Resources


Job Board Aggregators

These are useful sites as they pull job information from many job boards into one source. They appear to be reasonably accurate. You can also separate the recruitment agency job posts from the direct employer posts.

www.indeed.co.uk

www.simplyhired.co.uk

www.careerjet.co.uk/

Job Boards (IT)

www.jobserve.co.uk

www.cwjobs.co.uk

www.dice.com  (US based)

Post your CV direct onto the web via:

http://www.google.co.uk/base/

http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=59260 (Instructions)

Other additional sites some people use to publish CV’s and profiles on line:

Scribd

http://www.scribd.com/

http://www.scribd.com/explore/Resumes-CVs/

Easy place to set up a blog for self promotion/marketing:

http://wordpress.org/

CV information:
 
Video explanation all the different types of CV: (chronological and function) and the different uses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA0k0Z_A6K4&feature=related

This link is not as clear, however shows at 1 minute and 6 seconds, a demonstration as to how you could use this method. It’s not very visible so you may have to enlarge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65L_tD6f9dA&feature=related
 
Example CV formats:

http://www.1executiveresume.com/download/resume1.pdf

Design CV’s and portfolios

www.coroflot.com

Work Culture and Change:

Article: The New World of Work (Time):
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898024_1898023_1898169,00.html

Recommended Reading:

What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/articles/wciyp.php

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/supchadig-21


Salary / remuneration sites:

Salary.com www.salary.com
Starry expert: www.salaryexpert.com
World at work: www.worldatwork.org

Company Benefits:
Benefit News: www.benefitnews.com
Employee benefit research Institute www.ebri.org

Stock Options:
My Option Value .com www.myoptionvalue.com

www.mystockoptions.com

http://www.knockemdead.com/negotiating_stock_options.php

National Center for Employee Ownership www.nceo.org
Foundation for Enterprise Development: http://fed.org

Incentives and rewards:
National Association of Employee Recognition: www.recognition.org
Corporate Rewards: www.corporaterewards.com
Bravanta: www.bravanta.com

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development www.cipd.co.uk

  • Human Capital Institute
  • AIRS Advanced Cert
  • AIRS Certificate
  • AIRS Diversity