...jobserve.co.uk has to be the biggest resource on the web for jobs, particularly IT jobs. When I checked this morning there was 21000 IT jobs available - quite a lot considering that the market for IT jobs isn't supposed to be too healthy at the moment.
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Advantages: Plenty of jobs there (although I doubt that many are not genuine adverts) Disadvantages: Horrible website design, not user-friendly
There is no doubt that www.jobserve.co.uk has to be the biggest resource on the web for jobs, particularly IT jobs. When I checked this morning there was 21000 IT jobs available - quite a lot considering that the market for IT jobs isn't supposed to be too healthy at the moment.
The search facility in Jobserve is quite functional but nothing special. You can refine your searches by the use of the keyword "AND" so a search ... ...specified words (C++, Manchester). There is no other way to refine your searches further which is quite a big ommission. An advanced search facility is quite a high priority feature when searching for jobs.
You can register your details on Jobserve and once that is done you may upload your CV to the database and add your own search strings in the database. You can specify emails of jobs to be sent to you whereby the jobs are results ... more
There is no doubt that www.jobserve.co.uk has to be the biggest resource on the web for jobs, particularly IT jobs. When I checked this morning there was 21000 IT jobs available - quite a lot considering that the market for IT jobs isn't supposed to be too healthy at the moment.
The search facility in Jobserve is quite functional but nothing special. You can refine your searches by the use of the keyword "AND" so a search for "C++ AND Manchester" will search all jobs with the specified words (C++, Manchester). There is no other way to refine your searches further which is quite a big ommission. An advanced search facility is quite a high priority feature when searching for jobs.
You can register your details on Jobserve and once that is done you may upload your CV to the database and add your own search strings in the database. You can specify emails of jobs to be sent to you whereby the jobs are results based on your specified search strings. The user-interface to perform these operations is nothing short of appalling! For example if you had 5 search strings entered and you want to remove 3 of them there is no way to select the 3 you want to remove at once. Instead, you must remove them one at a time, each time involving several steps. The same applies for CVs and other details that you have registered. This really makes using the website an absolute pain to use but it is something that the user will have to accept as Jobserve seems to have more vacancies than any other jobs website.
Once you have registered you can view job details either from the website or from one that was sent to you by email (when you specified your search string). A nice feature is that you can add the jobs to a "job basket" and then apply for each job all in one go rather than doing it one at a time. You can write a covering letter that applies to all jobs in the job basket and you specify which CV you want to be sent with each job in the basket. Also, before you confirm that you wish to apply for the jobs in the basket there a few parameters to specify such as whether you want a temporary or permanent position. By default, Jobserve specifies the wrong parameters which is completely stupid! Normally default parameters should be the most common parameters so by default I would expect it to be a permanent job that I am applying for but it always default to temporary meaning that each time I have to set it to permamanent. I have forgotten to do this on one occassion and so it appeared that I had applied for a temporary position as I took for granted that the defaults would have been set to something sensible. Oh no, not with Jobserve. whoever created the website must be lacking a bit of common sense. COME ON JOBSERVE, GET A GRIP!!
Another thing I have noticed is that many of the jobs advertised do not appear in the website of the agency who advertised that job!! How do I know you might ask? Well, it seemed like Company X had 4 vacancies in Jobserve but the I went to Company X's website and they only had 1 vacancy and that 1 vacancy did not match any of the 4 vacancies they had in Jobserve. This is so typical of agencies who advertise "false" jobs in order to get your details and is something that I wish could be stamped out. Since agencies receive somuch commission from recruitment they use these underhand tactics (not too dissimilar to the dreaded estate agents or other agents) in order to try and win customers.
Well there you go, Jobserve certainly has plenty of jobs advertised but be warned, a lot of the jobs there are NOT real jobs and the website is horrendously awkward to use.
Advantages: Lots of jobs, clear, simple Disadvantages: Fake listings?, searching too simple, all agency
I've used jobserve.co.uk for years. It is always good to keep up with what is out there on the market. However, I have applied for jobs from this site and have had no success. I don't know of anyone who has ever got a job from jobserve, so I question the validity of some of the listings. For example, I applied for a job which I happenened to have seen listed more than 10 times over 2 months. I thought that perhaps the company were waiting for the ... ...this site. I think jobserve.co.uk as a company need to be careful to retain advertisers though, so doing this might turn away revenue. It's a catch 22 as to whether they want quality advertisements, or many advertisements.
I'd have to recommend this site, but as with all job sites use with caution. If you're really looking for a job, I would suggest that your primary search should be directly with companies in your area that you would be interested ...
symmonds 14.06.2003
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Advantages: Plenty of jobs, updated very regularly Disadvantages: Dated layout, some dubious content
Looking for a new job? As with most things these days you will find that turning to the internet can prove a useful exercise, although in this case there are certain things to be very wary of!
Jobserve is one of many job search engines on the internet - though it was the original and is probably the biggest. These "job boards" can be considered the modern day equivalent of classified ads that appear in the local paper. The vast majority of jobs ... ...- media and construction for example.
Simply enter your search criteria, keywords or phrases and location/s and you will be presented with, potentially, dozens of the latest vacancies posted by recruitment agencies and, though less commonly, employers themselves.
To apply for a vacancy you like the look of, you can upload a stored CV (you need to register for this but it is free and also allows agencies to search the CV database for suitable job-hunters) ...
raymortim 05.05.2008
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Advantages: Quick, Variety Disadvantages: Search Criteria based on Posting time not relevance
Whilst I can only agree with the other reviewers in their opinion that Jobserve provides a huge variety of differing roles and that it is quick and efficient. I think that over the last six months they have changed the way in which their search works, whilst I used to be able to immediately view a job that I might be interested in according to my search criteria I now often have to wade through pages quite often unsuitable jobs to get what I want ... ...money out of agencies who want to have their ads on the first page, they have changed the criteria to give you the most recently posted jobs regardless of match. Yes I still use jobserve since no other sites seem to have the same variety of roles, however I am now looking elsewhere for good alternatives because I'd like to see relevant jobs straight away and not four or five pages down the line. ...
SquareFoot 25.07.2000
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Advantages: lots of jobs Disadvantages: they're not all real
Hmmmm. Jobserve. A mighty handy tool. I'm unemployed. BBut I sure as hell won't be using it. Well, technically I'm a student, but my course is coming to an end soon, and I have no job lined up. So I'm preparing to be unemployed. My life shouldn't change dramatically in all honesty. But I digress. I have never actually used jobserve from the huntee's end. I've used it at the other end when I was working as a recruitment consultant for a brief time ... ...board by hundreds of independant agencies. It's pretty easy for them to sign up, and they can post as many jobs as they like providing they pay their fees. On my first day at my job I was told that my function in the office was 'to rape and pillage'. In recruitment speak this apparently means use candidates who send their cv's in to find out where there might be openings for jobs which we could send our own candidates out to...
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melee679 28.04.2003
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Yes Jobserve does have a large database of jobs and the interface is basic & therefore quick. However, mother always said never judge a book by its cover & in the case of this IT job board that is most certainly the case.
First off, the job descriptions must be limited by the site as I have found the same job advertised on other sites (ComputerWeekly.com for example) with a much fuller description including information on the compaies philosophy ... ...the job via the ad that really caught my eye not the generic Jobserve text.
Secondly, I am starting to think that agencies get a lot of poor quality responces from Jobserve as when I metion where I saw an ad there always seem to be a Spanish Inquisition into whether or not I really do have the skills I claim, while when I apply to the same agency via a other sites they are generally more accepting of my qualifications.
Thirdly, it seems to me that ...
bird 14.03.2001
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