From the Candidates Menu you will notice that there are two options available; firstly "View jobs on-line" which allows you to see a selection of the vacancies available displayed in most recent date order by industry category. This option will not allow you to apply for the advertised position, neither will it allow you full access to the facility. The second option, "Register with Job Jobbed" (the button situated at the bottom left of the menu) allows you to register yourself, your profile and your CV. This has many benefits and allows you to apply for jobs on-line and also allows your details to be accessed by literally thousands of recruiters who may be looking for a candidate just like you!

First Registration Page - about YOU and your requirements!

Once you select the "Register with Job Jobbed" option you will be presented with a registration form. To commence this process, select the e-mail address box and enter the address that you wish to use for communications with this site. Once you have entered your e-mail address, use either the tab key or your mouse to navigate around the form. You will be prompted to add your first and last names and your date of birth together with your sex and address. Please be sure to complete these sections fully. Later you will be asked for your contact telephone numbers. (We would suggest caution before adding your work number to this section.)

You will be prompted for a password which you must select, enter and verify before moving on. Please ensure that this is something that you will easily remember but that it remains secure and private to you. Similarly, we would suggest that using your name or the words "password" "secret" or similar should be avoided!

At the bottom-left of this form there are sections for Salary requirements and Hourly rates, the latter of which is generally only applicable to contract or temporary workers. Please be aware that while we would all like to earn a minimum of £100000 plus per year, these categories are used by recruiters in their search for candidates. We would therefore suggest a realistic and sensible approach to this section.

Using your mouse, select up to four industry sectors from the table to the right of this form. It may be that your skills and experience are appropriate to more than one category? Perhaps you are flexible in your approach to and expectations of work Either way, your details will be accessible and circulated to recruiters via industry sector and your choices will also allow you to receive the latest jobs in these sectors via e-mail. Similarly, you will now be prompted for details on the type of work you are looking for, permanent, contract, part-time etc, together with your preferred location. This is especially relevant as this will determine who we will send your details to and which jobs we send to you. This is also a searchable option for recruiters so please be specific in your selection.

Finally, before you submit your details, we invite you to enter up to 9 "Skills Keywords" which you feel support and describe your experiences, skills and abilities. These are searchable by our clients and could assist your registration further. Please add one word per box to support your registration. If you are an administrator then words such as "administration" "typing" "spreadsheets" and "clerical" may be appropriate, whereas an engineer may choose "CAD" "engineering" "manufacturing" and "installation" or a Communications Specialist may choose "3G" "telephony" "LAN" or "Broadband". It is important to be specific in your choice of words as "office" has obvious Microsoft implications and words such as "honesty" "integrity" and recruiters rarely search "enthusiastic".

Once you have completed this process, select the "Submit Registration" option at the left hand side, which will load the second section of this process.

Second Registration Page - Your CV and Access Options

The second page of the registration process will invite you to add your CV to our secure database. This is a simple "copy and paste" exercise and can be achieved by first opening your CV on your browser and then drag your mouse over the document with the left hand button depressed, highlighting all of the content before right-clicking on your mouse to "copy" and then use the same right button to "paste" into the text box on the registration page. Alternatively, with your CV document open, click on the "Edit" option at the top-left hand side of your screen, then click on the "Select all" button before right-clicking with your mouse to "copy" and then "paste" into the registration form.

As recruiters have such a volume of applications to search through, we have a "First Impressions" section for your completion which serves as both an introduction to you as a candidate and provides a summary of your career expectations and skills. This section is searchable by recruiters looking for workers and we would suggest that you be as concise, specific and honest as possible in order to attract interest from relevant recruiters. We limit this section to XXX characters. Examples of what we would recommend would be:

"Skilled and experienced Administrator / Secretary with a broad range of skills (typing / shorthand / reception) and full PC literacy (Office Pro and NT) seeks rewarding, stable, long-term employment in West London"

"Graduate Web Developer with 2 years practical experience and 3 completed reference project completed seeks medium term assignment in the South west (Glos / Avon) Macromedia / Flash and firewalls experience and good knowledge of servers / routers. Will relocate"

"Design engineer with CAD / CATIA 2D and 3D modelling and experience within engine design environment for automotive and aviation industries seeks fresh challenge in West Midlands. FMEA experience and relevant FE knowledge transfereable"

You will now be invited to opt into the "Vacancy Express" - jobs by e-mail service where our server will send you regular updates of appropriate jobs in the area's that you have specified as being of interest to you. Similarly, you will be asked to approve your details being made available on a limited or general access basis. This also refers to our "Resume Express" service for recruiters. Clearly, to be successful in your application for a vacancy, the recruiter will need to have access to your CV and we recommend that you allow general access to your details in order to expose yourself to all relevant employment opportunities that become available. By adding your CV to the website we will assume that you are happy for your CV to be searchable by our clients although if you would rather not accept this option, please make your selection accordingly. We would also refer you to our privacy statement and to our terms and conditions for further information.

