Richard Johnson's Posts - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T12:42:35ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnsonhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1526942713?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=18bm282nod6he&xn_auth=noHow much is a Facebook Page “Like” worth?tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-06-23:502551:BlogPost:12546802011-06-23T12:45:27.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
<div>Like most <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">Recruitment Agencies</a> that are involved in Social Media, I run various Facebook Fan Pages.</div>
<div>Once the idea for the Page was created I set it out and included all the details about the business, location, opening hours etc</div>
<div>I linked my Twitter feeds into the Page, added a cool “Welcome” tab (<a href="http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-make-your-own-facebook-page-tabs.html">see my previous post on Welcome…</a></div>
<div>Like most <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">Recruitment Agencies</a> that are involved in Social Media, I run various Facebook Fan Pages.</div>
<div>Once the idea for the Page was created I set it out and included all the details about the business, location, opening hours etc</div>
<div>I linked my Twitter feeds into the Page, added a cool “Welcome” tab (<a href="http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-make-your-own-facebook-page-tabs.html">see my previous post on Welcome tabs</a>), then I invited all my friends to “like” my Page. I do run a number of Pages and you can only ask your friends so much.</div>
<div>So how to attract more “Likes”?</div>
<div>I tried two options at the same time to compare.</div>
<div>1. Facebook adverts.</div>
<div>I put in the measly sum of £32.00 to get the ball rolling, the design an Ad feature was very easy, giving me the ability to use a picture and wording, also (which I thought was good) I could identify my target counties to advertise into.</div>
<div>The Advert has now lasted 3 weeks and I have gained 37 “Likes” and 37 "Click Thru’s”</div>
<div>Cost of Facebook Adverts “Likes” has been 0.86p</div>
<div><a href="http://www.likesocialmedia.com/">2. www.LikeSocialMedia.com</a></div>
<div>A friend of mine put me onto to this site.</div>
<div>You register through Facebook login and let them know the Pages that you want to advertise. (You must be the Administrator for the Pages you want to gain likes for)</div>
<div>You are shown a long list of other Pages to like.</div>
<div>I started to like things like a fast food company in Singapore and a dental practice in North Carolina, I just liked and liked and liked other Pages!</div>
<div>For each Page that you like, you receive 1 credit. You are allowed to like a maximum of 25 Pages per day, therefore you gain 25 credits.</div>
<div>In turn, when someone else registers on the site, your Pages show up and they click on the like feature until your credits run out.</div>
<div>Quite a nifty site and it certainly "does what it says it'll do". I have secured 3 vanity URLs and have had a total of 164 new likes from this exercise.</div>
<div>However, I am not sure about the “quality” of the likes. From my own point of view, I have hidden a lot of Pages that I have liked, therefore this site should be used purely to gain your 25 likes to secure your vanity URL only. IMHO.</div>
<div>Cost of <a href="http://www.likesocialmedia.com/">www.LikeSocialMedia.com</a> “Likes” has been £0.00</div>
<div>If I then were to add the two exercises together</div>
<div>Total likes = 201, total cost £32.00 = 0.16p</div>
<div>And now it’s all about engagement!</div>Announcing the launch of Great British Jobstag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-05-04:502551:BlogPost:11899222011-05-04T14:45:14.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
<div class="postbody"><h6><span class="font-size-1" style="color: #000000;">Leading online jobboard developer Job affair Ltd announces a jobsite with unique social media links. <a href="http://www.greatbritishjobs.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk</a></span></h6>
<h6><br></br> <span class="font-size-1" style="color: #000000;">Derbyshire - April 2011</span><br></br> <br></br> <span class="font-size-1" style="color: #000000;">Job Affair Ltd announces that its’ most recent…</span></h6>
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<div class="postbody"><h6><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Leading online jobboard developer Job affair Ltd announces a jobsite with unique social media links. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatbritishjobs.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk</a></span></h6>
