recruitment uk

Monday 4 February 2008

how much did the minister Phil Hope pay his son & Daughter?

Phil Hope put his son & daughter on the government Payroll spending the tax that we work so hard to earn; Phil Hope said that “They are paid standard rates, £6 an hour or something like that.” The words that Phil Hope said “something like that” really catches my attention, and makes me think he is not telling how hole truth.

I would like Phil Hope to clearly state, how much he actually paid his son & daughter.

I would like to read your comments on, Phil Hope & what action should have been taken, putting his son & draughter on the payroll?

Thursday 31 January 2008

Increase your chances with your CV to! Here are some Tips

• A CV should be a well-written, concise document that is no longer than two pages. Three pages are acceptable for more technical CVs or those with very long careers.
• A CV should be well-presented and laid out, with lots of white space. As many CVs today are scanned, avoid using complex formatting such shading, colour, tables, boxes and fancy fonts.
• Keep paragraphs and sentences concise. Paragraphs should be no longer than four lines and sentences no longer than 15 words.
• Your CV needs to be honest and factual.
• Sell yourself and be positive throughout.
• Information must be presented in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
• No misspellings or grammatical errors.
• Avoid repetition as it reduces the impact of your CV.
Avoid including unnecessary information such as:
• Titles and headings such as ‘Curriculum Vitae’ or ‘Resume’ as it should be obvious what the document is.
• Reason for leaving - this will be covered in the interview.
• Salary details - this can take you out of contention before you have begun.
• Photographs - unless it is applicable to the type of work you are involved in e.g. modelling.
• Do not introduce any negativity or weaknesses - never tell readers what you have not got or what you have not had the opportunity to do yet.
• Jargon and Acronyms - ensure that your CV appeals to as many people as possible.
• References - you can state that they are available on request, but it is considered by most to be inappropriate and unprofessional to include. These will be taken up at offer stage
• Personal Details such as Marital Status, Religion, Nationality, Children etc. - this has no bearing on your ability to do the job.
You only get one chance to make a first impression. Make sure it is an IMPRESSIVE CV!

Monday 21 January 2008

You Can Now Speak With London4Jobs.co.uk Via Google Groups

WHAT IS GOOGLE GROUPS ?

As part of Google’s mission to make the world's information universally accessible and useful, they are testing a new version of Google Groups.

Google Groups is a free service which helps groups of people communicate effectively using email and the Web. Every group has a home page hosted by Google where members can start new discussions or reply to older topics. Every group also has its own email address to help its members stay in touch with each other.

Members can read and search all public Google Groups content, including more than 1 billion postings from the Usenet bulletin board service, dating back to 1981. Every group has its own Google-fast search, making it easy to find discussions locked away deep in your group's archive.

This new version of Google Groups lets you easily create your own announcement lists, mailing lists and public discussions in just minutes. The new Google Groups also makes it easier to read and participate in discussions. All the replies to an initial post are now gathered on one page. You can bookmark topics you're interested in, and have new replies to that topic delivered to your inbox.

Our RecruitmentUK Group (link this Chris to http://groups.google.co.uk/group/recruitmentuk?comp=londonjobs&lnk=srg) has launched and we aim to be in the know about every subject that concerns our industry in 2008. Its free to join and we are totally open to all levels of conversation. Our resident employment advisor Jessica is also happy to answer any questions on employment issues in the UK.

We hope you enjoy trying out our new Google Groups Forum, and invite you to let us know what you think by sending us your feedback and comments.

Visit the Group today by logging on to London4Jobs/Google/RecruitmentUK

If you would like to read more articles on London4Jobs Please feel free to visit our blog: http://london-work.blogspot.com/

The London4Jobs Team
http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/

Wednesday 9 January 2008

Working In London

Work In London

Have you always thought what it would be like to work in London?
The benefits of working in London is experiencing a different culture and working environment. Besides Working in London will also ensure that you widen your experience in your work.

I have friends who worked in London for a couple of years and they become much better people when they came back, more mature in their outlook and definitely much more streetwise.

The attractions in London are amazing and you could never get board of seeing the British Airways London Eye view. The best thing about working in London is seeing the British Airways London Eye after a long day at work.