Finally you will be asked to "Submit Registration" again to add your profile to the site. That's all there is to it - Job Jobbed!

Using the Site and Applying for Jobs

From now you will be able to view jobs on-line, apply for specific jobs advertised and get regular updates on out latest variety of vacancies. You will now be advised that you have "registered successfully - Job Jobbed!" and be prompted to either view jobs on-line, apply for jobs or navigate the other options on the site (accessible via the candidate's menu) On future visits to the Job Jobbed site you can simply log in with your e-mail address and password and simply view and apply for positions at your convenience.

On entering your personal page you will be advised of when you last visited the site and be asked what you would like to do. The options you have are:
· Edit your details
· Upload you CV
· Upload a covering Letter
· Search Vacancies
· Search Hot Jobs
· Psychometric Profile Analysis

Editing your Details

If at any stage you want to amend your details or requirements, perhaps in terms of salary expectations or geographic location, then simply log into the "Looking for Work" section using your e-mail address and personal password and you will have the ability to edit your details in the same way that you added them. You can also add a new copy of your CV too or choose to request that your details be removed.

Upload a Covering Letter

Sometimes our visitors like to forward a covering letter to accompany their application. Notes and advice regarding covering letters can be found elsewhere on the site and it is purely optional should you choose to use this function. Please also be aware that not all of our recruiters will elect to accept or read these notes and we would strongly recommend that all relevant information pertinent to your application be contained in your CV.

Search Vacancies

When you are "looking for work" you will be prompted to view vacancies via specific sectors. These sectors are both Industry Specific and Geographic in their selection, which will speed up your search considerably, showing you only the positions that are relevant to you. You can also select just "Hot Jobs" (these are dealt with later). A third option is to select jobs by "Skills Keyword". This is specifically relevant within sectors such as IT or Telecoms.
These search options can be used individually or in tandem with the others to more closely focus on jobs relevant to you, i.e. IT Sector & London & Programmer. Upon selection of the various criteria there will be displayed a scrolling summary of our various vacancies, with the most recent displayed first. You will therefore be able to quickly browse for positions of relevance to you.

The details displayed will include a Job Title and the industry sector that it relates to. You will also find details of salary information, who has posted the vacancy and a brief description of the job itself. If you want to learn more about this vacancy then simply click on the "Full Description" button. The description will appear in a new window on your screen and you can print this off for your personal records if you wish.

For speed of download we only display a limited selection of the vacancies at any one time. To continue to view more jobs, simply click the "next" icon at the bottom-left hand corner of the page.

Applying for a Job

Once you have read the full description you can close the window and move on. This will allow you to continue reviewing the advertisements or to "Apply for the Position". If you choose to apply, this will open a new window and will allow you to e-mail your CV directly to the recruiter. This will already have the job reference number supplied by the recruiter itemised in the subject box and you will also be able to attach a formatted CV and add your personal comments to your application at this time. If you choose not to personalise your application the following phrase will accompany your e-mail and is added by default:

"I have seen your advertisement on the JobJobbed.com recruitment website and I am looking for work. I would like to apply for this position and I have attached my CV to this application. I look forward to hearing from you".

Navigation

At any stage you can navigate around the site by using the "Candidates Menu" located at the top-left hand corner of each page. Simply click on the menu icon and you will be presented by numerous options. Don't forget to check out the "Diversions" section before you go!

Psychometric Profile Analysis

We discuss this useful recruitment tool in depth within our Advice section but if you would like to discover what your future employer may be reading about you or would like to more fully prepare yourself for those difficult interview questions or perhaps you are at a career cross-roads and would like to identify your ideal working environment, click here to receive interpretation and advice from some of the UK's top experts in this field.

Hot Jobs

As you navigate the vacancies you will also become aware of "Hot Jobs" which tend to stand out. These are vacancies which the recruiter has chosen to highlight as being particularly important, urgent, difficult to fill or of a high profile or other specific importance. If you're search for work is urgent or you have specifically unique skills that have a limited demand or exclusive relevance then you may find that "Hot Jobs" are of particular interest to you.

Uniformity

Finally, we would advise you that with the wide variety of fonts styles and formats of CV, this could be confusing and perhaps delay consideration of your profile. And as a candidate you should be aware that recruitment consultants and company recruiters often get several hundred applicants per day to consider. Because of the high volume and variety of format's many of today's modern recruiters utilise specialist software packages to process the variety of CV's received. For this reason we forward your CV to our clients as basic text documents and it may be that if the content of your profile is attractive, you may subsequently be asked for a "best" copy by the recruiter.

Good luck in "Looking for Work"