<h6><br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Derbyshire - April 2011</span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Job Affair Ltd announces that its’ most recent jobsite development; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatbritishjobs.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk</a> has recently been published.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Commenting on the recent development Managing Director of Job Affair Ltd, Richard Johnson, explained “We are constantly looking at ways of promoting jobseekers to a wider audience. Through our unique social media channels jobseekers now enjoy the benefit of being able to broadcast their details across many different platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. The site went live over the last weekend and we have enjoyed a fantastic number of hits from a standing start.</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">The site is currently listing around 9,000 live vacancies.</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">About</span> <br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">GreatBritishJobs:</span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Great British Jobs is becoming the new way to promote jobseekers through social media channels. The UK’s newest and fastest growing online job advertising service specialising in sourcing jobs in the UK. Jobseekers, promote yourself. Employers, attract top talent and enjoy Value Added Job Advertising.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">Additional</span><br/> <span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-1">information is available at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatbritishjobs.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jobaffair.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.JobAffair.co.uk</a></span></h6>
</div>http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-make-your-own-facebook-page-tabs.htmltag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-02-10:502551:BlogPost:11365362011-02-10T14:58:12.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
As some of you already know me, you'll know that I don't like to spend money willynilly!<br></br> <br></br> As part of my "education" into the jobboard / internet market I recently went looking for some ideas on how to jazz up my Facebook pages. I run 5 in total.<br></br> <br></br> Naturally I went onto Twitter and asked the question "Who knows where I can get free pages for my Facebook account" along with many suggestions I decided to investigate the one mentioned by…
As some of you already know me, you'll know that I don't like to spend money willynilly!<br/> <br/> As part of my "education" into the jobboard / internet market I recently went looking for some ideas on how to jazz up my Facebook pages. I run 5 in total.<br/> <br/> Naturally I went onto Twitter and asked the question "Who knows where I can get free pages for my Facebook account" along with many suggestions I decided to investigate the one mentioned by <b><a href="http://twitter.com/BillBoorman">Bill Boorman</a></b><br/> Well, thanks to Bill who suggested <b><a href="http://www.pagemodo.com/index.html">Pagemodo </a></b><br/> <br/> Remember! I'm not a web developer, I'm a recruiter, so all this html code and tags (and ting) doesn't wash with me. I needed something that even I could fathom out. <br/> I decided on a Welcome tab for our <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Just4Medical/153159678035121?v=app_109486035783059">Just4Medical page</a></b> mainly because we haven't yet pushed this page and do not have a great following as yet.<br/> I found pagemodo's login and sign up very straight forward. <br/> <br/> If you opt for the free version there are some caveats. You will need to carry their logo and link at the bottom of the page (out of screen shot) and you have a limited number of tabs before they ask you to pay (fair enough)<br/> You can't see a large "like" button as I have liked it already. You do get a large "share" button once liked towards the bottom of the page.<br/> Here is the screen shot<br/> <br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ezkb3YWOh9Y/TVPVcH0s7hI/AAAAAAAAACc/OLxq1Hst-bg/s1600/FB+Welcome+pagemodo.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ezkb3YWOh9Y/TVPVcH0s7hI/AAAAAAAAACc/OLxq1Hst-bg/s400/FB+Welcome+pagemodo.bmp" border="0" height="320" width="400"/></a></div>
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Now that I was steaming along, I thought I would tackle my <b><a href="http://facebook.com/barecruitment">Ba Recruitment page</a></b> I decided on an outfit called <b><a href="http://hy.ly/">hy.ly</a></b> Here they run a "points" system. If you opt for the free version you need to gather Hypoints by either logging into their site (25 points daily) Tweeting about your new tab (25 points each tweet) Emailing friends etc. Quite a nifty program! I ran into a few issues where my tabs weren't publishing correctly. With there being no contact details on the site, I found them on <b><a href="http://twitter.com/hy_ly">Twitter</a></b> and asked for their help. They were very good at responding and sorted out the issue very quickly (they also gave me some extra Hypoints) Thank you Guys.<br/> Nice big "like" button, you have to carry the logo and link but a good neat job.<br/> Here is the screen shot.<br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PTstahPpduA/TVPywtlA9hI/AAAAAAAAACg/h2i6KqZXU08/s1600/FB+Welcome+hy.ly.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PTstahPpduA/TVPywtlA9hI/AAAAAAAAACg/h2i6KqZXU08/s400/FB+Welcome+hy.ly.bmp" border="0" height="280" width="400"/></a></div>
