NCGE NEWS Autumn 2013
Website Review
CV Library CV Library - www.cv-library.co.uk. App available in the UK app store there is also a link on the website which
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What is it? CV-Library is an independent job board and holds (in their own words) “the UK’s fastest growing CV database”. The website is targeted at job seekers and recruiters and advertises around 70,000 jobs in the UK and Northern Ireland. Job seekers can upload their CV for free and search jobs without having to register. The company then makes money by charging recruiters to advertise their jobs and search CVs. At the time of writing this article (August 2013), the website has 6,542,040 CVs on file!
Would you use it as a tool for guidance? I would imagine using this website as a resource about writing CVs and interview tips. It could also be good to have as a link from a website as a useful guide for students. I would definitely use the advice about how to impress on your first day as a guideline for students going on work experience. I also thought that students doing a career investigation could enjoy using the salary calculator to compare industries and different career options. The language used on the website is quite straightforward and should be easy enough for most students to understand. As the website only advertises jobs in the UK and Northern
The website has a huge amount of information and is relatively easy to navigate. The advice for job seekers is excellent. One section of the website is labelled “career centre” and it offers tips on how to write your CV, interview techniques, ‘must dos’ for your first day of work, networking and lots of other really useful advice about training and selecting a job that is right for you. There is also a salary calculator, where you can search various jobs and see what the average salary is a of UK worker. If their free app contains similar information, I would imagine it is even easier to use, but your account has to be registered in the
Ireland, it has a limited benefit for Irish job seekers, unless they are planning to move there. Reviewed by Catherine Flanagan (H. Dip in SGC 2005) Mount Sackville Secondary School, Dublin 20
UK app store, so I was unable to download it.
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