Why are job-search sites so bad?

Croppy Bhoy

As if job-hunting wasn't miserable enough, virtually every job site seems absolutely terrible.

You put in 'Galway' and half the jobs returned are for Kerry, Dublin, Castlebar... even a lot of the ones in Galway are too far away to make it realistic. Very vague.

Also a #### load of the jobs are scams, or at the very least, not genuine job vacancies (all this 'work from home' crap), these are usually the 'jobs' that are listed multiple times under various guises too.

They really should have a job site that is moderated or something. The FÁS site isn't too bad for it, but again their locale searching is awful. I mean "Location: West". Are you serious?

Blonde27

Hi There

Just read your post quickly after posting some information in a Recruitment Agency thread. Alot of companies are not spending on advertising any more but by using social networking. Set up a Linked In page. Go to www.linkedin.com and start it like setting up a Facebook page. Add as many people as contacts and make it look like a cv. Lots of companies are using this to contact people these days instead of advertising.

Also, a good trip is to use www.indeed.ie. This pulls all jobs from websites advertising jobs and also companies advertising.

Croppy Bhoy

That Indeed website looks good, cheers. Unfortunately I'm after part-time, casual work i.e. not a career or anything you'd need years of experience of specific qualifications in. No website really seems to be helpful for this sort of stuff.

ScoreX

I dunno but it is annoying as fúck.

Blonde27

Fas is your best bet then. People advertising on that are looking for casual, part time etc

Blonde27

also search by key word so in the town you are looking for or job you would like is good for FAS. If you are looking for part time work, you wont get it on a jobboard. Companies defo wont pay to advertise for casual jobs.

Bobjims

Yeah I can't stand job sites too. I'm fed up searching using the graduate jobs filter and all of the jobs popping up saying they require at least 5 years experience in the industry!

Blonde27

what type of Grad work are you looking for, I might be able to guide you who to contact

Mr. Loverman

Do the jobsites you use have an advanced search option?

For example, here's an advanced search for part-time jobs in Galway (Galway only) on Parttimejobs.ie:

http://www.parttimejobs.ie/search/advanced/category/all/none/Antrim+Armagh+Carlow+Cavan+Clare+Cork+Derry+Donegal+Down+Dublin+Fermanagh+Kerry+Kildare+Kilkenny+Laois+Leitrim+Limerick+Longford+Louth+Mayo+Meath+Monaghan+Offaly+Roscommon+Sligo+Tipperary+Tyrone+Waterford+Westmeath+Wexford+Wicklow/location/galway/

Bobjims

Blonde27 wrote: »

what type of Grad work are you looking for, I might be able to guide you who to contact

Mechanical engineering work, havent been able to find much on it.

Blonde27

Bobjims wrote: »

Mechanical engineering work, havent been able to find much on it.

What you should do is target the likes of companies that hire Mechanical Engineers so Valeo, Analog Devices, Mentor Graphics etc. Alot of these companies might not be advertising Grad roles but try and make contact with some Hiring Managers (so the Mechanical Engineering Manager). You can do this via Linked In where alot of Managers have presence. It is pointless sending your cv in aimlessly to companies, you need to speak to the Managers in charge to get your foot in

Also if you are a graduate, do a WPP with FAS. I know the money is terrible but alot of these WPP end up in full time paid jobs and lots of contacts after your 9 months are up.

Bobjims

Blonde27 wrote: »

What you should do is target the likes of companies that hire Mechanical Engineers so Valeo, Analog Devices, Mentor Graphics etc. Alot of these companies might not be advertising Grad roles but try and make contact with some Hiring Managers (so the Mechanical Engineering Manager). You can do this via Linked In where alot of Managers have presence. It is pointless sending your cv in aimlessly to companies, you need to speak to the Managers in charge to get your foot in

Also if you are a graduate, do a WPP with FAS. I know the money is terrible but alot of these WPP end up in full time paid jobs and lots of contacts after your 9 months are up.

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

Columbo

Regarding the search criteria, when I designed my site, the location searches had to include the potentail relevant areas. For example, a job in Tallaght is listed as Dublin West but is also commutable from Dublin South, Dublin City and Kildare. To ensure the best possible search for potential applicants, it will also appear in these commutable areas. It can't be an exact science but that is why, if you search for a job in Kildare, you would also see this job in Tallaght.