<br/> Fantastic!! So now I'm feeling like a web developer - woohoo!! I thought "I can tackle anything"<br/> By sheer coincidence one of my newest followers was <a href="http://twitter.com/ShortStackLab">Short Stack Labs</a>, reading their bio, I thought I would go and have a look.<br/> Just the ticket, I've been looking around for a way of adjusting my tabs and including more information that is pertinent to me and my business. I advertise jobs and wanted a tab just for this purpose that said just that "Jobs"<br/> Easy to use system, you can use on multiple Facebook pages. The free version does have a limit of up to 100 followers so a great place to start your campaign. You can always upgrade if you feel the need.<br/> Here is the screen shot<br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-es-TRSa3c6Q/TVP1XAnE6VI/AAAAAAAAACk/ksAsNp-bPEI/s1600/FB+Latest+Jobs+Shortstack.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-es-TRSa3c6Q/TVP1XAnE6VI/AAAAAAAAACk/ksAsNp-bPEI/s400/FB+Latest+Jobs+Shortstack.bmp" border="0" height="300" width="400"/></a></div>
So, all in all, I've demonstrated that YOU can do it! It doesn't have to cost the earth and it'll get you and your company producing good quality Facebook pages (for free)<br/> <br/> My next project will be to build a carousel for <a href="http://www.jobaffair.co.uk/">www.jobaffair.co.uk</a> Watch this space!Our accounts on Twittertag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-05-19:502551:BlogPost:9504052010-05-19T13:42:37.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
Bringing you up to date with regards to our Twitter exposure, we have<br />
drafted a short list of our Twitter accounts and their purpose;<br></br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/JobRich">http://Twitter.com/JobRich</a> -<br />
Complete customer services for Ba Recruitment Ltd and Job Affair Ltd.<br />
Plus news, views and comments from <a href="http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/">JobRich</a> followers 2,514<br></br>
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Bringing you up to date with regards to our Twitter exposure, we have<br />
drafted a short list of our Twitter accounts and their purpose;<br/>
<a href="http://twitter.com/JobRich">http://Twitter.com/JobRich</a> -<br />
Complete customer services for Ba Recruitment Ltd and Job Affair Ltd.<br />
Plus news, views and comments from <a href="http://jobrichuk.blogspot.com/">JobRich</a> followers 2,514<br/>
<div class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">· </span><a href="http://twitter.com/JobsEastMids">http://Twitter.com/JobsEastMids</a> - Job listings from Recruiters in the East Midlands area from <a href="http://www.eastmidlandsjobs.co.uk/">www.EastMidlandsJobs.co.uk</a>,
followers 1,538</div>
<div class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">· </span><a href="http://twitter.com/UK_Medical_Jobs">http://twitter.com/UK_Medical_Jobs</a> - Job listings for Medical Jobs in the United Kingdom from <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4Medical.co.uk</a>,
followers 663</div>
<div class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">· </span><a href="http://twitter.com/BARecruitment">http://twitter.com/BARecruitment</a> – Job listings for Accounts and Administration jobs in Derbyshire and
North Nottinghamshire from <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">www.BARecruitment.co.uk</a><br />
– followers 140</div>
<div class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">· </span><a href="http://twitter.com/UKAccounts_Jobs">http://twitter.com/UKAccounts_Jobs</a> - Job listings for our U.K. Accountancy jobsite (still in development) –
followers 38</div>
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<div class="MsoListBulletCxSpLast"><br/> So, with a total of nearly 5,000 individual people following our jobs
and comments, we would like to think that we are starting to have<br />
something for everyone. We have more Twitter accounts ready specifically<br />
for our jobboard business and will let you know as and when they become<br />
live.<br/>
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If you know of anyone who is looking for a job in the United Kingdom,<br />
please pass on this list to them, thank you.</div>Ba Recruitment - announces new "Jobs by Email" servicetag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-05-07:502551:BlogPost:9434702010-05-07T09:06:06.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
<p><b><a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">BaRecruitment</a> announces "Jobs by Email" facility.</b></p>
<p>Derbyshire - May 2010</p>
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<p>Leading regional Accountancy and Administration recruitment business Ba Recruitment Ltd announces the launch of a "<a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/email-alerts-public.html">Jobs by
Email</a>" facility to allow Candidates to automatically receive <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/email-alerts-public.html">Email<br />