The People in London are great fun and good to work with. But don’t get me wrong there’s always one party pooper. Also on your lunch brake you could go to a café, pub, restaurant, site seeing and Visit Museum of London it is exciting and under ground!

If you wish to look for a Job in London and work in this beautiful environment. Visit http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ and make your dream come true.

If you have any Queries about Working in London please feel free to Get in Contact with Tony Marshall on 0845 602 5009 Or E-mail me at tony@london4jobs.co.uk

The Changing Face Of Online Recruitment!

Dropping 2.0 on to the end of words seems to be in vogue at the moment, so I thought I’d better jump on the bandwagon and start my commentary on “e-Recruitment 2.0” - the future of online recruiting.

So what’s in store for e-recruitment in the Web 2.0 era?
Digital community opinions Call it what you like - social media marketing, word of web, connected e-marketing. Basically what we’re talking about here is the power of word of mouth.

Many of us are now more likely to jump online, interact and listen to the views of an online community than pop down the local to seek advice from the resident know-it-all.
The Web has given us access to more individuals with experiences we want to hear about than ever before.

Blogs, podcasts, vodcasts are all being recognised as an e-recruitment tool as well as a corporate communications channel. By their nature, blogs open up a two-way communication between a company and a prospective employee.

We often hear about skills shortages in the Digital Marketing sector. Is power slowly falling into the hands of job seekers who can now easily learn more about prospective employers and their company culture before they pick and choose who they want to take their talent to?

The power of Search Engines…
With the vast majority of job seekers now using search engines to find relevant job postings, many recruitment agencies and HR departments are turning to search marketing to improve candidate flow.

The flexibility and performance-based payment nature of pay-per-click search engine advertising is becoming a real alternative to print advertising. With print classified advertising experiencing a decline, many of the large scale publishers are even turning to their online job boards to help plug the gap in lost revenues.

RSS distribution RSS (define) is increasingly being adopted as an effective distribution tool for job listings. Hotjobs was one of the first major job boards to embrace RSS feeds.

Google also offers an RSS feed for its Google Base job search results, so even if you don’t have one of your own site you can upload your jobs on to Google Base. This has made it even easier for recruiters to increase both candidate reach and flow at relatively low cost.

Pay for quality over quantity As job board search technology develops and the use of artificial intelligence in screening and matching candidates to jobs improves, we will start to see employers list their jobs for free on the job boards.

Job boards will make their money by storing 'candidate details' (CVs, profiles etc) as a result of having these jobs and make their money from giving the recruiter access to high quality candidate CVs. The focus will be on quality over quantity to help reduce the cost of candidate screening and selection.

The long tail of e-recruitment As the job board market becomes even more saturated we’ll start to see more differentiation and a greater focus on serving a particular niche. We will start to see more savvy job seekers using search engines to hunt for specialist job boards that offer greater quality job listings than those on generic sites like Monster.

We’ll see more specialist sites popping up and communicating with candidates looking for a specific vacancy type and within a specific industry sector.

And within those niches we will see the more nimble players in the market innovate to attract lucrative candidates and advertisers. Recently HotCareerPages launched a series of tools that enables jobseekers to place their CV online as a webpage with a unique URL.

The candidate can also optimise their web CV for search engines as well as receive job offerings direct to their personal inbox from recruiters through their webpage.

Is the future bright, is the future 2.0?Without doubt the way people recruit and hunt for jobs is changing rapidly. Job seekers have greater access to more jobs, and, recruiters have greater access to more candidates.

But does all this change mean that employers will more easily find more of the right candidates to fill job posts and that job seekers will more easily find the right jobs to help them lead a fulfilling career? Who knows…thoughts on an e-card please!

London4Jobs is at the forefront of online recruitment technology and will be more than pleased to discuss your online recruitment requirements.

For more information go to http://www.londo4jobs.co.uk/ or email info@london4jobs.co.uk or call 0845 602 5009

Check4 Ltd delivers a new look for London4Jobs.co.uk

Check4 Ltd are proud to announce the completion of a major re-design project for www.london4jobs.co.uk , the online recruitment website dedicated to finding jobseekers the latest career opportunities in London and surrounding areas. London4Jobs.co.uk offers a full range job vacancies ranging from, IT jobs, Accountancy Jobs, Construction Jobs, Legal Jobs, Recruitment Jobs, and Sales jobs to Transport Jobs, Warehouse jobs and almost every other industry sector.

