employment

Help Finding Jobs

by admin on May 29, 2008

Finding a job has become much easier since the advent of the internet. I remember trying to find my first job during the 1980′s in Glasgow, apart from the recession that we suffered at the time, finding a job was a laborious task. I would get the newspapers as soon as they came out and call the ones that I could, some I managed to give me a fax number to fax my CV to, however with most I had to sit and write application letters.

In 1986 I bought my first computer, an IBM, some much of the repetitive tasks were gone over night; now I could just save letters of application and my CV and print them customised for the work application, great.

Fast forward to 2008, man things have changed so much. I have just found a new website – Job Rapido they have taken the idea of search online for jobs one further step forward, so now instead of searching all the different job sites they pull various websites together into a central point – it saves time searching all the different web sites.

Therefore if I now wanted to find a job in Glasgow instead of loads of different searches on many sites I have one area – man I love technology. Go try and see as Jobrapido is bringing the next generation in online recruiting to Europe: Job search rather than Job posting.

Many companies and recruiting agencies post vacancies on their own websites instead of on Job advert sites. Jobrapido provides job seekers with a unique opportunity to search through the vacancies posted on traditional job boards and on all other sites containing employment offers.

Thus, using Jobrapido, job seekers save time and can be sure that they have not missed any job opportunities.

Jobrapido works like a search engine: you just need to enter a job title and location and you get all of the vacancies matching your search criteria that have been posted on thousands of websites.

If you don’t want to check the site every day, you can receive all the latest vacancies directly to your e-mail inbox. By subscribing to the Jobletter you will be notified daily by email of all job vacancies matching your search criteria.

The Jobrapido project began in Milan (Italy) and has already achieved a top three position among the most popular employment related websites in Italy. It has been rapidly developing throughout Europe and South America.

In Europe the Jobrapido sites already provide up to 2 millions of job vacancies arranged according to profession and location.

Since its beginning, the Jobrapido Team has been an enthusiastic, multilingual and multicultural group which aims to create the best European internet platform for online job searches.

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Looking For Work in Dublin

by admin on April 30, 2008

Finding work in Ireland is still very easy, however there are some basic steps to take before you start.

Have your CV translated into English and have someone who is used to Irish CV’s look at it for you. The lay can be quite different between Ireland and the rest of Europe. The focus of your CV is to get a job interview and not list everything that you can possibly think about yourself. Therefore every CV that you send should be tailored for that particular position.

Reverse chronological order is normal for a CV. Start with your personal details, then education and next work
experience. Layout the work experience, if you can, in the format of bullet points.

Be easy to contact – if you are not in Ireland while applying for jobs, add your full international telephone code, check your email regularly – employers here will not wait around for days for you to get back to them, they expect a reply that day or the next.

Sending speculative CV’s is okay and may yield results. Companies like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, are always on the hunt for new talent – especially those with more than one language.

If you are replying to a job advert your letter should be short, the letter is to introduce your CV, a motivational letter will not be expected and will be seen as too over the top except for high level positions.

Be prepared for personal questions in the interview, talk about challenges that you have over come and have a few examples from a work place situation. Expect to be asked how long you are intending to stay in Ireland and what other hobbies or activities you under take.

Never be negative in an interview, never criticise a former employer, this will be taken as your character not them.

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