alerts</a> on…</p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">BaRecruitment</a> announces "Jobs by Email" facility.</b></p>
<p>Derbyshire - May 2010</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>Leading regional Accountancy and Administration recruitment business Ba Recruitment Ltd announces the
launch of a "<a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/email-alerts-public.html">Jobs by<br />
Email</a>" facility to allow Candidates to automatically receive <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/email-alerts-public.html">Email<br />
alerts</a> on relevant jobs in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas.</p>
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<p>Commenting on the recent development Managing Director of Ba Recruitment Ltd,
Richard Johnson commented “We are very happy with our new offering and<br />
believe it will save a lot of time for both the active and passive<br />
Candidate. We have already received great feedback from local Candidates<br />
and Clients alike. We are constantly looking at ways of improving what<br />
we have to offer and this most recent service enhancement fits well with<br />
our <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/candidates.html">job<br />
descriptions</a>, <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/jobs.html">local<br />
job listings</a>, <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/interview-assistance.html">interview<br />
assistance</a> and <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/cv-preparation.html">CV preparation</a>.</p>
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<div class="Default"><p><b>About Ba Recruitment:</b></p>
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<div class="Default"><p>Ba Recruitment is the leading Accountancy and Administration recruitment business covering
the Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire markets. Operating since 2000<br />
in these niche markets, servicing the local community, Ba Recruitment is<br />
constantly reviewing all services offered and would be happy to hear<br />
any feedback on any part of their services. <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/testimonials.html">Testimonials can<br />
be found here</a>.</p>
</div>JobSeeker tips when working with your Recruitment Agencytag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-04-13:502551:BlogPost:9238232010-04-13T14:22:27.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
As the Managing Director of a highly successful, <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">regional recruitment agency</a>, I<br />
am often asked about how many applications I receive and the quality of<br />
those applications. If the following can be taken on board by just a<br />
few, it will make the life of jobseekers easier when working with their<br />
local Recruitment agency.<br></br>
<br></br>
•Research local Recruitment agencies websites. Type in the search “<br />
Recruitment Agencies in[enter place name] You will…
As the Managing Director of a highly successful, <a href="http://www.barecruitment.co.uk/">regional recruitment agency</a>, I<br />
am often asked about how many applications I receive and the quality of<br />
those applications. If the following can be taken on board by just a<br />
few, it will make the life of jobseekers easier when working with their<br />
local Recruitment agency.<br/>
<br/>
•Research local Recruitment agencies websites. Type in the search “<br />
Recruitment Agencies in[enter place name] You will first of all notice<br />
that there are a lot of aggregator sites, then jobboards, then<br />
Recruitment Agency directories and the like. Keep looking and the<br />
Recruitment Agencies will start appearing. (They don’t spend as much<br />
time and money on getting the main search engines to find them) Check<br />
the website. Do they have jobs? Do they have a testimonial page? (How<br />
often is it updated?) Is there a contact us page.<br/>
•Prepare you CV, (a whole other blog entry here!) there is no excuse<br />
nowadays not to have a well laid out informative and eye catching CV.<br />
Look on the internet, it’s all there. Free of charge.<br/>
•Contact Recruitment agencies and listen carefully to their responses to<br />
you. Are they professional and knowledgeable? Do they listen to what<br />
you are looking for? Would you want them to work on your behalf? If the<br />
answer is yes, let them know that you will be sending in your CV and get<br />
a contact name for future reference.<br/>
•Send your CV when you say you will. Include a short cover note<br />
explaining who you have spoken to and a brief idea of the job that you<br />
are looking for. Where and approx what sort of salary you will be<br />
looking for. Follow up with a phone call (24 hours after sending it) ask<br />
about going in to see them and get registered. Be prepared to go in and<br />
see the various agencies.<br/>
•Arrive 5-10 minutes early. Dressed for an interview. <br/>
•Be prepared to answer questions, fill in forms, complete psychometric<br />
tests. Allow around I - 2 hours per visit. Some Recruitment agencies may<br />
ask you to make a short video of your interview with them.<br/>