The new website, which is unique in the market due to its sheer ease of use for both jobseekers and employers, has been designed by Check4 Ltd, and is powered by the award winning JobWeb software delivered by Strategies PLC. London4Jobs.co.uk will provide job seekers with access to job opportunities advertised by a wide range of London businesses and specialist recruitment agencies.

General Manager Chris Brela commented on the new look site: "We were keen to make the job seeker experience even easier. Our new layout and fresh look now makes it even simpler to search and apply for a job online. Chris went on to say,” London4Jobs.co.uk hasn’t just upgraded the jobseeker experience, If you are looking to advertise online, we now have a range of simple and easy to use advertising and CV searching options, including a range of bespoke packages which can be tailored to meet the demands of businesses large or small. CV searching on www.london4jobs.co.uk increased in 2007 from 1000 searches a week to well over 15000, so we knew that we had to design our CV products to ensure our clients receive good value for money.“

With over 20,000 London CV’s registered since January 2007, www.london4jobs.co.uk provides a first class recruitment service to both London’s Employers and Jobseekers.

For more information, please contact us Pamela Preston or Chris Brela or on 0845 602 5009.
or email info@london4jobs.co.uk for further information.
www.london4jobs.co.uk - London’s Premium Job Board

Thinking About Working In London?

Work In London

Have you always fort what it would be like to work in London?
The benefits of working in London is experiencing a different culture and working environment. Besides Working in London will also ensure that you widen your exposure and experience in your work.

I have friends who worked in London for a couple of years and they become much better people when they came back, more mature in their outlook and definitely much more streetwise.

The attractions in London are amazing and you could never get board of seeing the British Airways London Eye view. The best thing about working in London is seeing the British Airways London Eye after a long day at work.

The People in London are great fun and good to work with. But don’t get me wrong there’s always one party pooper. Also on your lunch brake you could go to a café, pub, restaurant, site seeing and Visit Museum of London it is exciting and under ground!

If you wish to look for a Jobs in London and work in this beautiful environment. Visit http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ and make your dream come true.

If you have any Queries about Working in London please feel free to Get in Contact with Tony Marshall on 0845 602 5009 Or E-mail me at tony@london4jobs.co.uk

Tuesday 8 January 2008

The Changing Face of Online Recruitment!

Dropping 2.0 on to the end of words seems to be in vogue at the moment, so I thought I’d better jump on the bandwagon and start my commentary on “e-Recruitment 2.0” - the future of online recruiting.

So what’s in store for e-recruitment in the Web 2.0 era?
Digital community opinions Call it what you like - social media marketing, word of web, connected e-marketing. Basically what we’re talking about here is the power of word of mouth. Many of us are now more likely to jump online, interact and listen to the views of an online community than pop down the local to seek advice from the resident know-it-all.

The Web has given us access to more individuals with experiences we want to hear about than ever before.

Blogs, podcasts, vodcasts are all being recognised as an e-recruitment tool as well as a corporate communications channel. By their nature, blogs open up a two-way communication between a company and a prospective employee.

We often hear about skills shortages in the Digital Marketing sector. Is power slowly falling into the hands of job seekers who can now easily learn more about prospective employers and their company culture before they pick and choose who they want to take their talent to?

The power of Search Engines…
With the vast majority of job seekers now using search engines to find relevant job postings, many recruitment agencies and HR departments are turning to search marketing to improve candidate flow.

The flexibility and performance-based payment nature of pay-per-click search engine advertising is becoming a real alternative to print advertising. With print classified advertising experiencing a decline, many of the large scale publishers are even turning to their online job boards to help plug the gap in lost revenues.

RSS distribution
RSS (define) is increasingly being adopted as an effective distribution tool for job listings. Hotjobs was one of the first major job boards to embrace RSS feeds.

Google also offers an RSS feed for its Google Base job search results, so even if you don’t have one of your own site you can upload your jobs on to Google Base. This has made it even easier for recruiters to increase both candidate reach and flow at relatively low cost.

Pay for quality over quantity
As job board search technology develops and the use of artificial intelligence in screening and matching candidates to jobs improves, we will start to see employers list their jobs for free on the job boards.

