Archive for January, 2011
Use all your resources to find the right role
Make sure you do your networking when you are looking for a new job. Use all your connections in your industry and contact them regularly to see what jobs they know about and also go to meet relevant people in the industry to get your name out there. Make use of social networking sites. Alternatively send your CV round to any friends who have recently got new jobs if they have similar skills to you as they are likely to still be in contact with recruiters or companies that are interested in skills and they will be able to refer you to them.
Recruiter or not when looking for a new role?
When looking for a new job you may want to use Recruitment Consultants or you may decide against it. The main benefit of doing your own recruitment is that you get the full picture of the situation, have full control of how many CV’s you send out and how they are chased up and have your interests at number one priority. These days there are so many recruiters out there, they don’t care who they place in the roles they have and will send more than just your CV to any one client to try and get a hit. Also, i’ve found that if you do manage to find a job and you go direct you have more of a chance because the company don’t have to pay the fees to the recruiter to hire you.