•Have an idea of what you want to do in the future or with your career<br />
and tell your consultant. I meet many people that say “I don’t mind”<br />
What we as recruiters hear is “I don’t care”.<br/>
•Ask how they market their candidates. It’ll give you an idea of what to<br />
expect.<br/>
•Follow up call after one week and weekly thereafter. Ask what the<br />
market place is doing, more jobs less jobs. At this point Recruitment<br />
Consultants may want to get you off the phone – PERSEVERE!! You deserve<br />
to be listened too.<br/>
•If you can, pick up to 3 local recruitment agencies that you feel that<br />
you can work with and keep on at them (weekly)<br/>
•Send Recruitment agencies an up to date CV (if you have changed it)<br/>
•Don’t ever be rude. Plain good manners are expected from you as well as<br />
your recruitment consultant.<br/>
•Working with Recruitment agencies in the United Kingdom is totally free<br />
of charge for JobSeekers. Make us work for you!Just4Medical.co.uk New Location Search announcedtag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-04-07:502551:BlogPost:9161572010-04-07T12:12:11.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
<a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4Medical.co.uk</a><br />
announces new location search facility.<br></br>
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Derbyshire - April 2010<br></br>
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Leading online job advertiser Job Affair Ltd announces that its most<br />
recent jobsite development; <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4Medical.co.uk</a><br />
has launched a “<a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/locations.php">Location</a>”<br />
search facility on their site.<br></br>
<br></br>
Commenting on the recent development Managing Director…
<a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4Medical.co.uk</a><br />
announces new location search facility.<br/>
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Derbyshire - April 2010<br/>
<br/>
Leading online job advertiser Job Affair Ltd announces that its most<br />
recent jobsite development; <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4Medical.co.uk</a><br />
has launched a “<a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/locations.php">Location</a>”<br />
search facility on their site.<br/>
<br/>
Commenting on the recent development Managing Director of Job Affair Ltd<br />
Richard Johnson said “From a standing start to a well performing<br />
jobsite in under 2 months is an extraordinary accomplishment, we<br />
currently have around 2,000 live UK based Healthcare and Medical jobs<br />
from some of the biggest names in Healthcare recruitment within the UK.<br />
We are also generating a surprisingly high number of applications for<br />
such a new venture. As more jobs are getting posted onto the site it is<br />
important for us to be able to enhance our jobseeker experience, this<br />
new search facility will assist all professional healthcare jobseekers<br />
to find their ideal job so much quicker and easier. Currently performing<br />
very well within the searches are the areas such as; <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/results.php?subcounty=London"><br />
London</a>, <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/jobs_in_Nottinghamshire.html">Nottingham</a>,<br />
<a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/jobs_in_Hampshire.html">Hampshire<br />
</a> and <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/jobs_in_Glasgow.html">Glasgow</a>.”<br />
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About Just4Medical:<br/>
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Just4Medical is a leading UK based online job advertising service<br />
specialising in advertising UK based medical jobs, positions and<br />
careers; allowing professional healthcare jobseekers a simple yet<br />
effective environment to apply for relevant jobs. Advertising 1,917 live<br />
jobs across 22 medical and healthcare sectors from 150 of the UK’s<br />
largest recruiters.<br/>
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Additional information is available at <a href="http://www.just4medical.co.uk/">www.Just4medical.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.jobaffair.co.uk/">www.JobAffair.co.uk</a>3 Birthdays this year; 1, 10 and 45 - Hurray!tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-03-17:502551:BlogPost:9033652010-03-17T11:47:03.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
Imagine the scene, a crisp chilly spring morning on 17th March 2009. The<br />
banks have recently disclosed their nasty secrets and the country is<br />
bleeding jobs like back in the 70’s. There is a feeling of doom, gloom<br />
and total hesitation. A business limbo as I seem to remember.<br></br>
<br></br>
I’d recently invested in new premises but I had to half my workforce,<br />
which left my very faithful part-time administrator and me. Luckily, I<br />
had treated my clients well over the last 10 years (Birthday No 3,…
Imagine the scene, a crisp chilly spring morning on 17th March 2009. The<br />
