{"id":13888,"date":"2022-02-08T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/?p=13888"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:27:08","slug":"job-searching-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/?p=13888","title":{"rendered":"Job Searching, The Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Irrespective of your current work situation, if you are in the market for a new role there are some channels that you should be exploring in order to maximise your reach as a candidate.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Recruitment Agencies<\/strong><\/p>

Registering with recruitment agencies that specialise in the roles you are looking for, be it in your\u00a0local market or internationally, is a good way of beginning the job search process. Typically you can\u00a0apply for a role they are hiring for or register with them online.\u00a0This normally prompts a specialist\u00a0recruiter to give you a call and discuss your CV and requirements in more detail or to arrange a\u00a0meeting at their offices so you can meet face to face. As and when roles become live that match\u00a0your skills and experience they will contact you to discuss relevant opportunities in more detail.<\/p>

Online job boards<\/strong><\/p>

Direct applications through online job boards have become increasing popular over the past decade.\u00a0The rise of digital media is now wholly applicable to the talent market, with many employers now\u00a0choosing to advertise their vacancies on job boards as well as briefing recruitment consultancies to\u00a0source candidates.\u00a0<\/p>

Registering with both niche, industry specific job boards, as well as generalist job boards, will help\u00a0you keep on top of new roles coming onto the market. Once registered, it is best to save job\u00a0searches in your profile, as well as setting up job alerts. You will then be emailed when new\u00a0roles matching your searches are advertised.\u00a0<\/p>

Social Networking<\/strong><\/p>

Social media has very quickly become one of the preferred mediums for employers to attract top\u00a0talent. LinkedIn is in the midst of its transition from a business networking tool to a job search\u00a0engine with the largest number of registered professionals on a single website, globally. Having a\u00a0complete and well written LinkedIn profile increases your chances of being headhunted by\u00a0recruiters and contacted by employers who are advertising a role that may have applied for.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Irrespective of your current work situation, if you are in the market for a new role there are some channels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-careers-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13893,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13888\/revisions\/13893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}