Bit of a shake up at work means that the team I used to be part of is no more and we are being given little opportunity to continue our previous roles. I have been here for 11 years and as such am a bit out of the loop when it comes to looking for a new role so when looking for employment which sites would you recommend? To give you some idea of the sort of thing I am after I work as a Knowledge management consultant looking after document management and collaboration systems such as Documentum, eRoom and SharePoint for a biotech. I would really like to get into video editing though. I don't think I can face the future as a Business Analyst which is where I have been placed.
Know how you feel mate got a 30 day at risk notice served last week 12 years service, started to look locally but nothing around try google I guess? Good luck with it though.
www.Jobserve.com - is the best I've used, have been using it for 10 years maybe (I work as a contractor/consultant) and its by far the best from my experience. www.theitjobboard.co.uk - is pretty good too www.cwjobs.co.uk - also pretty good - but more IT than new media www.hays.com or www.hays.co.uk - seem to have a lot of good jobs. As most places use agencies for recruiting permanent as well as contract staff, I recommend this to help re-jig your CV to grab the attention of the agency recruitment consultant - very rare a CV makes it to HR without the agency filter so you need to direct it at people that will skim hundreds of CCV's daily: www.ir35calc.co.uk/Writing_Killer_CV.aspx Monster, Fish4, Jobsite etc etc seem to copy each other. Be very careful what details you are putting in when uploading your CV onto any site - they can be spam central and have heard some horror stories on identity theft!
I used Reed in the past as well as chemistry specific sites, to be honest most agencies go through the likes of Reed and Monster.
I agree that ones like Reed, CV Library and Hays are all really good - I've also used Totaljobs too. Monster, Fish4 etc haven't been that brilliant for me. Does your industry have a specific business magazine (i.e. my industry has ones like Marketing Week, Campaign and Brand Republic - some of which may be relevant for new media)? Their websites are often a good place to look for jobs. Also worth joining relevant groups on Linkedin and if you can get some recommendations for your previous work on your profile too that's a bonus. Look for recruitment agencies who specialise in your field in the geographical areas that you're happy to work and send them your CV. Even if they do advertise on the big sites, your CV is fresh in their mind when the job comes in. Just keep plugging away and good luck!
+1 for jobserve - although I have a feeling that some of the jobs on there are not real and are just there as a CV gathering excercise. I got that impression last time I was looking for a job and never getting interviews despite being well qualified for the postions. Linked-in - is supposed to be OK. Some companies wont use agencies these days due to the fees, so Its also worth checking web sites of prospective employers.