banks have recently disclosed their nasty secrets and the country is<br />
bleeding jobs like back in the 70’s. There is a feeling of doom, gloom<br />
and total hesitation. A business limbo as I seem to remember.<br/>
<br/>
I’d recently invested in new premises but I had to half my workforce,<br />
which left my very faithful part-time administrator and me. Luckily, I<br />
had treated my clients well over the last 10 years (Birthday No 3, April<br />
19th 2000(another story)) and they, in turn, were being fantastic with<br />
me. I continued in business through 2009, mainly from the temporary<br />
market.<br/>
<br/>
With ideas floating crazily around my mind and a little extra time on my<br />
hands I stumbled across Twitter. I think it was Chris Moyles from<br />
Radio One that said that Stephen Fry was tweetting about his journey<br />
whilst in the Far East.. Sounded good to me!<br/>
<br/>
I logged on. (Birthday No 2, 17th March 2009)<br/>
<br/>
I picked the name <a href="http://twitter.com/JobRich">@JobRich</a>, I<br />
wanted something that would sum me up quickly. My name is Richard and I<br />
have a passion about jobs. That seemed to make sense.<br/>
<br/>
Wow, what to do first? I think <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry">Stephen<br />
Fry</a> was the first person I followed. I remember asking him a<br />
question and being a little disappointed that he never answered. LOL! I<br />
followed a couple of local people as well as generally interesting<br />
people and had some amazing in-depth conversations. <br/>
<br/>
I had started networking! This was great! Never having been a<br />
comfortable networker in the past I was now instigating conversations. I<br />
was learning about things that I had never had access to in the past. I<br />
had found an audience along with a true learning source and all things<br />
were equal. <br/>
As I was here for business! I starting noticing the correlation of using<br />
Twitter for business purposes and looked into web tools that others had<br />
been Retweeted.<br/>
<br/>
I used / use the following and have put my comments on also. They are<br />
in no order.<br/>
<br/>
· PowerTwitter <a href="http://powertwitter.me/">http://powertwitter.me/</a><br />
- Runs nicely with Firefox (they’re working on Chrome), user friendly,<br />
shows pictures automatically, allows you to copy and paste a shortened<br />
url to a weblink, Reweet button.<br/>
· Tweetspinner <a href="http://tweetspinner.com/">http://tweetspinner.com</a>/<br />
- Allows (to some level) the management of your account. Purge up to 40<br />
people at a time that don’t follow back (we’ve all been there!)<br />
Revolving Bio and url, great if you want to manage a few ideas at a<br />
time)<br/>
· TwitterVision <a href="http://beta.twittervision.com/%20">http://beta.twittervision.com/</a><br />
- I could watch this for hours!<br/>
· TwitterCounter <a href="http://twittercounter.com/">http://twittercounter.com/</a><br />
- Graphs are easy to understand and make you feel good. Compare<br />
followers and following, most popular Tweeters. <br/>
· TwitterFeed <a href="http://twitterfeed.com/">http://twitterfeed.com/</a><br />
- My saviour! Having many RSS links that need to be uploaded, these<br />
guys come highly recommended.<br/>
· TwitterGrader <a href="http://twitter.grader.com/">http://twitter.grader.com/</a><br />
An excellent tool for finding people in your geographical location. <br/>
· WebsiteGrader <a href="http://websitegrader.com/">http://WebsiteGrader.com</a><br />
As a newbie on the block with regards to SEO and web business in<br />
general, this has been a great source of information that is easy to<br />
understand and gives you a tick list for important things to be looked<br />
at on your web design.<br/>
· Twitt(url)s <a href="http://twitturls.com/">http://twitturls.com</a>/<br />
A great tool for some light-hearted fun on a Friday afternoon<br/>
· WhatsYourTweetWorth <a href="http://www.whatsyourtweetworth.com/">http://www.whatsyourtweetworth.com/</a><br />
How sad! And always depressing. <br/>
· Twibbon <a href="http://twibbon.com/">http://twibbon.com/</a> -<br />
Nice App for sharing causes, you can join one or create one, I did <a href="http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday"></a><a href="http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday">http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday</a><br />
<br/>
<br/>
There are a few more but most of them are not superstars, they just seem<br />
worthwhile to link with for some inane reason. Time will tell. <br/>
So as I’m being so honest with you, please let me know if you have other<br />
tools that you find useful. Please use the comments box below. Thank<br />
you.<br/>
<br/>
Bringing you up to date with my Twitter progress, I have recently been<br />
on a mass de-following project. I have looked through nearly 2,000<br />
accounts and have parted company with people that either haven’t<br />
tweeted; for 3 months plus, people that love and #ff people too much<br />
(it’s all nice but I really don’t have time) people with job streams,<br />
(however there are a few choice ones! LOL), automatic streams where you<br />
