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After collecting feedback from our users over the last 3 months, we recently undertook our biggest website revamp since we started operations. We wanted to share a short summary of the changes below.
Thanks for your honest feedback and please keep it coming - we want our website and service to help you great people get great jobs!
Key Changes
1. Provision of website and information in more languages
- French, Spanish and Portuguese added.
- Arabic, German, Hebrew and Russian to follow.
- Horizontal navigation bar added to allow quick transition between language content.
2. Cleaner user interface
- Extra content cleared from vertical sidebar menu
- All website material appears "above the fold"
- Quicker page loading times
- Increased consistency across page design and layout
3. Addition of new services
- "Managing your profile online" - ensure that your Facebook/LinkedIn/MySpace pages help to attract recruiters rather than scare them away!
Monday, 14 February 2011
Monday, 7 February 2011
Managing your Online Profile
At a recent conference, I heard a number of HR and recruiting professionals mention the importance of managing your online profile. It is now very commonplace for recruiters to look at your LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/Blogger profile before you have even stepped into the building for your first interview.
The consequence of this is twofold....
1. It is vital to proactively manage your online profile or brand. Be sure to keep your social network profile pictures respectable when you are interviewing for jobs and make sure your prospective new employer would not be offended by anything you have written on Twitter or on a personal blog.
2. Make your online profile work favours for you. If you keep a blog or linkedin profile, use it to show your enthusiasm for your chosen career path or for the products that your prospective employer creates.
Today we launched a new service called "Managing your online profile". The aim of the service is to simulate the online profile checks that a recruiter will take when you are called to interview. In our tests we helped clients to increase the privacy settings on their social network profiles and to use their online presence effectively. Feel free to contact us today if you are currently applying for jobs and feel you could benefit from our advice!
The consequence of this is twofold....
1. It is vital to proactively manage your online profile or brand. Be sure to keep your social network profile pictures respectable when you are interviewing for jobs and make sure your prospective new employer would not be offended by anything you have written on Twitter or on a personal blog.
2. Make your online profile work favours for you. If you keep a blog or linkedin profile, use it to show your enthusiasm for your chosen career path or for the products that your prospective employer creates.
Today we launched a new service called "Managing your online profile". The aim of the service is to simulate the online profile checks that a recruiter will take when you are called to interview. In our tests we helped clients to increase the privacy settings on their social network profiles and to use their online presence effectively. Feel free to contact us today if you are currently applying for jobs and feel you could benefit from our advice!
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
5000 Up!
Hello All - we had our 5000th viewer today and are delighted to see continued growth in the number of visitors to our site. We wanted to share some stats with you about who is using the site....
- We have had visitors from 67 countries. Our 3 biggest markets are currently the UK, US and Japan. We have also had <5 visitors from each of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia, Syria, Indonesia, Kuwait, Egypt and Serbia to name a few.
- 35% of our visitors used Google Chrome vs 29% who used Internet Explorer and 28% who used Firefox.
- 71% of our visitors used PCs and 24% used Macs. 4% used a mobie device or a tablet.
- Users spend an average of around 4 minutes on the site.
Thanks for your continued support - we appreciate your loyalty!
- We have had visitors from 67 countries. Our 3 biggest markets are currently the UK, US and Japan. We have also had <5 visitors from each of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia, Syria, Indonesia, Kuwait, Egypt and Serbia to name a few.
- 35% of our visitors used Google Chrome vs 29% who used Internet Explorer and 28% who used Firefox.
- 71% of our visitors used PCs and 24% used Macs. 4% used a mobie device or a tablet.
- Users spend an average of around 4 minutes on the site.
Thanks for your continued support - we appreciate your loyalty!
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Recruiter.com: School leavers need to be better prepared
http://www.recruiter.co.uk/school-leavers-need-to-be-better-prepared/1007871.article
More needs to be done to help school leavers gain the skills and confidence to land a new job, according to Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed in Partnership
Melvin’s comments follow the trialling of a new model developed by Reed in Partnership at the West London Academy, which has shown that by engaging with schools employers and training providers can improve skills among sixth formers. Reed in Partnership says the basic interview training and CV workshops helped to boost confidence and improve understanding of what prospective employers expect.
Melvin says: “With the rate of jobless graduates hitting an all time high it is clear that in many cases experience, not education, is the main barrier to employment. Our experience of working with young people shows that more needs to be done to help school pupils develop the skills and confidence needed to secure a job. By rolling this model out across the UK, businesses and third sector partners can play an important role in helping the hardest to reach determine their own futures. This isn’t about additional funding from government but about using existing resources in a way that can better achieve real results for young people.”
More needs to be done to help school leavers gain the skills and confidence to land a new job, according to Chris Melvin, chief executive of Reed in Partnership
Melvin’s comments follow the trialling of a new model developed by Reed in Partnership at the West London Academy, which has shown that by engaging with schools employers and training providers can improve skills among sixth formers. Reed in Partnership says the basic interview training and CV workshops helped to boost confidence and improve understanding of what prospective employers expect.
Melvin says: “With the rate of jobless graduates hitting an all time high it is clear that in many cases experience, not education, is the main barrier to employment. Our experience of working with young people shows that more needs to be done to help school pupils develop the skills and confidence needed to secure a job. By rolling this model out across the UK, businesses and third sector partners can play an important role in helping the hardest to reach determine their own futures. This isn’t about additional funding from government but about using existing resources in a way that can better achieve real results for young people.”
Monday, 22 November 2010
Make 2011 the year you find your perfect job!
Thank you for your support over 2010 - it has been a great year. From our small UK launch in February, we have now had 32000 website visitors from over 61 countries. We would never have guessed that we had a captive audience in Algeria, Panama, Kuwait, Hong Kong or Azerbaijan!
We hope that you have been delighted if you have used our service. We would be grateful if you could take 2 minutes to encourage your friends to "like" our fanpage and to check out our site at www.captain-cv.com
As a sign of our gratitude for your ongoing support, we want to offer you a 10% referral fee for any business that you send our way before the end of 2010. You could get £25 if you refer a friend who has a full CV and cover letter revamp. That is your grandmas christmas present paid for!
Encourage your friends to kick off their winter blues and put their energy into improving their CV and securing their dream job in 2011!
We hope that you have been delighted if you have used our service. We would be grateful if you could take 2 minutes to encourage your friends to "like" our fanpage and to check out our site at www.captain-cv.com
As a sign of our gratitude for your ongoing support, we want to offer you a 10% referral fee for any business that you send our way before the end of 2010. You could get £25 if you refer a friend who has a full CV and cover letter revamp. That is your grandmas christmas present paid for!
Encourage your friends to kick off their winter blues and put their energy into improving their CV and securing their dream job in 2011!
Monday, 1 November 2010
BBC Article: Graduate unemployment 'at a 17-year high'
Graduate unemployment has risen to its highest level for 17 years, research suggests.
A study of the graduate class of 2009 found that 8.9% were out of work in January 2010, the Higher Education Careers Services Unit said.
The last time graduate unemployment hit this level was in 1993, it added.
The National Union of Students said the bleak prospects for graduates underlined how "unfair and illogical" the plans to raise tuition fees were.
Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11652845
Sunday, 5 September 2010
BBC Article: Graduates going to great lengths to get ahead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11091042
Increasingly, the name of the game is making yourselves stand out from the crowd"
"How far would you go to improve your CV and your employment prospects in today's tough jobs market?
With 69 applications for every graduate job, there's rarely been a tougher time for young people to be looking for work.Increasingly, the name of the game is making yourselves stand out from the crowd"
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