At the end of November, we saw the largest growth in terms of jobseekers in the Government & Public Sector, Customer Service & Call Centre, Catering & Hospitality and Retail & Wholesale industries in November. Information Technology, Engineering and Health, Nursing & Social Services continue to be the industries with the largest number of jobseekers registered in them.
In terms of job numbers, the Charity sector, Recruitment and Work From Home saw the largest rise but the Health, Nursing & Social Services industry was the industry with the largest number of jobs posted in it in November.
When looking at Country data, South Africa had the most number of candidates registering in November compared to any other Country. The USA, UK, India and Canada were also at the top. The United Kingdom however, continues to hold the most number of candidates.
The USA still has the most number of jobs being posted in it.
For more information about our statistics, please contact our Marketing or Sales teams on marketing@tiptopjob.com/sales@tiptopjob.com.
We are pleased to announce a new section within our Career Centre this week named Job Profiles / Descriptions.
The section details selected popular roles across some of the industries we cover. Each of the job roles includes an explanation of what is involved in the job, what entry requirements there are, what skills and abilities are required, what salary expectations are, what hours are expected, what training is involved and what career progression there may be.
So far, we have covered the following industries; Accountancy, Aerospace, Agriculture/Fisheries & Forestry, Catering & Hospitality, Charity, Construction, Education & Training, Engineering, Health/Nursing & Social Services and Information Technology. There will be new industries added and more job roles within each.
The new section aims to help our jobseekers work out if their dream job is really what they want to do and if it is suitable.
We are keen to hear feedback on our new section so please let us know what you think here or at marketing@tiptopjob.com and if there are specific job roles you would like to see in this section, please let us know and we will include them......
Check out our new section here:
We are very pleased to announce a record breaking figure for our job count. We are currently standing at an impressive 531,275 live jobs.
Our jobs can be found across any of the 83 countries from around the world, from Europe to Australasia and in any of the 61 industry sectors that we cover.
To check out these jobs now, you can search online at:
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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.
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.
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???
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.
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.
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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