Our recent survey has found that 80% had never told a white
lie on their CV or Resume.
Our interest in such a question was sparked by a recent
story about students being threatened with jail for embellishing their CVs.
According to CIFAS, the UK fraud prevention service, 324 people were actually
prosecuted in 2013 for fraudulent applications.
The survey unfortunately exposes 20% who are still admitting
to lying. This may relate to a “white” lie, for example, better A level grades
or improved job titles or indeed something else more sinister like creating a
whole new job role.
Have you lied? Do you know someone who has lied? What was it
about? Let us know….
Here is a brief summary relating to our top
Industries and Countries based on jobseeker registrations and jobs, total
figures and monthly growth.
Industries
Our top industries based on jobseeker registrations
remain constant with IT holding the most and Engineering, Health, Office and
Accountancy following behind. The
Recruitment sector experienced the highest growth from July to August with 55%
more jobseekers registering their CV’s. This was closely followed by the
Property and Real Estate industry that had 49% growth in the same
period.
In terms of job registrations, the Transport,
Logistics & Distribution industry had the highest number of jobs being
registered in August totaling 366,750 jobs. The Advertising, Marketing & PR
had the second highest number of jobs being registered followed by IT.
It was the Media industry that had the highest
growth rate from July to August followed by Agriculture and then
Recruitment.
Countries
There are no surprises when saying that the UK and
the USA still have the highest number of jobseekers registered. After that, in
order of the total number of jobseekers, the Countries are: India, South Africa,
Pakistan and Canada.
The USA had the most jobs being registered of over
1 million in August. Germany had the second highest number of almost 100,000
jobs and the UK was the third largest.
Do you want to work for a charity?
We have several different types of opportunities on our site within the
Charity sector across the UK advertised by our client Home Fundraising.
You would be working with the likes of Oxfam, Macmillan, Save the Children,
Barnados etc
These roles provide flexibility, great pay, challenges, full or part time
employment, options for evening work, uncapped bonuses and some great
benefits.
Be part of something great!!
You can find the different roles in the following Towns/Cities. Click on
the Town/City that you are interested to work in for the list of opportunities
and then click through to apply.
https://www.tiptopjob.com/search/jobsearchresults/agencyid/1020298_-home-fundraising
We were contacted by SIGNL this week to let us know that TipTopJob is ranked in the Top 10 for Twitter Followers Growth, which is obviously brilliant news and something that we want to share.
We ranked #7 of 1,463 Recruiting by SIGNL companies by SIGNL in July 2014.
SIGNL's algorithm analyzes millions of data points including web/mobile traffic, social buzz, company growth, and more to identify companies with the highest momentum.
TipTopJob’s page is updated with new jobs, new clients, employment news, reviews, survey results, PR activity and more. If you are not already following us on Twitter, you can do so by following this page: https://twitter.com/tiptopjob.
For more information on this you can click through to the SIGNL site: http://signl.com/award/public/tiptopjob/recruiting-2013-dec-b-twitter_follower.
National Hug Your Boss Day will be upon us next month, Friday 22nd August
2014. Are you gearing up to give your boss a big hug?
With just over one month to go, we are still asking questions related to
relationships at work and will have some interesting statistics for you once the
results are collected. To help us with this data, make sure you answer our
survey question currently being asked on our websites.
We are currently asking “Does your boss....1. Motivate and spur you on? 2.
Cause your stress and headache? 3. Make you feel devalued and want to
quit?”
Being made redundant is a highly stressful situation so we have put together some useful pointers on what you should bear in mind if you are faced with it...
- Redundancy is difficult not only for you but for the employer who has to make that decision to go through the process and actually do it.
- Other people in the company will also be feeling it whether they are also being made redundant or not .
- It is difficult for everyone.
- It should not be taken personally.
- Ask questions so you understand what is going on and you know where you stand.
- Speak to professionals so you feel comfortable with the process and know what to expect.
- Think ahead and start searching for a new job straight away. You can start going for interviews whilst you are working your notice period.
- You are not alone. Redundancies happen all of the time. It is stressful and traumatic but there are many resources to help you get back on track.
- Try to think positively and that you will find a new job. There will be something else out there for you and it may in fact be a blessing in disguise.
Redundancy can happen for a number of reasons, such as, when a merger occurs, companies suffer big losses or reduced profits, there is competition or maybe there is a requirement for different skills within a company. Whatever it is, it will not be down to your skills and abilities and redundancy should not effect your confidence to do your job properly.
If you have suffered, you can seek professional advice to help you get through it but normally your company will assist you in finding a new opportunity.
In a surprising recent survey conducted across our network
of sites, we found that 39% of those responding felt that the “directive – do it
my way” approach to management was more motivating over any other style. It was
the most popular response by 12%.
Second to the “directive” approach was the “participative –
everyone has input” which we thought would actually take the first position.
27% felt that was the most motivating.
The “pacesetting – do it myself” approach was the least
popular with only 4% of respondents choosing it and the “affiliative – people first,
task second” ended up with 6%.
11% chose the “authoritative – firm but fair” and 13% chose
the “coaching – developmental” option.
When putting this question together, the obvious answer to
what motivates you the most would be the “participative – everyone has input”
in our eyes but it seems that people need more direction than that to motivate them
at work.
What do you think ?
Over the next week, we are running a
competition for all Clients using TipTopJob to enter into a World Cup
Competition to win 3 month's of FREE job advertising.
This is how it works....
Pick a number between 1 and 32. Your number
relates to one Nation taking part in the World Cup. If your Nation wins the
World Cup, you win our Competition and receive 3 MONTH’S OF FREE JOB
ADVERTISING.
The rules:
- You need to be using TipTopJob currently.
- You choose one number between 1 and 32.
- Your number equates to a World Cup Nation in our table.
- The company that was allocated the Nation who wins the World Cup, wins our
Competition.
- The winner is granted 3 month’s of FREE job advertising on TipTopJob after
their current advertising contract lapses.
- One entry per company.
To enter, simply email sales@tiptopjob.com as
soon as possible with your number. Be quick as there are only a limited number
of places available.
Good luck!