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Live jobs go over 500,000

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: 

To post a job to our network, you can click here: 

Price Comparison in the UK

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.

Jobseekers visit job boards before other methods

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."

Did anyone see "National Hug Your Boss Day" ?

Did anyone see "National Hug Your Boss Day" in the news on the 23rd August? Here at TipTopJob, we were all to happy to have a hug with our bosses and colleagues. We created the day back in 2008 to promote workplace relationships.

On a couple of the surveys we had run prior to the 2013 National Hug Your Boss Day we found that most people backed up our theory. 86% of respondents said that if they were happy with their boss that they are more productive. Second to this, top of the list of options to the question "What makes you more productive at work?" was "Good Working Relationships".

Another interesting survey result found that 55% of women would prefer to hug another woman. When asking men the same question, 62% would prefer to hug a woman.

Hug of the month went to Choice FM, whose photo you can see on the homepage of the website. CBS 42's Kate Muse and Kaitlin McCullet celebrated the day by hugging their news Director, Bill Payer.

You can check out more hugs sent in this year in the Gallery on the website:

And more interaction on our Facebook page:

We would love to hear of any more hugs we missed so do let us know if they are not currently shown and we hoped you all enjoyed the day this year. We look forward to celebrating again next year :)

October with TipTopJob

Through the month of October, we are offering all new advertisers a FREE month of advertising.

Our Bronze package in October allows all advertisers to advertise 10 jobs on TipTopJob and our network of thousands of jobsites and have 1 user on the CV database. This is FREE for the first month and £200 thereafter per month.

All packages include:
- Email Alerts to relevant jobseekers
- Access to International specialist domains
- Marketing through social media and more
- Account Manager
- Jobs included on TipTopJob.com + Relevant Site + Countries
- Branded logos on all jobs<strong>
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Access 83 Countries, 61 Industries and over 4,000 additional sites.

For further information, please give our sales team a call on +(0)1628 207350 or email sales@tiptopjob.com.

46% Think It Is NEVER Acceptable To Hug Your Boss

With National Hug Your Boss Day fast approaching, it has been reported this year that 46% think it is NEVER acceptable to hug their boss.

A recent study conducted by TipTopJob went on to find that only 5% would hug their boss when their boss praised them, 15% would hug their boss on “hello” or “goodbye” but 19% would when they got a promotion.

National Hug Your Boss Day is being held on Friday 23rd August 2013. The day was launched back in 2008 to promote workplace relationships and highlight the importance of getting along with your boss/manager.

A secondary survey asked individuals if they were a “pro” or “anti” hugger. Corinne Hutchinson, comments, “A massive 73% said they were a “pro” hugger. So, given this huge figure, we are asking people to get hugging, get snapping and submit their photos online on our Facebook page. There is a competition running for the best hug this year.”

National Hug Your Boss Day was created by TipTopJob.com, an online Job Board with over 400,000 live jobs across the world. Please contact us for more information coz@tiptopjob.com.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Hug-Your-Boss-Day/217675401587682
http://www.nationalhugyourbossday.co.uk

40% of UK citizens could last 6 months with savings when 70% of Indian citizens couldn’t last more than 1 month

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.”

Linkedin is not taking over the traditional Resume in importance…yet!

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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For information regarding TipTopJob, please contact coz@tiptopjob.com.