Job boards will make their money by storing 'candidate details' (CVs, profiles etc) as a result of having these jobs and make their money from giving the recruiter access to high quality candidate CVs. The focus will be on quality over quantity to help reduce the cost of candidate screening and selection.

The long tail of e-recruitment As the job board market becomes even more saturated we’ll start to see more differentiation and a greater focus on serving a particular niche. We will start to see more savvy job seekers using search engines to hunt for specialist job boards that offer greater quality job listings than those on generic sites like Monster.

We’ll see more specialist sites popping up and communicating with candidates looking for a specific vacancy type and within a specific industry sector.

And within those niches we will see the more nimble players in the market innovate to attract lucrative candidates and advertisers. Recently HotCareerPages launched a series of tools that enables jobseekers to place their CV online as a webpage with a unique URL.

The candidate can also optimise their web CV for search engines as well as receive job offerings direct to their personal inbox from recruiters through their webpage.

Is the future bright, is the future 2.0?
Without doubt the way people recruit and hunt for jobs is changing rapidly. Job seekers have greater access to more jobs, and, recruiters have greater access to more candidates.

But does all this change mean that employers will more easily find more of the right candidates to fill job posts and that job seekers will more easily find the right jobs to help them lead a fulfilling career? Who knows…thoughts on an e-card please!

London4Jobs is at the forefront of online recruitment technology and will be more than pleased to discuss your online recruitment requirements.

For more information go to www.londo4jobs.co.uk or email info@london4jobs.co.uk or call 0845 602 5009

Check4 Ltd delivers a new look for London4Jobs.co.uk

Check4 Ltd are proud to announce the completion of a major re-design project for http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ , the online recruitment website dedicated to finding jobseekers the latest career opportunities in London and surrounding areas. London4Jobs.co.uk offers a full range job vacancies ranging from, IT jobs, Accountancy Jobs, Construction Jobs, Legal Jobs, Recruitment Jobs, and Sales jobs to Transport Jobs, Warehouse jobs and almost every other industry sector.

The new website, which is unique in the market due to its sheer ease of use for both jobseekers and employers, has been designed by Check4 Ltd, and is powered by the award winning JobWeb software delivered by Strategies PLC. London4Jobs.co.uk will provide job seekers with access to job opportunities advertised by a wide range of London businesses and specialist recruitment agencies.

General Manager Chris Brela commented on the new look site: "We were keen to make the job seeker experience even easier. Our new layout and fresh look now makes it even simpler to search and apply for a job online. Chris went on to say,” London4Jobs.co.uk hasn’t just upgraded the jobseeker experience, If you are looking to advertise online, we now have a range of simple and easy to use advertising and CV searching options, including a range of bespoke packages which can be tailored to meet the demands of businesses large or small. CV searching on http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ increased in 2007 from 1000 searches a week to well over 15000, so we knew that we had to design our CV products to ensure our clients receive good value for money.“

With over 20,000 London CV’s registered since January 2007, http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ provides a first class recruitment service to both London’s Employers and Jobseekers.

For more information, please contact us Pamela Preston or Chris Brela or on 0845 602 5009.
or email info@london4jobs.co.uk for further information.
http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ - London’s Premium Job Board

Thinking About Working In London?

Work In London

Have you always fort what it would be like to work in London?
The benefits of working in London is experiencing a different culture and working environment. Besides Working in London will also ensure that you widen your exposure and experience in your work.

I have friends who worked in London for a couple of years and they become much better people when they came back, more mature in their outlook and definitely much more streetwise.

The attractions in London are amazing and you could never get board of seeing the British Airways London Eye view. The best thing about working in London is seeing the British Airways London Eye after a long day at work.

The People in London are great fun and good to work with. But don’t get me wrong there’s always one party pooper. Also on your lunch brake you could go to a café, pub, restaurant, site seeing and Visit Museum of London it is exciting and under ground!

If you wish to look for a Jobs in London and work in this beautiful environment. Visit http://www.london4jobs.co.uk/ and make your dream come true.

If you have any Queries about Working in London please feel free to Get in Contact with Tony Marshall on 0845 602 5009 Or E-mail me at tony@london4jobs.co.uk

Friday 4 January 2008