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."
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 :)
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.
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:
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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
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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