27th October 2005, 02:14 PM
Bit of cross-purposes I think here - Invisibleman is talking about the BAJR CV service and Judy is talking about the Employment Page?
As for me, I haven't used the CV service but have applied for a couple of jobs from the Employment page, with no success as yet.
I started looking for work in May this year and sent a letter and CV off to about 10 companies. I included an SAE and my email address. From these I only got 2 replies - both courtesy letters saying no work but they would keep my CV on file. A bit off-putting/annoying that most of the companies couldn't even be bothered to send an acknowledgment either in the envelope provided or as a couple of lines of email....
Advice given to me by archaeologist friends was that a lot of units prefer to actually talk to potential new employees, either on the phone or in person. For me this seems to have paid off as after making a couple of phone calls to local units I have now been offered work with one and have established a contact in the other which may prove fruitful for future work.
Hope you have better luck soon Judy !
As for me, I haven't used the CV service but have applied for a couple of jobs from the Employment page, with no success as yet.
I started looking for work in May this year and sent a letter and CV off to about 10 companies. I included an SAE and my email address. From these I only got 2 replies - both courtesy letters saying no work but they would keep my CV on file. A bit off-putting/annoying that most of the companies couldn't even be bothered to send an acknowledgment either in the envelope provided or as a couple of lines of email....
Advice given to me by archaeologist friends was that a lot of units prefer to actually talk to potential new employees, either on the phone or in person. For me this seems to have paid off as after making a couple of phone calls to local units I have now been offered work with one and have established a contact in the other which may prove fruitful for future work.
Hope you have better luck soon Judy !