The Costs Of Finding And Applying For Job Vacancies Online
Cost of Finding & Applying for a Job Vacancy Online
None of the major job sites charge applicants; once you have registered most services are available for free.
It is in the interests of the site to provide the service for free, as they make their money from the companies that place the jobs. If they charged applicants, then no one would apply and no companies would advertise!
Some job sites offer extra services such as CV writing and analysis; the costs of these vary depending on company used. If you can write a power CV (2-3 highly relevant job and experience pages, with a cover letter stating why the job was made for you) do it yourself, if not, carefully consider paying for one!
If you do pay for a power CV, make sure you get a hard copy.
Finding a Job Vacancy Online
Once you are registered, finding a list of appropriate jobs is usually quite simple. There is normally a search on the first page of all job sites.
The search will usually ask for a job type (sales/law/engineering) and an area or city (London/North East/Manchester). Some sites have additional questions to help narrow down searches. Salary rates and whether you require part time or full time employment are common questions, as is a box allowing any important key words, such as equipment or software you have experience using (e.g. Dreamweaver or a Lathe) to focus the search results.
The results to your search will be listed in either alphabetical, date or relevancy order. Most sites allow you to set which order you would like the results, to make browsing easier.
There are two other ways of finding vacancies that are offered by the majority of job sites.
Employer Search
If you do not object to it, then employers that are registered can search through a sites database of CV’s. This means that they can invite any registered job seeker to apply.
Some sites will even search on the behalf of advertisers to find relevant CV’s. This means that you may get invitations to apply for relevant jobs even if you are not actively searching for them.
If you wish for this not to happen, you can normally request privacy for your details as set out in the Data Protection Act.
Email Update for New Job Vacancies
The majority of job sites have a regular email vacancy service, which sends out the details of new jobs to potential applicants.
These are free updates, and are usually customised to include only relevant types of jobs (jobs that match your skills and qualifications).
The emails allow you to stay up to date with new vacancies, and help make sure that you do not miss any good opportunities.
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