can really tell that these people aren’t really saying those things.<br/>
<br/>
I’ve started to look for quality. <br/>
<br/>
I have lots to give (in my own way) and I have an awful lot to learn<br />
still. I have truly thoroughly enjoyed my first year on Twitter and<br />
would highly recommend people to enjoy it. But remember it’s not the<br />
only tool we have.<br/>
<br/>
Oh and Birthday No 1 was me arriving at a very mature and extremely fun<br />
45.3 Birthdays this year; 1, 10 and 45 - Hurray!tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-03-17:502551:BlogPost:9029362010-03-17T10:00:00.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
Imagine the scene, a crisp chilly spring morning on 17th March 2009. The<br />
banks have recently disclosed their nasty secrets and the country is<br />
bleeding jobs like back in the 70’s. There is a feeling of doom, gloom<br />
and total hesitation. A business limbo as I seem to remember.<br></br>
<br></br>
I’d recently invested in new premises but I had to half my workforce,<br />
which left my very faithful part-time administrator and me. Luckily, I<br />
had treated my clients well over the last 10 years (Birthday No 3,…
Imagine the scene, a crisp chilly spring morning on 17th March 2009. The<br />
banks have recently disclosed their nasty secrets and the country is<br />
bleeding jobs like back in the 70’s. There is a feeling of doom, gloom<br />
and total hesitation. A business limbo as I seem to remember.<br/>
<br/>
I’d recently invested in new premises but I had to half my workforce,<br />
which left my very faithful part-time administrator and me. Luckily, I<br />
had treated my clients well over the last 10 years (Birthday No 3, April<br />
19th 2000(another story)) and they, in turn, were being fantastic with<br />
me. I continued in business through 2009, mainly from the temporary<br />
market.<br/>
<br/>
With ideas floating crazily around my mind and a little extra time on my<br />
hands I stumbled across Twitter. I think it was Chris Moyles from<br />
Radio One that said that Stephen Fry was tweeting about his journey<br />
whilst in the Far East.. Sounded good to me!<br/>
<br/>
I logged on. (Birthday No 2, 17th March 2009)<br/>
<br/>
I picked the name <a href="http://twitter.com/JobRich">@JobRich</a>, I<br />
wanted something that would sum me up quickly. My name is Richard and I<br />
have a passion about jobs. That seemed to make sense.<br/>
<br/>
Wow, what to do first? I think <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry">Stephen<br />
Fry</a> was the first person I followed. I remember asking him a<br />
question and being a little disappointed that he never answered. LOL! I<br />
followed a couple of local people as well as generally interesting<br />
people and had some amazing in-depth conversations. <br/>
<br/>
I had started networking! This was great! Never having been a<br />
comfortable networker in the past I was now instigating conversations. I<br />
was learning about things that I had never had access to in the past. I<br />
had found an audience along with a true learning source and all things<br />
were equal. <br/>
As I was here for business! I starting noticing the correlation of using<br />
Twitter for business purposes and looked into web tools that others had<br />
been Retweeted.<br/>
<br/>
I used / use the following and have put my comments on also. They are<br />
in no order.<br/>
<br/>
· PowerTwitter <a href="http://powertwitter.me/">http://powertwitter.me/</a><br />
- Runs nicely with Firefox (they’re working on Chrome), user friendly,<br />
shows pictures automatically, allows you to copy and paste a shortened<br />
url to a weblink, Reweet button.<br/>
· Tweetspinner <a href="http://tweetspinner.com/">http://tweetspinner.com</a>/<br />
- Allows (to some level) the management of your account. Purge up to 40<br />
people at a time that don’t follow back (we’ve all been there!)<br />
Revolving Bio and url, great if you want to manage a few ideas at a<br />
time)<br/>
· TwitterVision <a href="http://beta.twittervision.com/%20">http://beta.twittervision.com/</a><br />
- I could watch this for hours!<br/>
· TwitterCounter <a href="http://twittercounter.com/">http://twittercounter.com/</a><br />
- Graphs are easy to understand and make you feel good. Compare<br />
followers and following, most popular Tweeters. <br/>
· TwitterFeed <a href="http://twitterfeed.com/">http://twitterfeed.com/</a><br />
- My saviour! Having many RSS links that need to be uploaded, these<br />
guys come highly recommended.<br/>
· TwitterGrader <a href="http://twitter.grader.com/">http://twitter.grader.com/</a><br />
An excellent tool for finding people in your geographical location. <br/>
· WebsiteGrader <a href="http://websitegrader.com/">http://WebsiteGrader.com</a><br />
As a newbie on the block with regards to SEO and web business in<br />
general, this has been a great source of information that is easy to<br />
understand and gives you a tick list for important things to be looked<br />
at on your web design.<br/>
· Twitt(url)s <a href="http://twitturls.com/">http://twitturls.com</a>/<br />
A great tool for some light-hearted fun on a Friday afternoon<br/>
