Problems Being Proactive
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Hi all, I've had this CV of mine attached to my sig, and generally splashed around the web for a while now, but I've still only had one interested response (a good offer, but out of range). So I'm beginning to think that I need to be more proactive: convert the web page into a tidy A4 format, and send it by post with a covering letter to software houses in the local area. My problem is this. How do I find companies in the local area (Oxfordshire, UK)? Especially companies that might be interested in having me on their team for a couple months. Is there any kind of helpful web-directory? Should I look at some journals or something. If so, which ones? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
They won't bother to look at a wbsite, you need a CV in Word fromat and apply via websites such as Jobserve, Jobsite, The IT Job Board etc. I have some links at home I'll send you later. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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Hi all, I've had this CV of mine attached to my sig, and generally splashed around the web for a while now, but I've still only had one interested response (a good offer, but out of range). So I'm beginning to think that I need to be more proactive: convert the web page into a tidy A4 format, and send it by post with a covering letter to software houses in the local area. My problem is this. How do I find companies in the local area (Oxfordshire, UK)? Especially companies that might be interested in having me on their team for a couple months. Is there any kind of helpful web-directory? Should I look at some journals or something. If so, which ones? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
www.monster.com[^] ?
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
Roger Wright
http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xx -
Hi all, I've had this CV of mine attached to my sig, and generally splashed around the web for a while now, but I've still only had one interested response (a good offer, but out of range). So I'm beginning to think that I need to be more proactive: convert the web page into a tidy A4 format, and send it by post with a covering letter to software houses in the local area. My problem is this. How do I find companies in the local area (Oxfordshire, UK)? Especially companies that might be interested in having me on their team for a couple months. Is there any kind of helpful web-directory? Should I look at some journals or something. If so, which ones? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
I can't help you find the companies, locally you can usually pick them out from the business parks by their name (either contains 'software' or sounds hi-tech) but that won't be universal. If you want to be proactive though then it's best to phone them up first and tell them you've already sent your CV in for them to have a look at as you are interested in summer work with them and you just wanted to check it had been received ok. When they say it hasn't, give them a little sales pitch and try to find out if they would be genuinely interested in taking you on for the summer. If they seem positive, send out a 'replacement' CV and tweak it around to make sure the bits most relavent to that company are given priority. Try to phone afternoons between 2 and 4, Monday to Thursday, because meetings are typically held in the mornings and you don't want to catch them on their lunch break.
Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Audioscrobbler :: flikrDie Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen
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www.monster.com[^] ?
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
Roger Wright
http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xxBernhard wrote: www.monster.com[^] ? www.dice.com[^] Nish
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They won't bother to look at a wbsite, you need a CV in Word fromat and apply via websites such as Jobserve, Jobsite, The IT Job Board etc. I have some links at home I'll send you later. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote: They won't bother to look at a wbsite, you need a CV in Word fromat Yeah I know. Although the web version does have it's merrits; like for putting in CP signatures. Although it seems that the community is too small to have sufficient active members in my area, and we're all coder types, not employer types. I'd like to see those links if you can send them. :) Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
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I can't help you find the companies, locally you can usually pick them out from the business parks by their name (either contains 'software' or sounds hi-tech) but that won't be universal. If you want to be proactive though then it's best to phone them up first and tell them you've already sent your CV in for them to have a look at as you are interested in summer work with them and you just wanted to check it had been received ok. When they say it hasn't, give them a little sales pitch and try to find out if they would be genuinely interested in taking you on for the summer. If they seem positive, send out a 'replacement' CV and tweak it around to make sure the bits most relavent to that company are given priority. Try to phone afternoons between 2 and 4, Monday to Thursday, because meetings are typically held in the mornings and you don't want to catch them on their lunch break.
Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Audioscrobbler :: flikrDie Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen
:-D I like it! As a plan, it has a certain mischevous glint - although a little cheeky. I don't really like lying to people though (even white lies). Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
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www.monster.com[^] ?
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
Roger Wright
http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xxWow that monster (.co.uk !) link is really good Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
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:-D I like it! As a plan, it has a certain mischevous glint - although a little cheeky. I don't really like lying to people though (even white lies). Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
It's business: it's not lying, it's making the most of your leads. ;)
Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Audioscrobbler :: flikrDie Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen
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Hi all, I've had this CV of mine attached to my sig, and generally splashed around the web for a while now, but I've still only had one interested response (a good offer, but out of range). So I'm beginning to think that I need to be more proactive: convert the web page into a tidy A4 format, and send it by post with a covering letter to software houses in the local area. My problem is this. How do I find companies in the local area (Oxfordshire, UK)? Especially companies that might be interested in having me on their team for a couple months. Is there any kind of helpful web-directory? Should I look at some journals or something. If so, which ones? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
Try: http://www.jobserve.co.uk/[^] I've had a number of contracts through this site.
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Hi all, I've had this CV of mine attached to my sig, and generally splashed around the web for a while now, but I've still only had one interested response (a good offer, but out of range). So I'm beginning to think that I need to be more proactive: convert the web page into a tidy A4 format, and send it by post with a covering letter to software houses in the local area. My problem is this. How do I find companies in the local area (Oxfordshire, UK)? Especially companies that might be interested in having me on their team for a couple months. Is there any kind of helpful web-directory? Should I look at some journals or something. If so, which ones? Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^]
When I was looking for work last year, I did searches on www.yell.co.uk for businesses in my area that might use my services. I either rang them up or looked at their websites, several had recruitment pages. I began searching in my town, then local towns and then the county. I mainly had knockbacks or found that the offices in my area were just sales offices but it's worth a try. In the meantime, I found work by posting my cv on several recruitment sites, the best of which was www.planetrecruit.com as I got lots of calls from agencies that had seen my cv. Best of luck, Rob
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When I was looking for work last year, I did searches on www.yell.co.uk for businesses in my area that might use my services. I either rang them up or looked at their websites, several had recruitment pages. I began searching in my town, then local towns and then the county. I mainly had knockbacks or found that the offices in my area were just sales offices but it's worth a try. In the meantime, I found work by posting my cv on several recruitment sites, the best of which was www.planetrecruit.com as I got lots of calls from agencies that had seen my cv. Best of luck, Rob
I've used monster and totaljobs in the past, what I've found is that you need to taylor your c.v. so that it gets picked up by the searches that the recruiting agencies use. For instance if you know Visual C++, make sure you include 'Visual C++' and 'VC++' in your c.v. because if a recruiter was to put 'VC++' in the search and you only had the former it would not show up. Additionally make sure you upload your c.v. to the job sites on a regular basis, you don't have to actually make any changes, but this means that your c.v. will always appear to be recent and a recruiter may only search for cv's that have been uploaded in the past day or so. Most importantly find a good recruiter, get to know them and stick with them. If they know you well and know they can make money from selling your skills, they'll put more effort in to finding the job you want, and if looking for contracting work like yourself, you know you can keep going back to them again and again.