Saturday, 1 March 2008

Jobserve - Can they be beaten?

Most IT contractors believe that Jobserve.com is THE site to search for IT contract jobs.

But jobsite.co.uk have proved that they can get more internet traffic than jobserve - at least for permanent job roles.

But is traffic everything?

Well yes if you want to be ebay or amazon or google.

But IT contractors simply want to find contract jobs quickly.

To use jobserve:
- Click on the site (though "jobserve" is sometimes difficult to remember so you may have to search via google)
- Register.
- Upload your CV.
- Set up your search preferences (sometimes annoying to set up).
- Finally click on the microscopic magnifying glass icon thingy to search.
- Click on a job
- Click to apply.
- Click lots of EU citizen type questions.
- Finally apply.


Similarly with jobsite.co.uk you have to track down how to register with jobhunter.
Then search for jobs on the site. Most of the emphasis is on permanent roles - because logically they get more of their income from permanent roles.

So what is different with Contractjob.net?

1. CONTRACT Jobs are easy to select from the tabbed categories - so you only have to look at the relevant job category.

2. CONTRACT Jobs are easy to apply for.

3. CONTRACT Jobs are shown by location.

4. You send your latest CV each time (where the role has been posted directly on contractjob.net) - so agencies don't use your old CV which you forgot to change on Jobserve or jobsite,co.uk. And anyway DO YOU TRUST JUST ANYONE WITH YOUR CV which after all for a contractor is your company's major asset?

5. The site LOOKS MUCH BETTER than all the others. Do you want people to see you looking at ugly webs at work? What sort of IT techie are are?

6. Contractjob.net plan to provide a FREE INVOICING system for contractors in the near future.

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