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[Scruff]

Set up a search on Jobserve. Create an RSS feed for it and use Feedly to push the results to you in real time.

[SueEllen]

I have been contracting 17 years but always got roles by referral and not had gaps until last year. It just seem a total fake nightmare out there! Getting in first on Jobserve seems the only route in to me, but as people have said the service seems to have slowed up over the last few months? I have had 2 interview recently passed both, but then the job/requirement has moved to the right an unspecified amount of time... just driving me nuts... Any strategies for actually getting to a contract that exists? Thanks Andy.

Other job boards are available. If you put your CV on them and update them regularly then agents/clients will call or email you.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Although the SAP resource pool has grown massively in the past 15 years, the SAP roles I see on Jobserve remain niche. I'm talking about something like "Flemish-speaking Finance consultant with knowledge of Belarus tax system".

For mainstream (AKA easily filled) contracts the general process is that the agent simply sources candidates from his database (whether directly or via referrals). No Jobserve ads necessary.

Though, reading this thread, it's clear there are agents out there who lack this level of sophistication.

There are also roles advertised for places where I would need to leave home on Sunday morning to get to the site and arrive back home 3am Sat morning.

[I just need to test it]

SAP roles used to be niche, then they embarked on a big training program about 8-10 years ago which led to a glut of trained but inexperienced consultants. This drove the daily rates down. Many of those guys then jumped to permiedom, which started to move the rates back up again.


(that's an aside to the real point...)


Most of the agents advertising on Jobserve are advertising other agents roles, or non-existent ones - i.e. trying to make themselves look busy or trying to get business that they aren't already talking to the client about.




(note: I don't do SAP)

Although the SAP resource pool has grown massively in the past 15 years, the SAP roles I see on Jobserve remain niche. I'm talking about something like "Flemish-speaking Finance consultant with knowledge of Belarus tax system".

For mainstream (AKA easily filled) contracts the general process is that the agent simply sources candidates from his database (whether directly or via referrals). No Jobserve ads necessary.

Though, reading this thread, it's clear there are agents out there who lack this level of sophistication.

[technospod]

How to get a contract?

I have been contracting 17 years but always got roles by referral and not had gaps until last year. It just seem a total fake nightmare out there! Getting in first on Jobserve seems the only route in to me, but as people have said the service seems to have slowed up over the last few months? I have had 2 interview recently passed both, but then the job/requirement has moved to the right an unspecified amount of time... just driving me nuts... Any strategies for actually getting to a contract that exists? Thanks Andy.

[Boney M]

All my contract roles since 2003 have been through jobserve bar two where I returned to a previous client

[WTFH]

Wow, that's staggering.

My impression of SAP roles that I see posted are that they are niche, leading me to presume posting it on Jobserve is the last throw of an agent's dice.

SAP roles used to be niche, then they embarked on a big training program about 8-10 years ago which led to a glut of trained but inexperienced consultants. This drove the daily rates down. Many of those guys then jumped to permiedom, which started to move the rates back up again.


(that's an aside to the real point...)


Most of the agents advertising on Jobserve are advertising other agents roles, or non-existent ones - i.e. trying to make themselves look busy or trying to get business that they aren't already talking to the client about.




(note: I don't do SAP)

[I just need to test it]

Wow, that's staggering.

My impression of SAP roles that I see posted are that they are niche, leading me to presume posting it on Jobserve is the last throw of an agent's dice.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.