After a further tweak of my CV yesterday I re-uploaded it to jobsite.co.uk, jobtrack.co.uk and gis-a-job.com (see links), where agencies can search for potential recruits by skills, experience, etc. After originally posting my CV earlier this summer I had a few enquires from agencies but nothing much came of them, and today's first call about a low-level programming job at SSTL (On UniS campus of all places) wasn't really what I was looking for either.
This afternoon I had a call from STS Recruitment who had found my CV on planetrecruit.com, a sister site of jobtrack.com. They had a couple of jobs they were looking to fill, with NEC (who I turned down a few weeks back) and a very similar role with Panasonic Mobile, in Thatcham near Newbury. So they are putting me forward for Panasonic and seem enthusiastic about my prospects given the offer from NEC, my experience and my CV overall. Fingers crossed I might be able to get an interview arranged before I head off to Spain on Tuesday.
So for anyone out there in a similar position, I'd definitely recommend refreshing or at least re-uploading your CV to the various job directories. In a competitive job market making your CV float to the top of search results is critical it seems. Old CV's are often assumed to be out-of-date or the candidate inactive, even if they are only a few weeks or months old.
Posted by jonah at September 9, 2003 07:09 PM | TrackBack