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In our latest research, TipTopJob found that the majority of jobseekers that gain an interview, will turn up "extra smart". This involves wearing, for example, suits and ties, to make the best first impression possible.

2% of jobseekers however would turn up to their interview wearing "dress down" or "casual" attire. This includes for example, t-shirts, flip-flops, ripped jeans and caps. It depends on the job you are going for and the industry as to whether you would chose to attend such an important event in your career like this but it always better to air on the side of caution and to look the part over making your interviewer think that you cannot be bothered.

18% would wear "smart casual" and 34% "smart".

In our latest research study, we found that the main reason for looking for a new job is "career progression".

Jobseekers look around in order to take the next step up the career ladder but staying within the same industry. Almost 60% responded to this option. In some instances, there becomes a limit and barrier to the progress that can be made within a company and so the only option is to move on elsewhere.

25% of jobseekers are after a new role of a similar level but just want to move away from their current company/organisation. Potentially due to staff or manager clashes, lack of training, money issues, location/commuting difficulties being some of the reasons.

15% however, were looking for a career change all together.

If you are looking for a new job, head over to our jobsite TipTopJob.com where you can search through over 400,000 active jobs in 61 industry sectors. You can register for free, upload a CV or Resume, Set up Job Alerts and search to apply to jobs in a matter of minutes. What are you waiting for? 

We are looking into the value of work experience and the affects it has had or is thought to likely have on the potential of landing a new job. 

Work experience can provide invaluable skills that can be highlighted on a job application. Recruiters respect work experience as it displays a desire to learn and develop one self and is always viewed favourably. We want to know your thoughts. Do you think it could help you land your dream job? Has it helped you in the past?

We are also looking at the differences between locations on work experience. Please answer our survey based on where you are currently living. Click on your location below....

UK

USA

Europe

Australia

Canada

Middle East

Asia

Latest findings have found that 26% of people have applied for more than 10 jobs in their job search process.

32% had not applied to any so far, 16% only 1 job, 12% had applied to between 3 and 5, 9% had applied to 1 or 2 and finally 6% had applied to between 6 and 10.

Are you someone who will apply to as many jobs as you possibly can, copying and pasting your application one after the other? Or do you carefully hand pick the jobs and companies and ONLY apply to those you feel you are 100% suitable for and those jobs you really, really want?

Our job board allows you to save up to 5 tailored CV's/resume's into your account. This allows you to tailor your application accordingly and really help your chances of being invited to an interview. We always advise our jobseekers to apply to jobs carefully and tailor their applications to each and every job role. It makes the jobseeker look more professional and interested in the company and role and most certainly increases the chances of taking the next steps in the process.

If you require any help with your CV or Resume, please do get in touch with us. We have a great partner who can help :)

Happy New Year and welcome to 2018!

We hope everyone had a restful Christmas break and enjoyed celebrating the New Year in. Now we are back to our daily routine and normality again, we hope you are as motivated as we are here at TipTopJob.

Our latest survey asked jobseekers if they wait until January to make a fresh start in their effort to find a new job and we found that almost 70% of people do indeed wait! We are all aware that December is a slow month for recruitment with limited companies recruiting. January definitely demonstrates a busy month where many more jobs are advertised by companies and further more jobseekers ready to find their new role.

So, given that we are now on the 5th January, have you made the effort to update your CV / Resume and upload it onto the job boards you are using? If not, it is most definitely time. Click here to visit the page to login and upload your CV / Resume today. It is also worth setting up fresh EMAIL ALERTS in your account so that when any jobs that match what you are looking for are registered, we can email you directly into your inbox! Make sure you are using all the available services on offer and if you are unsure about anything, then please do get in touch.

If you want to see any specific survey questions being asked and research looked into, please do email us on marketing@tiptopjob.com.

We hope you have a successful 2018!

We have a brand new role to promote on our site for a Mechanical Technician in Didcot. 

Know anyone that may be suitable? Why not, let them know?? Or is this something for you? If so, read on....

This full time, permanent Mechanical Technician role is paying in between £25,499 and £29,999 with a discretionary range up to £34,499. 

Diamond Light requires an experienced Mechanical Technician to work on the I15-1 beamline. The position will initially involve supporting the Diamond Scientists during installation and commissioning. When this has been concluded you will maintain the equipment and work with the scientists in designing and installing new components and helping users to carry out their experiments. The ideal candidate will have good workshop skills, ideally with some machining (milling / turning) experience (but not essential) and experience of working with delicate state-of-the art pieces of equipment. You should have an ONC / GNVQ level 2 or equivalent.

