Jon’s tips for candidates looking for a role

Jon Coldridge is a founding Director at Big Red Recruitment.

• Your network of friends, ex-colleagues, suppliers and business partners are the most likely source of your next role, so work hard to keep in touch with people. Linked in is a really useful tool for keeping in touch with everyone you know. If you would like to link to me please click here!
• The internet has revolutionised how the recruitment marketplace works. You should have up to date profiles and be looking on a daily basis at the best sites. The ones we recommend most often are:
  • www.jobserve.com
  • www.jobsite.co.uk
  • www.cwjobs.co.uk
  • www.planetrecruit.co.uk
  • www.totaljobs.co.uk
  • www.reed.co.uk
  • www.monster.co.uk
  • www.executivesontheweb.com
  • www.exec-appointments.com
• Be selective about what roles you apply for, just because it is easy to apply for multiple roles doesn’t mean we recruiters appreciate getting completely inappropriate CVs for roles we are working on. The rule if thumb should be that if you are suitably keen on the role:
• •  tailor your CV to suit
  •  write a specific email to the recruiter
  •  follow up your application to the recruiter with a phone call asking how the application is going

if you can’t bring yourself to do the above, please don’t apply!

• Be positive, in these uncertain times it might take a while to find the best role for you, don’t let this get you down, no one likes speaking to someone overcome with gloom!