide if it is really for them.

Check out the new Career Centre here: 
https://www.tiptopjob.com/user/jobs-by-displaycontent/sectionid/15/contentid/796_-career-centre

We welcome any feedback about our new Career Centre and would love to hear from you. Let us know here or email us at marketing@tiptopjob.com.