Jobsite’s recruiter newsletter is now available to read online.

October’s headlines include:

• Exciting X Factor addition to our mobile ad campaign
• Jobsite has 1st job app for new Windows Phone 7
• RecruitRank Awards 2010 – finalists announced
• Great CVs straight to your in box
• New Equality Act: the main changes explained

Click here to view the October 2010 edition of Jobsite’s Recruiter News.

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There are enough fireworks around at this time of year, so you don’t want them going off in your office as well. However, personality clashes at work are, unfortunately, something we have to deal with as adults – after all, you can’t expect to click with everybody. The majority of the time, this isn’t too much of a problem – as long as both parties are mature enough to accept and tolerate each other, then a conducive working environment can be maintained.

The problem arises when sparks literally fly; when two people clash, voices are raised and rage is unleashed. When this happens, the office becomes more like a war zone than a work zone.

So, if you are on the receiving end of somebody’s anger, how do you deal with it?
“Personality clashes at work can happen between boss and employee as well as peers, and can have quite an impact on workplace dynamics,” says Communications expert Jo Ellen Grzyb, Director of the Impact Factory. “The key thing is that you don’t have to like someone in order to work with them successfully.”

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Next time you find yourself complaining about your job, use that information to work out what you do like and you might be surprised…

‘Hi honey, I’m home – what a great day in the office!’ If you heard this every night when your partner got home from work you might worry that they’d been abducted by aliens! It’s so easy to moan about another day in the office that to hear about the positives is well, almost unheard of. After all, we all know what we don’t like about our jobs and boy, do we let others know it!

It’s much harder to say what we do actually like about our jobs, but one way to work this out is to start by looking at all of those negatives. “It might sound odd, but when I’m coaching clients who’re going through career changes, one of the first things I ask them about is what they dislike about their existing work,” says Michelle Bayely, a life and career coach at findyourwaycoaching.co.uk. “Apart from being a great opportunity to get things off their chest, by identifying what they don’t like, they can flip those aspects of work into positive information about what they would enjoy.”

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If you find your motivation is lacking at this time of year, you’re not alone, but follow career coach Denise Taylor’s ten top tips on how get your motivation back and you’ll soon be whistling while you work!

1. Have a think about what you’ve already done and what has and hasn’t worked. That way you can easily say, ‘ well I’ve done x, y and z’, or ‘I haven’t really done very much at all.’ Use this as an opportunity then to think about other things you could do.
2. Ask yourself ‘what do I need to get motivated for?’ Is it to get a new job, to apply for a promotion, or to avoid redundancy? Perhaps you need to appear more motivated to your manager? Recognising what you need to be doing and for what reason will help you focus.
3. Think about what’s going to help you with your career. Perhaps it might be something to do with social media. You might be well connected with your friends on Facebook, but have you thought about joining Twitter or Linked In to make work connections? It’s something you need to be exploring.
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Social Recruiting Conference & Exhibition

Cavendish Conference Centre, London
30th November 2010

Social Recruiter and RCEuro are holding their first Social Recruiting Conference in London on 30th November 2010.

The Social Recruiting Conference (#srconf) gathers leading employers and recruitment industry professionals, to passionately discuss and practically demonstrate the power of Social Recruiting.

10% discount for Jobsite users

As a media partner of the conference, Jobsite is pleased to offer a 10% saving on tickets to this fantastic event.

Order before 10th November and you can also apply your 10% saving to the discount ticket rate that’s on offer. See the bottom of this article for details of how to book online.
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