Temping is a useful tool for companies who need to fill 
staffing gaps, whether someone is off sick for a day or on maternity leave for a year. On the other hand it is also a good way for temporary workers themselves to work around commitments outside of the office, like family responsibilities, and to plug any employment gaps. But today, temping has also become a career in itself and is a great way to build up a varied and strong portfolio of experience. Lewis Fraser, Associate Director at specialist office support recruiter Crone Corkill explains why it’s essential that you make the most of it and think about your future career development.
When applying for temporary assignments, ensure you’re marketing yourself, your skills and your experience in the best way possible – starting with your CV. It’s surprising how many people forget the basic rules of writing a CV so brush up on your technique if you’re unsure, and get somebody else to read it through. Temporary projects can sometimes prove problematic when it comes to CVs, as it may give the impression you jump from one job to the next. The key to solving this particular problem is to focus on the essentials of each assignment, what you learned within it to supplement your existing knowledge and experience and how you helped to deliver value to your employer. Continue reading “How to get the most out of temping” »
Looking to move up the career ladder and get into management? Perhaps you are already a manager and would like to see 
how you can improve your management skills? Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute (CMI) offers advice on how to work out where your strengths lie and how to capitalise on them.
If I asked you what you excel at in your job, how would you respond? As a chief executive, I’d say my strength is in providing direction – I lead my organisation and the people who work there. I have a vision of what success looks like for my business and I’m good at getting my team to understand that vision and to commit to working with me to achieve it.
In today’s busy work environments, it’s difficult to find time to think critically about the way we work, where our strengths lie and where we might need to improve. A new survey suggests that this is something we should perhaps make a bit more time for however. CMI asked managers what they think they’re best at work-wise. Of those polled, almost half said they were great at managing people. Conversely, when workers used an online diagnostic tool to ascertain where their strengths lie, just 14 per cent came out as excelling at people management. That’s quite a significant difference between what we think we’re good at and the reality and could spell bad news for our own career progression, the people we work with, and the businesses we work for. Continue reading “Are you ready for Management?” »
In 2002, when we launched a mobile site, the idea of using the internet on your phone was very new but we could see that this was likely to change and wanted to be there from the start.
Eight years on and it’s clear to see that mobile for many is fast becoming a popular method for job hunting. In the last 19 months, Jobsite has seen an increase of over 600% in mobile traffic and visits from mobile now represent over 5% of our total website visits – more than double what Yahoo and Bing search engines provide to us combined. This is pretty incredible in such a short space of time and these numbers are continuing to grow at an astounding rate, especially with the arrival of new smart phones.
Jobsite’s Recruiter News email newsletter is now available to read online.
August’s headlines include:
- October UK-wide TV campaign confirmed
- Jobsite leads the way in mobile recruitment
- Learn the latest techniques in recruiting
Read the August 2010 edition of Jobsite’s Recruiter News online.
Continue reading “Recruiter News, August 2010” »
If you thought three A* grades at A-Level were your passport to a high-paying graduate career, it might be time to think again.
A week after record-breaking A-Level results were posted, as well as record-breaking GCSE results, the media is full of stories about the huge surge in university applicants, with fears that by October 2010, 200,000 hopefuls will find themselves without a university place.
The news isn’t much better even if you do manage to get a place at your chosen university – statistics suggest that graduates leave higher education £25,000 in debt, and with 70 applicants for every graduate job, the chances of paying that off soon afterwards are slim.
However, before you throw your hands in the air and ask ‘what’s the point’, there is some encouraging news from the 60,000 or so school-leavers who have turned down university places to begin work straight away. Financial worries and strong competition plus better prospects for learning on the job are luring handfuls of school-leavers to take on apprenticeships and other training programmes in a number of industries. For these savvy few, many are earning graduate salaries at the tender age of 18, while being educated in a career at the same time. Finance, journalism, plumbing, IT and teaching are just a few of the industries where you can find paid work without needing a degree but where you can still scale the career ladder, just like graduates, only three years earlier and without all the debt!
Continue reading “Who needs a degree?” »
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