Current favourite site for posting a CV?

[chicane]

However, as I mentioned, i got the current gig via an unsolicited call after posting my CV on Monster. It wasn't an advertised position, its the best rate I've ever had

WHS (replace Monster with Jobserve)

[gadgetman]

Previously I would have agreed with this. I had my CV up on Jobserve but only had a few 'unsolicited' calls. Most contact was in response to direct applications for advertised positions.

However, as I mentioned, i got the current gig via an unsolicited call after posting my CV on Monster. It wasn't an advertised position, its the best rate I've ever had even though its one grade lower than I normally work at.

I'd never have got this gig if I'd stuck to direct applications.

You shouldn't post your CV on any of the above sites. Not if it is a good one. It's like mass-mailing, it doesn't work. You'll end up with people picking, copying and pasting bits of it to others'. Lots of unsolicited phonecalls and e-mails. You should respond to specific advertised positions or tailor-made to your skills e-mails/calls from agents.

[Spoiler]

You shouldn't post your CV on any of the above sites. Not if it is a good one. It's like mass-mailing, it doesn't work. You'll end up with people picking, copying and pasting bits of it to others'. Lots of unsolicited phonecalls and e-mails. You should respond to specific advertised positions or tailor-made to your skills e-mails/calls from agents.

It's a fecking great CV! I take your point about not posting it, but how do I start to attract calls from agents if they don't know me? Is it worth registering with individual agents?

[Dow Jones]

Mass-mailing

You shouldn't post your CV on any of the above sites. Not if it is a good one. It's like mass-mailing, it doesn't work. You'll end up with people picking, copying and pasting bits of it to others'. Lots of unsolicited phonecalls and e-mails. You should respond to specific advertised positions or tailor-made to your skills e-mails/calls from agents.

[Sockpuppet]

I used to put the CV up by got bored of the "I have a permie role 500 miles from where you live at 20% of your current take home" phone calls.

[gingerjedi]

4 out of the 5 contracts I've had have came from an agent spotting my CV on a job board, I'm of the opinion that they won't pay to advertise a role if they can fill it by searching a few CV's.

Almost all the calls I get are from agents who have seen my CV on either CW or Jobserve, not that I’ve had many calls recently.

[FarmerPalmer]

My last two contracts were
1) call from an agent I'd never heard of from having my cv on cwjobs
2) from direct email en-spec to a company

[Spoiler]

Personally, I chase specific roles with a specific CV. Others may disagree.

That's something I'm attempting to do, but roles for my main marketable skill are a little thin at the moment. I was wondering what else would come up if I widened my search a little.

[malvolio]

For the moment.

Ah. That explains the dumb question then.

Catch-22 - stick the CV up and get 400 calls about stuff of no use or interest (someone offered me £18 ph for front-line support the other day - and then emailed again to say they'd mixed up two roles and it shoud be £13ph...), or don't stick it up and perhaps miss out on something good.

Personally, I chase specific roles with a specific CV. Others may disagree.

[Spoiler]

You have an employer?

For the moment.

[gadgetman]

I used to exclusively use Jobserve but last time, I tried Monster and got quite a few unsolicited calls, one of which resulted in the current gig.

It was a real pain to sign up though, IIRC.

[malvolio]

You have an employer? How quaint...

[Spoiler]

What's the current favourite job site for posting your CV on to see what's occurring? Any of these:

Jobserve
CWJobs
JobSite
ITJobBoard
TotalJobs

I was also thinking of omitting my current employer's name from my CV, but then thought this can be found on other sites (linkedin, etc) with a little searching. Or are agents not that resourceful?