It has been reported today in the UK, Wednesday 16th November 2016, that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level for almost 11 years in the 3 months after Brexit.
The Office of National Statistics reports that the jobless rate falls to 4.8% between July and September which has not been achieved since 2005.
Brexit created huge uncertainty for Britain's economy and there were fears of a possible recession but these figures prove that the Country is fighting back and maintaining its strong position.
Let us know your thoughts below surrounding these latest statistics.....
Most employees find that it is "The Company" that hinders career progression over anything else. In our latest survey we asked what most employees find holds them back from moving their careers forward out of a number of given options including "The company", "The Role", "Colleagues", "The Boss", "Their Skills" and "Their Confidence".
37% of responses selected "The Company" as the main reason for hindering their progression. Second to this were the individuals "Skills" of which 22% responded. Next, 14% selected "Confidence" from the options available - amazing that so many people have a lack of confidence that holds them back in their career!!
"The Role", "Colleagues" and "The Boss" were at the bottom of the pile. Only 6% chose "Colleagues", 8% "The Boss" and 12% "The Role".
Whatever the reason, career progression is so important to keeping an individual interested in their job and willing them to work for the company for the longer term rather than just the short term. The fact that most employees are stating that it is "The Company" holding them back shows that there are potentially no opportunities to progress within the company they are working for so the only option for promotions or advancements would be to move elsewhere. Have you got experience of a company hindering your career progression? Tell us the details here....
In our latest survey we discovered that 46% of colleagues are able to talk freely and openly to each other whilst at work. Not only that but they feel no restriction on when or where they can have an open natter and at any point throughout the working day, personal discussions happily take place.
36% felt that they could talk openly and freely to their colleagues too but they needed to limit this to out of working hours only. Work hours equal work.
Finally, only 18% of respondents felt they could not talk to their colleagues about personal matters. Colleagues are kept at a professional arms length at all times!
So, which category do you fall into? If you are one of the 36%, do you find yourself emailing and texting each other because of the restrictions in place within working hours or are you simply too busy to even consider a personal discussion?
When you are searching for a new job on TipTopJob, there are several things to bear in mind. Here are 6 Top Tips to help you use the site in the best way to find the perfect role for you.
1. Register with TipTopJob as a jobseeker first. This will allow you to save jobs to your basket for a later date and easily attach the CV from your account when applying.
2. Always choose "all" of the relevant industries that the role you are interested in could fall into. If you are looking for a Marketing Manager job for a large Supermarket chain, you must select the "Advertising, Marketing & PR", "Management" and "Retail & Wholesale" industries. You do not want to miss out on any opportunity that may be on the site in an industry you have not looked in!
3. Boolean search is always the best and can result in more accurate results. Take the advice on the Job Search Tips link on the search page on how to use it in the best way.
4. If you are interested in working in more than 1 Country, start by searching in 1 Country and then move onto the next in a new search. You cannot search for jobs in multiple Countries.
5. If you are not able to find something that you want to apply for, make sure that you register an "Email Alert" which specifies the criteria of the role you want. This will allow the TipTopJob system to send you an email AS SOON AS a new job that is registered matches your criteria. You can then be the first to apply. You can register multiple "Email Alerts" so if you are interested in several types of jobs, register one for each.
6. Make sure that you attach your most up to date CV/Resume and one that is relevant to the job you are applying. You can save multiple CV/Resumes in your account so that you can tailor them accordingly.
Over the last few weeks we have seen a dramatic increase in job listings across Nigeria. We have seen over 1,500 new roles posted in just the last week.
Nigeria is notorious for being poor and has a bad reputation for safety in travel, living and working. However, many expats that live and work in Nigeria report that they are aware of these risks but on the whole feel safe and live happily.
Nigeria is the largest economy in the whole of Africa now and job opportunities are available from a wide and varied range of sectors. The most popular industries in Nigeria include Oil, Mining, Banking, Construction and Telecoms. Project management, accountancy, business development, engineering, human resources management, IT systems management are all popular vacancies.
With hundreds of ethnic groups living and working in Nigeria, it provides an interesting and diverse working environment. Although there must be extreme caution taken when it comes to corruption, fraud and safety, but there are many plus points to living and working in this unique Country.
Check out our latest jobs that have been registered across Nigeria on our website. You can search through thousands of jobs and apply online. Do not forget, if you do not find what you are looking for, register and set up Email Alerts and we will notify you when matching jobs are registered. We hope we have something that you are looking for.
