95% of people say that finding a new job is their New Years’ resolution this January, finds a recent survey by TipTopJob.com. The survey asked over 1,000 users of the site. That leaves only 5% of people who have a New Years’ resolution related to something else.
January is always the busiest month when people are determined to organise their life and set themselves goals for the year. Putting off finding a new job is the easy option as it can be a difficult process but why not in January, when you are feeling motivated, get a plan into place and make things happen?
Have you already made it happen? Are you in the process of making this happen?
If you need some help putting your CV together, check out our Career Centre today for some useful hints and tips: https://www.tiptopjob.com/displaycontent/sectionid/15/contentid/796_-career-centre
Welcome back to everyone. We hope that you enjoyed a well deserved Christmas break but it is now time to get back into the swing of things.
As a belated Christmas present to you, we have extended our free job posting trial offer into January so you can make the most of the January madness. This offer allows you to post as many or as little number of jobs as you like up until the end of the month.
For more information about this, please get in touch with our sales team on +(0)1628 207350 or email sales@tiptopjob.com.
We recently checked the prices of some of the leading job boards in the UK market to test where we sit.
Our Competitor Price Comparison successfully shows that we are the most cost-effective by far.
Looking at a 30 day job posting, Monster were the most expensive charging £199 per job. Out of Monster, Totaljobs, CVlibrary and Reed, Reed were the cheapest, charging £89 per job. We, however, were even more cost-effective, charging ONLY £60 per job.
When looking at the CV database search, Totaljobs came out as the most expensive, charging £1,000 for one month access. Based on the same time period, CVlibrary out of the four chosen job boards where the cheapest at £599. We, however, have undercut the market and are now charging £150 per month.
Check out our useful Competitor Price Comparison PDF attached…..
For any more info, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team on +44(0)1628 207350.
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.
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."
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.
In a recent survey conducted by TipTopJob.com, it was found that 40% of UK citizens could last 6 months or more on their savings if they were to lose their job. On the other hand, in the UK, the same number (40%) couldn’t last more than a month.
The findings went on to survey jobseekers and employees across the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, India and South Africa.
A huge 70% of citizens in India have less than one month’s savings. In Australia 54% could only last one month, in the USA 52%, in Canada 38% and South Africa 44%.
In India, only 10% could last more than 6 months but this was closely followed by 13% of individuals in Canada. In South Africa, 22% of people could last more than 6 months.
Across the world, with people being careful with what they are spending it is not surprising that there is not a higher % that could last more than 6 months. However, with the economic problems, in some cases maybe individuals have felt they have had to save their money in case they were to lose their job.
Mike Dauncey, comments, “A thought-provoking survey and interesting results comparing Country to Country. We will repeat this survey each year to see how the results may differ as time goes on. I am sure we will see an increase in the % of those able to last 6 months or more as time goes on.”
A recent survey by https://www.tiptopjob.com, the International specialist network of jobsites, asked “Is Linkedin more important to you than having an up-to-date Resume”. It was found that 53% of respondents reported that the Resume was still more important.
The 47% of those jobseekers who felt Linkedin was more important come from those industries more likely to be found using the networking site, e.g. IT professionals, Engineers etc. Those employed at a higher level are also more likely to be using Linkedin today, so for example, Managers, Directors and the like.
About 5 years ago, the percentage of jobseekers that think the Resume is more important would have been much higher. In 5 years time, however, it is likely that this figure will be much less with the rising importance of using Linkedin in most roles.
Corinne Hutchinson comments, “With the amount of information you are able to put on Linkedin about your career history and skills, some hiring managers won’t need to even see a Resume as it will just simply repeat what is already accessible. On the other hand though, some industries will never see Linkedin take over from the traditional Resume as those candidates will never use the networking site, for example, Health workers and manual Construction labourers. ”
What do you think? What industries do you deal with? Are you a hiring manager and have you ever just used the information available on Linkedin? Let us know your thoughts on this Linkedin discussion group here... http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Do-you-think-your-Linkedin-69963.S.220038901?qid=3349bcc0-bad0-4c25-8f37-9a957dc1be3a%26trk=group_most_recent_rich-0-b-cmr%26goback=%252Egmr_69963%252Egde_69963_member_216561355%252Egmr_69963
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