Applications are being accepted up until the 26th November 2017.

You can read more about this role on our website and you can apply directly there.

We are delighted to announce that we have now hit the 4.5 million mark for jobseeker registrations. These are the total number of candidates that are actively looking for a job. Our figures span the 172 Countries around the World and within the 61 industry sectors.

If you know of anyone looking to recruit and after a new avenue for job advertising, then why not recommend TipTopJob to them. Depending on their location and job numbers, we gladly offer job advertising trials. You can get in touch via email by clicking here.

To browse our locations, click this link and to see our industry sectors, visit this page.

Our latest study found that just over a third of jobseekers believe they can write their CV/Resume themselves and do not need the assistance of a professional.

On the other hand however, 39% of respondents have used a professional CV/Resume writer. 28% of these individuals were also really impressed with the outcome, saying they were brilliant and would use the service again as well as recommend them. The other 11% were not so impressed but did use the services to help them in their job searching process.

A large proportion, 27%, said that they have not used one in the past, but would definitely consider it in the future.

The professional CV/Resume writing services around are a massive support for those who do not know where to start with updating and reviving their most invaluable tool when searching for a new job. Although it seems that many find this updating process easy and are self-able, many are not and therefore these professional services come in very handy to a large percentage of the population.

Here at TipTopJob, we value these services highly and have partnered with some professional CV/Resume writing companies. If you are based in the UK or in Countries that use a CV, you can link through to GetInterviewsUK or if you are based in the USA, there is GetInterviewsUSA where they focus on updating your resume. Get Interviews offer a FREE CV/Resume review to start with so why not give that whirl now? Do not forget to let us know how you get on and make sure you remember to upload your brand new CV/Resume onto your account on TipTopJob!!!!

Results of the survey are illustrated below....

Our latest survey reveals that a massive 43% ONLY use a Mobile for job searching via the Internet. 

We asked over 2,000 jobseekers, when they visit a jobsite, what they normally use. We provided a number of options and combination of options to include the following:

- Mobile?
- Tablet?
- Desktop?
- Mobile+Tablet?
- Mobile+Desktop?
- Tablet+Desktop?
- All 3?

The results tell us that the Tablet is the least most popular device to use. Only 4% ONLY use a Tablet, 5% would use a Mobile + Tablet and ONLY 1% would use a Tablet + Desktop. 

No surprises when looking at the Mobile data being the most popular. As we have seen 43% would use ONLY a Mobile device, 5% a Mobile + Tablet but more popularly 15% use a Mobile + Desktop. 

12% reveal using all 3 devices at some point or another when searching for a job on the Internet.

With the growing use of Mobile devices across the World and easy access to Smartphones, it is no wonder that Mobiles are more popular. People are able to access the Internet on the go, anytime, anywhere. We wonder how much these stats will change and grow by next year - we predict at least a 10% increase in mobile usage!

Here is a brief summary on our visits, jobseekers, jobs, applications and search stats analysing Countries and Industries from January.....

Countries
Through January we had a huge rise in traffic from Ecuador - it was the Country with the highest number of visits across the whole world. UK, Mexico, Chile and Peru followed closely. The number of visits that more than doubled in January from December include Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mauritius and Mali.

We have more jobseekers registered within the UK but the other Countries in the top 10 include: USA, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Canada, Mexico, Philippines and Italy. Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela had the largest rise in jobseeker numbers from December to January.

Job numbers are still the highest in the USA and the UK, followed by Nicaragua and Germany.

Ecuador is also the leading Country in terms of job applications. Ecuador is closely followed by the UK, Pakistan, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.

Industries
Our top 10 industries based on jobseeker total figures are: IT, Engineering, Health, Office, Construction, Accountancy, Finance, Customer Service, Manufacturing and Education. The largest number of registrations were seen in the Health, Construction, IT and Transport industries and the largest rise from December to January was in Military, Oil & Gas, Ex-military, Leisure and Utilities.

The top industries based on jobs include Catering, Health, IT and Transport.

The largest numbers of job applications were made in Construction, IT, Utilities, Office and Transport and based on the number of job searches Construction, Accountancy, Military and Engineering were top.

If you want any more specific statistics that may be more relevant to you, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us here. With 61 Industries and 172 Countries, we have statistics coming out of our ears :)