We are really excited to be entering another season in partnership with Access MBA. We first began our partnership back in 2013 and have continued to work together ever since. This fall, we begin by promoting the upcoming events across Western Europe.
Access MBA was established in 2004 as an independent media agency that provide personalised services for international business schools and prospective students. They work with the top 200 business schools across the world and connect with students at over 100 international events each year.
Here at TipTopJob, we are able to promote these events within each of the Countries as well as Internationally to our database of active and passive jobseekers. In return, Access MBA are able to market the TipTopJob job hunting services to their network of students.
For this coming fall, Access MBA are currently promoting the following events:-
London on 26th September 2016
Dublin on 27th September 2016
Brussels on 29th September 2016
Paris on 1st October 2016
Zurich on 3rd October 2016
Geneva on 4th October 2016
Vienna on 6th October 2016
Rome on 8th October 2016
Lisbon on 11th October 2016
You can click on the links above to find out more about each and register to attend the event.
We look forward to working alongside Access MBA for the foreseeable future. For anyone with any questions or queries about the events, please do get in touch with us here.
Since the beginning of the year we have been collating survey results around workplace relationships to help with research behind National Hug Your Boss Day. We have been able to gather some fantastic and interesting findings.
For example, we can tell you that...................
- 16% want to laugh at their boss when they are told off
- A third of employees think their bosses top weakness is being impatient
- Most employees are happy if their employer is happy
- 96% would NOT kiss their boss
- 85% would NOT date their boss
- People working in the Advertising, Marketing and Media industries are more likely to socialise with their boss.
- Employees in the Accountancy, Finance and Legal industries are least likely to socialise with their boss
- 47% rate their relationships with co-workers as excellent
- No employees thought their co-worker relationships were poor
- 72% of us feel we are "hard" workers
- Most employees feel "courtesy and respect" are most important bosses quality
- A third of employees would swap their boss for President Obama
- Only 1% would want to swap boss for Piers Morgan
- Three quarters of employees have shouted at their boss in anger
- Most of us want a "calm" boss
- 2/3 of Americans LOVE their boss in comparison so almost 100% of those in China
This is just a snapshot of some of the great Facts and Stats. There are 80 new items on the website. You can check them out on the website here.
Here are the graphical representations from a handful of the survey results....
We are pleased to announce that all of our job postings in India can now be found on Career Rocks. In an attempt to spread our wings and drive new talent to our vacancies, we partner with new organisations all of the time.
India is a market that is consistently bubbling and to have all of our jobs within India listed on this site is a great move.
We currently have 1,992 vacancies live in India and this is growing day by day as we continue to market our jobsite as a free portal to post unlimited job vacancies on in.TipTopJob.com.
If you or anyone you know are advertising jobs in India, please do point them in the direction of our site. It is quick and easy to register and your jobs can be live within minutes.
On the other hand, if anyone is in need of a new vacancy, then it is simple and easy to register as a jobseeker, upload a CV, set up Email Alerts and apply for jobs online.
National Hug Your Boss Day is fast approaching and due to be celebrated on Friday 9th September. Will you get involved this year? We hope so!
The philosophy behind National Hug Your Boss Day is to promote healthy working relationships with not only your boss but also your colleagues. We figure that if you are working alongside your boss and colleagues for on average 8 hours every week day, then you may as well enjoy spending that time with them.
We have been collating interesting facts and stats over the years and we will be releasing some more for 2016 before we celebrate on Friday 9th. Help us to build some interesting data by answering the survey questions on the homepage of TipTopJob which are currently changing regularly.
We also have a Facebook page and Twitter page that you can follow to keep abreast of information as well as a dedicated website with pages for Facts, In The Press, Articles, Quotes, Picture Gallery, Video Gallery and more.
New articles surrounding motivation and relationships will be live before Friday 9th to help with supporting, building and developing relationships at work. Keep your eyes peeled.
To celebrate this year, all we want you to do is give your boss or colleagues a BIG hug. Capture it as a picture or video and share it with us on social media using the hashtags #nationalhugyourbossday #nationalhugyourboss #hugyourboss. It could not be simpler and it will add to some fun at work :) Help us spread the word.
We are really excited to share our guest blog on Jobmob that went live yesterday. We have written an article for them entitled "How To Overcome These Awkward Job Interview Moments".
We look at some of the funny, awkward moments that you may have experienced yourself and what you can do to overcome them.
Why not have a read over on the Jobmob blog.