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One of the most viewed Livestream discussions at the recent TruLondon 4 event concerned online profiles and how jobseekers can leverage the opportunities offered by social media to create a presence for themselves.

To talk through the ideas we bought together Jorgen Sundberg, founder of Link Humans, a consultancy that helps companies and individuals to get the best out of social media, and Steve Ward, founder of Cloud Nine Media Recruitment, a social media focused recruitment consultancy.

You can follow their discussion here…

Here are some of the key talking points to look out for: Continue reading “Creating Online Profiles For Jobseekers” »

October is the month when Autumn generally really starts to set in. As the evenings get darker earlier and the temperature falls, the best place to be is often curled up in front of the TV. This makes it an ideal time to advertise via this media and from Monday 3rd October to Sunday 30th October, that’s exactly what we’ll be doing!

Where we’ll be advertising

You’ll be able to see our ads across both terrestrial and satellite channels around popular programmes such as X Factor, Coronation Street, World Cup Rugby and Champions League football. In fact, during the four weeks that our ads are showing, over 39 million adults will see them an average of 5 times. Pretty amazing!

Previous success

We’ll be running the four adverts that were on TV in January as well as introducing two new ones. We know that the ads we showed back in January went down well as they resulted in:

• The highest number of applications we’d ever seen in a day
• Record breaking numbers of visitors in a day
• A place at number 6 in Marketing Magazine’s weekly Adwatch table of most remembered adverts, alongside brands like Tesco, Gillette and PG Tips

Continue reading “Jobsite returns to TV in October” »

We couldn’t have been happier than when the ink dried on the contracts confirming our exclusive partnership with O2. We knew it would make job seeking easier for their customers and would help us reach more relevant candidates for our clients.

Here we explain a little more about what’s involved in the partnership and how it can benefit you.

What is it?

Jobsite have signed up to an exclusive 12 month partnership with O2.

The cornerstone of this partnership is the Jobsite branded Careers section on O2 Active (O2’s mobile site). Take a look on your phone, it’s available on all networks: http://wap.o2.co.uk/careers.

As you’ll see, it features advice and tips on areas such as CVs, interviews and what employers are looking for, with new content being added every 2 weeks. The Careers section also includes links to our mobile site, Jobs-by-Twitter service (JobsiteJobs) and app download pages, to make finding a new job as quick and easy as possible. In the coming months this section will also feature a salary checker tool, which we know will be a popular addition!

O2 are heavily promoting the new Careers section to their customers via banners and links on the O2 Active homepage and will continue to do so throughout the partnership.

In addition to the Careers section, the partnership includes SMS/MMS messages to O2 customers, behavioural targeting (e.g. by location, salary, sector etc) and regular in-depth research. Continue reading “The Jobsite and O2 Partnership Explained” »

There’s always a buzz at Jobsite when we get positive feedback from jobseekers! We’re passionate about what we do, and finding out that you appreciate it too gives everyone a real lift.

From time to time we share testimonials (from clients and jobseekers) with you, but recently we’ve received some that really showcase the different ways in which we can help you in your job hunt.

Upload your CV

Sometimes it’s good to let the recruiter come to you! Adding your CV to our searchable database means that you can be found by hiring managers and recruiters…and it works! We received this tweet from a jobseeker who was very happy with the service…

…and he had subscribed to our Jobs by e-mail service too! Continue reading “Jobseeker Testimonials : See How Jobsite Can Help Your Search” »

Continuing economic uncertainty around the world has an impact on many areas of our lives, not least on career progression. When times are good, the majority of companies are happy to invest in staff development on the understanding that it will benefit all parties. Sadly however, it’s training budgets that are often in the front line when money becomes tight. In that situation it’s down to you to take the initiative and become responsible for your own progression.

As the new academic year gets under way, we asked Dave Snow, Academic Director at Home Learning College, for his reasons why you should consider going back to school this autumn and gain knowledge and skills that will put the spark back into your career…

Show your boss you mean business

Sometimes being great at your job isn’t enough to win the recognition you deserve. If a pay rise or promotion remains out of reach then you may need to try a different approach. Enrolling on a new course will prove your determination and ambition, and demonstrate that you’re the kind of person who takes their development seriously. It will also show that you are willing to take positive action to achieve your goals – a determination that may extend to finding a new job if your boss doesn’t sufficiently appreciate your contribution! Continue reading “Five Reasons To Go Back To School This Autumn” »

There was certainly a lot of learning and debating at last week’s Jobsite sponsored TruLondon4 event! As guest track leader Jason Lauritsen said in his recent blog, when you get 100+ recruiters (agency and in-house) together then you are bound to get energy, cpnversatio, passion and conflict!

From Talent Communities to defining what we actually mean by ‘Talent’, the future of recruitment agencies and the future of job boards, there were opinions shared and visions debated.

And in keeping with unconference tradition, TruLondon attendees don’t only share their thoughts through social media platforms, they also write blogs to pass on key learnings and talk about how they are implementing them in their own businesses.

There have been some fine blogs written already around the main talking points at TruLondon 4 and here we share our favourite five: Continue reading “Five Blogs Inspired by TruLondon” »