Jobserver 'Instant' email alerts

[Boney M]

Yeah hours out, RSS ftw

[Eirikur]

If there's a genuine good matching contract the recruiters normally find me before putting the advert out on the job boards.

[I just need to test it]

Small sample of people here, but have many of you actually secured contracts through Jobserve?

In 17 years I've got just the one (in 2003) and it was rubbish. It doesn't stop me wasting hundreds of hours searching the jobsites, though deep down I think it should.

Agents and personal referrals are the way to go in my experience.

[seanraaron]

I can't say I ever got a job via Jobserv, however agencies do seem to get CVs via Jobserv. Every time I load a new CV and make it available for searching I'm guaranteed to get calls from agencies saying they "found my details online." I get calls anyway, but there's a sharp increase after putting it out on Jobserv and Jobsite.

[ajheywood]

Maybe it's different sectors but I've found pretty much all of my contracts via roles advertised through Jobserve. I tend to go for roles that are Microsoft technologies in a consultant/ technical architect role.

[DallasDad]

I have to admit every Permie job I have got since circa 1997 had been via Jobserve.
In fact up until when I took VR from HP last July I had never bothered to look anywhere else previously.

I had 4 months 'rest'

Then hit Jobserve in November and as a banker site Jobsite as well, I found loads of interesting vacancies and yes loads of what seemed like regularly repeated (fake?) 'interviewing this week' type roles.

At 55 years old going permie does not appeal I want some flexibility and to put my years of experience to better use so I decided to give contracting a go and I secured the 2nd gig I was interviewed for.

Right money, short commute, 35 hour week, really nice place to work, option to WFH, so quite chuffed

So for me the site has over the last few years made a significant contribution to my financial health.

[SueEllen]

Small sample of people here, but have many of you actually secured contracts through Jobserve?

In 17 years I've got just the one (in 2003) and it was rubbish. It doesn't stop me wasting hundreds of hours searching the jobsites, though deep down I think it should.

Agents and personal referrals are the way to go in my experience.

I've secured roles from all the jobsites.

Some of it is down to answering ads years ago and getting relevant emails from agencies at the right time.

[silverlight1]

I've been contracting 12 years and have secured almost all my roles via Jobserve (the remaining ones came via linked-in or agency contacts). I specialise in PM / Programme Mgt in Retail and Insurance

I tend to work v.hard at getting the the next contract when ones comes to an end and does involve a lot of time on jobserve and on phone to pimps but have only had a short few weeks break in 12 years although I take 4/5 weeks holiday a year when in a contract

Jobserve is still the best despite it being hugely frustrating that pimps are still the most viable route to getting another contract.

[hgllgh]

Jobserve is so goddamn slow these days...not the email alerts...the site...at peak times the enhanced view doesn't retrieve the job description making it unusable, so yes I might switch to the email alerts as opposed to browsing.

[uk contractor]

Small sample of people here, but have many of you actually secured contracts through Jobserve?

In 17 years I've got just the one (in 2003) and it was rubbish. It doesn't stop me wasting hundreds of hours searching the jobsites, though deep down I think it should.

Agents and personal referrals are the way to go in my experience.

Every single contract or perm role I got through jobserve since about 1996!