· WhatsYourTweetWorth <a href="http://www.whatsyourtweetworth.com/">http://www.whatsyourtweetworth.com/</a><br />
How sad! And always depressing. <br/>
· Twibbon <a href="http://twibbon.com/">http://twibbon.com/</a> -<br />
Nice App for sharing causes, you can join one or create one, I did <a href="http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday"></a><a href="http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday">http://twibbon.com/join/Ba-Recruitment-10th-Bday</a><br />
<br/>
<br/>
There are a few more but most of them are not superstars, they just seem<br />
worthwhile to link with for some inane reason. Time will tell. <br/>
So as I’m being so honest with you, please let me know if you have other<br />
tools that you find useful. Please use the comments box below. Thank<br />
you.<br/>
<br/>
Bringing you up to date with my Twitter progress, I have recently been<br />
on a mass de-following project. I have looked through nearly 2,000<br />
accounts and have parted company with people that either haven’t<br />
tweeted; for 3 months plus, people that love and #ff people too much<br />
(it’s all nice but I really don’t have time) people with job streams,<br />
(however there are a few choice ones! LOL), automatic streams where you<br />
can really tell that these people aren’t really saying those things.<br/>
<br/>
I’ve started to look for quality. <br/>
<br/>
I have lots to give (in my own way) and I have an awful lot to learn<br />
still. I have truly thoroughly enjoyed my first year on Twitter and<br />
would highly recommend people to enjoy it. But remember it’s not the<br />
only tool we have.<br/>
<br/>
Oh and Birthday No 1 was me arriving at a very mature and extremely fun<br />
45.A recent survey – Do Job Seekers want to see agency and employer jobs on East Midlands Jobs?tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-03-02:502551:BlogPost:8902022010-03-02T10:59:27.000ZRichard Johnsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RichJohnson
With my fledgling UK based Jobboard Empire being added to a few weeks ago with the successful launch of Just4Medical, I found myself looking back to my first venture, East Midlands Jobs. I had a few questions that I needed answering regarding the purpose of this Jobboard. Published in early 2008. I needed to know whether this Jobboard was fit for purpose.<br />
Since its inception nearly two years ago I have been marketing the Jobboard as Employers Only and not allowing agencies to post their…
With my fledgling UK based Jobboard Empire being added to a few weeks ago with the successful launch of Just4Medical, I found myself looking back to my first venture, East Midlands Jobs. I had a few questions that I needed answering regarding the purpose of this Jobboard. Published in early 2008. I needed to know whether this Jobboard was fit for purpose.<br />
Since its inception nearly two years ago I have been marketing the Jobboard as Employers Only and not allowing agencies to post their vacancies.<br />
I’m glad to say that from the launch there has been many job postings on the site and from some high profile East Midlands based businesses, namely; Next, Punch Taverns, Harlon Laboratories to name a few, but not in the amount that I had been expecting.<br />
Had I been wrong in wanting to create an Employers Only geographically specific Jobboard?<br />
Well, with a fantastic source of information on my door-step, I asked my audience what they wanted.<br />
<br />
Of the 541 registered* employers asked, 51% said that they would like to see agency jobs and 49% said that they wanted the Jobboard to themselves. I must note here that 74% of employers, who said that they wanted the Jobboard without agency jobs, had only used the site to post a job once.<br />
<br />
The same question was asked of our 2529 registered* Job Seekers.<br />
*Of the total employers questioned 35% responded, of the total job seekers 74% responded.<br />
<br />
I also asked my Twitter audience. Of the 19 people (I find it amazing that out of 3100 followers 19 gave me their time, to you I am most humbly thankful) who answered the question, 12 people stated that the Jobboard should have agency jobs and 7 said that there should be a mixture of agency and employer jobs. Unfortunately, I am not 100% sure what or rather who was answering the question and also I had posed a slightly different question to them. Apologises if you took part in the Twitter survey but your input has been a valuable learning curve, thank you.<br />
<br />
So, with all this information; what am I to do?<br />
<br />
1. I am being told that Jobseekers want more choice; they want to see as many suitable jobs in their local area as possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
2. Employers can live with agencies sharing their Jobboard.<br />
<br />
I think I might know what I need to do for East Midlands Jobs! I can almost hear some Jobboard owners thinking this is old information. All I can say is that I’m prepared to share this information and more as I go through my business trials and tribulations.<br />
<br />
It is not having the information that is important, it what we do with the information that is far more important!