[La Trampa]

List updated 27/5/2007

[LaRma-lee]

www.totaljobs.com

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

[nice2help]

Hi there

Check this out for financial jobs

http://efinancialcareers.co.uk/

Regards

[shellyholmes]

www.gumtree.com is good for jobs in London.

[futurist]

It's got to be Kristina. She's tough and has overcome a lot to be where she is now. Simon has had things too easy all his life and seems a bit immature, I mean who wears bright yellow socks?!

[La Trampa]

eh?

[Multiplexed]

(Original post by futurist)
It's got to be Kristina. She's tough and has overcome a lot to be where she is now. Simon has had things too easy all his life and seems a bit immature, I mean who wears bright yellow socks?!

Uhm... yeah. That's one way of finding a job, the apprentice.

[Of the Standard of Taste]

i never thought finding a job would be this hard!

[crushedfruit]

(Original post by futurist)
It's got to be Kristina. She's tough and has overcome a lot to be where she is now. Simon has had things too easy all his life and seems a bit immature, I mean who wears bright yellow socks?!

You seem to have tripped over the TV section fallen into a different forum and lost your way in a completely unrelated thread.

Awesome.

[Pifko]

At www.reed.co.uk , when you click on "Apply Now" it gives you space to write a covering letter for the job. I have never written one before, how long should it be, considering it's not a general covering letter, but one more focused on the job I'm applying for.

For example:
"Dear Sir Madam,

...What to put here though?...Do I sort of sum up my CV or something?

This job appealed to me as I feel I'm very capable in the roles in the advertised vacancy. I'm currently studying for a Computing Degree and so I have excellent computer skills. In previous employment I gained a lot of experience in how to talk to customers. I can cope with pressure well, and so I would be able to efficiently handle heavy work loads.

Thanks

[Joe Mc]

(Original post by Pifko)
At www.reed.co.uk , when you click on "Apply Now" it gives you space to write a covering letter for the job. I have never written one before, how long should it be, considering it's not a general covering letter, but one more focused on the job I'm applying for.

For example:
"Dear Sir Madam,

...What to put here though?...Do I sort of sum up my CV or something?

This job appealed to me as I feel I'm very capable in the roles in the advertised vacancy. I'm currently studying for a Computing Degree and so I have excellent computer skills. In previous employment I gained a lot of experience in how to talk to customers. I can cope with pressure well, and so I would be able to efficiently handle heavy work loads.

Thanks

Pifko

If you are applying through job boards then the facility to write a different Covering Letter for each role is there. Pick something from the job description and refer to why it is suitable for someone like you. They will also have a copy of your CV so there is no need to repeat those details in your cover letter. Keep it short and to the point, people who read these things on job boards are often doing it as they want to make quite quick decisions...

Good luck

[La Trampa]

compilation list updated 1/7/2007 on page 3.

[rl8_2001]

I found www.monster.co.uk really handy. I posted my CV on the website at the beginning of May hoping to find summer work

I got about 10 phone calls from agencies in the following 2 weeks. One agency said they have a job that started in 2 days! They came to my university and signed me up. I started work the following day and im still there now.

[simon_1]

(Original post by rl8_2001)
I found www.monster.co.uk really handy. I posted my CV on the website at the beginning of May hoping to find summer work

I got about 10 phone calls from agencies in the following 2 weeks. One agency said they have a job that started in 2 days! They came to my university and signed me up. I started work the following day and im still there now.

You must be the only person I have ever heard say that
I had a very good CV when I signed up to monster a few years ago.....I got ZERO interviews or interest off the site.

I then signed up to a much better regional UK site.....and got 2 interviews a week later.

All told I got 6 contacts out of 7 applications.

My monster hit rate was something like 1 reply out of 10...and the 'employer' was completely illterate.

Not a site/service I would ever use again, and I know of many other who have said the same thing.

[mosesff]

Is there any good Peterborough Job Websites you can reccommend?

[La Trampa]

the sites listed will have options to choose your region so if you have a look i'm sure you'll find one that helps you out.

[mosesff]

Thanks, what would you say is the best website for Computer/IT jobs? Reed, Monster, etc?

[Joe Mc]

(Original post by mosesff)
Thanks, what would you say is the best website for Computer/IT jobs? Reed, Monster, etc?

The biased answer would be Jobsite obviously. But there are loads out there, and you can find lots of jobs on recruitment agency website (people like Computer Futures or Elan) as opposed to job boards like Jobsite and Jobserve (which are legitimately well respected in the IT field).

If you google the specific job you are looking for you generally find the couple of most effective jobs on page 1 of the search. However, you need to make sure you are googling the most relevant terms. You also don't want to rule out the geographical location (for instance, Londonjobs for London will have some IT jobs on it) or if you are a graduate, a specific graduate job board for IT students within the _______ field. What job are you looking for?

[stonky]

I haven't read all of the replies, so appologies if I repeat anything, but I usually do the "milkround" on the following:

Graduate Recruitment Bureau
milkround
prospects
gradgathering
doctorjob.com

I've used reed.co.uk in the past and have done a few temping jobs with them.

[mosesff]

I'm looking for office work with general use of computers e.g. office junior etc, IT support jobs, Administrator, anything along those lines. But part time.