Where do you think it is best to sit in your office?

A recent poll that we carried out of over 1,000 jobseekers asked where would they rather sit in an office. We wondered if there would be some sucking up to the boss un-covered here…..and…..

we were right! 28% would actually prefer to sit next to their manager in the office. Although this was not the top answer, it was the second most popular response.

35% would however prefer to sit in the middle of their co-workers, which is of course the most obvious answer.

Other responses include:
– Near the big bosses office – 14%
– Near the entrance – 12%
– At the back – 8%
– By the exit – 3%

Tell us where you sit and if you could change this, where would you prefer to sit???

Personality Tests – What Are They?

Personality Questionnaires

Are you unsure what personality questionnaires are?

TipTopJob have partnered with JobTestPrep to help explain what they are and provide you with some practical examples so that you become an expert before you have to actually do one.

Personality tests are a very popular method for assessing potential employees during job interviews. The results of these tests have a significant influence on your chances of getting the job as they are seen as a measurement of your compatibility with the job you’re applying for.

Personality tests are often referred to as personality questionnaires. The reason for this is partly because they are often not timed, but mainly in order to make you feel more comfortable with the test and thus answer as honestly as possible. It is also for this reason that most of these tests will say that there is no right answer. This is obviously far from accurate. Depending on the specific position, virtually every question has answers that will help you or hinder your employment chances. It is very important for this reason to prepare for these Personality Tests, despite what the assessment companies might tell you.

If you want to practice a personality test, then please click here http://www.jobtestprep.co.uk/personalitytest.aspx?affiliateID=10196.

Alternatively, you can click through to our website to read more about personality tests: http://www.tiptopjob.com/displaycontent/sectionid/15/contentid/1372_-personality-tests-what-are-they.

October with TipTopJob

Through the month of October, we are offering all new advertisers a FREE month of advertising.

Our Bronze package in October allows all advertisers to advertise 10 jobs on TipTopJob and our network of thousands of jobsites and have 1 user on the CV database. This is FREE for the first month and £200 thereafter per month.

All packages include:
– Email Alerts to relevant jobseekers
– Access to International specialist domains
– Marketing through social media and more
– Account Manager
– Jobs included on TipTopJob.com + Relevant Site + Countries
– Branded logos on all jobs

Access 83 Countries, 61 Industries and over 4,000 additional sites.

For further information, please give our sales team a call on +(0)1628 207350 or email sales@tiptopjob.com.

New Look Career Centre

New Look Career Centre

A few weeks ago we re-launched our Career Centre with an easier to view layout so jobseekers can quickly find advice about various aspects related to finding a new job, working life and their career. There are sections dedicated to advice about writing CV’s, cover letters, interviews, recruitment tests, working life, redundancy, legal and money, training and re-location.

There are some new books in the Career Bookshop that can be purchased via Amazon that are inspirational and highly useful. And the Career Clinic allows jobseekers to send in a career-related question for it be answered.

A new section with “job profiles/descriptions” will be added soon that will help jobseekers identify what is involved in some popular jobs so they can decide if it is really for them.

Check out the new Career Centre here: http://www.tiptopjob.com/user/jobs-by-displaycontent/sectionid/15/contentid/796_-career-centre.

We welcome any feedback about our new Career Centre and would love to hear from you. Email us on marketing@tiptopjob.com.

Jobseekers visit job boards before other methods

In a recent survey by TipTopJob, it was found that most jobseekers would visit a “job board” in the first instance when looking for a new job.

The survey asked 847 jobseekers where they would you go first when looking for a new job.  28% of respondents said “job boards”. This highlights how job boards have become more common place in today’s jobseeker market and more well-known given that jobseekers visit them directly. This figure would certainly not have been so high 5 years ago.

27% said they would visit a “search engine” first which of course may lead to a jobseeker then finding a job board but also other methods like job aggregators or recruitment agencies.

16% of jobseekers would go to a “recruitment agency” first, 14% would go “direct” and 4% would use their “friends or acquaintance network”.

Mike Dauncey, comments, “Interestingly, 10% said they would use “social media” in the first place. Although social media is not the most obvious place to go to look for a new job, it will become more mainstream in the future (especially in the younger generation) as more recruiters and direct clients use the social networks to advertise and recruit and as people use the social media sites to network about potential roles amongst friends and acquaintances.”

Did anyone see “National Hug Your Boss Day” ?

Did anyone see “National Hug Your Boss Day” in the news on the 23rd August? Here at TipTopJob, we were all to happy to have a hug with our bosses and colleagues. We created the day back in 2008 to promote workplace relationships.

On a couple of the surveys we had run prior to the 2013 National Hug Your Boss Day we found that most people backed up our theory. 86% of respondents said that if they were happy with their boss that they are more productive. Second to this, top of the list of options to the question “What makes you more productive at work?” was “Good Working Relationships”.

Another interesting survey result found that 55% of women would prefer to hug another woman. When asking men the same question, 62% would prefer to hug a woman.

Hug of the month went to Choice FM, whose photo you can see on the homepage of the website. CBS 42’s Kate Muse and Kaitlin McCullet celebrated the day by hugging their news Director, Bill Payer.

You can check out more hugs sent in this year in the Gallery on the website:
http://www.nationalhugyourbossday.co.uk/gallery.html.

And more interaction on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Hug-Your-Boss-Day/217675401587682

We would love to hear of any more hugs we missed so do let us know if they are not currently shown and we hoped you all enjoyed the day this year. We look forward to celebrating again next year 🙂