Advertising Employment

[Coding Monkey]

I need to start advertising for a senior designer and was wondering what places are recommended for doing this and the general results other members have found with them. Monster, fish4, jobsearch, newspapers etc?

Thanks!

[clairemackaness]

www.reed.co.uk/freerecruit is a great sote for all types of staff and wont cost you a penny.

[Coding Monkey]

Thanks, Claire. Certainly has a lot of jobs available on it.

[Jayne]

I'll do it, as long as I don't need to use a computer :lol:

Have you not thought of out-sourcing work and working together with another company, someone like Jacqui?

Jayne :D

[i'm_not_a_farmer!]

I advertise for a lot of promotion staff but as its not really a specialist skill, I use local rags and get a good response

However, when i lived in London and was looking for work in marketing, I always looked in spcialist on-line sources such as brand republic or went to specialist recruitment agencies. The same goes for my g/f - she's an accountant and always went to financial recruitment agencies

[Coding Monkey]

Have you not thought of out-sourcing work and working together with another company, someone like Jacqui?


Hell, no! As much as Jacqui is wonderful, I can't really grow a company if I need to go to other people for a price on everything all the time, and especially another company. Would feel like a bit of a con. "Have a website from us.....yet let me just talk to another company about doing it". Would also make life more chaotic, as I build and develop all the websites, the designer just makes them look great. The current designer, who is absolutely amazing and undoubtedly one of the best web designers I've ever come across, has the curse of mortgages and women.

[Jayne]

I was only trying to help, there's no need to go all PMT on me :lol:

I do see what you are saying though :D

Jayne

[Coding Monkey]

Sorry, the "Hell, no!" was said with a nice sense of humour! I can see how it came out, though. Was meant in the nicest way.

[Jayne]

So was mine, just pulling your leg :lol:

[LindseyMHC]

Hi Tom,

The Guardian is well known for 'creative' jobs and has days dedicated to certain industries, e.g. Monday is for PR & Marketing (sorry, don't know if they have a day just for IT). Job ads are also posted on their web site and e-mailed to those who register a relevant interest. Just checked on the site and there are 28 jobs classed as "Web Designer" - http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/browse/index.jsp?freetext=web+designer&csr=it-and-telecoms.

Also, would trade mags such as Computer Weekly or Computing be relevant? NB: Computer Weekly is only showing one Web designer vacancy but Computer Weekly (http://careers.computing.co.uk/js.php) has 88!

Lindsey.

[creospace]

It slightly concerns me that by your comment 'marriage and a woman' you are expecting the required individual to have no life and work all hours God sends, or at least you dictate?

:?

[Joyous]

The current designer, who is absolutely amazing and undoubtedly one of the best web designers I've ever come across, has the curse of mortgages and women.
Hmmm, I can understand why having a mortgage might be considered a curse but fail to see why having a woman should be so. Are having a woman and working as a web designer mutually exclusive nowadays?

Regards

Joy

[10 Yetis]

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Agree that the guardian is the best bet for the best recruits... Friday has a technology section plus the saturday edition has a kind of overview of all areas of recruitment.

Failing that... noticeboards at local uni's always work well.

[Coding Monkey]

It slightly concerns me that by your comment 'marriage and a woman' you are expecting the required individual to have no life and work all hours God sends, or at least you dictate?

:?

He can't move house because he has a mortgage and is married. And because he can't move house, he can't work fulltime, unless he carries on working from home, which I don't want. I'm not that evil

[BlackBerryUK]

where abouts will the position be? if in London, let me know, I know a great designer who might be interested and she does have a lof of samples to show you her work.

[Coding Monkey]

Failing that... noticeboards at local uni's always work well.

Even for a senior designer? I.e. someone with 5 years or more experience

[Joyous]

He can't move house because he has a mortgage and is married. And because he can't move house, he can't work fulltime, unless he carries on working from home, which I don't want. I'm not that evil

Aha! So the fact that he's happily married and owns his own home is a curse to you rather than a curse to him. OK - glad that's sorted now :wink:

Regards

Joy

[Coding Monkey]

where abouts will the position be? if in London, let me know, I know a great designer who might be interested and she does have a lof of samples to show you her work.

Thanks for the offer. But, I'm in the wonderful countryside of Suffolk.

[BlackBerryUK]

ouch :) wish I knew someone there to recommend.. hehe

Good luck hunting for the right designer

[Mwebb]

Failing that... noticeboards at local uni's always work well.

Even for a senior designer? I.e. someone with 5 years or more experience

Definitely.

I know of one very experienced 27 year old software developer. who has over 8 years experience in a programming job. And only left uni at 23. By getting a job while at uni within this proffession he has gained a head start on the others in his field. He is now a senior software developer and share holder of www.trakm8.co.uk ( trakm8 Holdings PLC)
He used the work he was doing for his dissitation!!!

You see UNI is so expensive now adays that people end up working full time hours aswell as doing a full time UNI course. ( lets be honest full time uni actually only requires you to go for 10-20 hrs, the rest is personal study time, you have to manage yourself)

You may find some one at a UNI that is just right, try UEA ( Norwich) Or Essex Uni (colchester) Unless there is something closer you can think of.

[Joanne_UK]

http://www.jobserve.com is a good place to advertise (I always have a look there myself , it's good for IT jobs )...

[Coding Monkey]

Thanks for the help so far. It's about a 10k difference in wages in London compared to anywhere else. I've not heard of anyone's personal experience in job advertising, though.

[lightload]

if it helps, we know a great graphic designer

[bwglaw]

I have advertised in the Guardian Public Sector before (when I was Director of a charity) and I recall getting an invoice for 1400GBP for one mono advert equivalent to 1/4 page of A4. It is expensive indeed.

The Guardian Media section may be more appropriate but I have seen only very large companies advertising for a web designer

Perhaps getting a web designer on board as a Director/shareholder may be an option to expand if you know someone who fits the bill

[Coding Monkey]

Thanks for the info, Jon. I didn't imagine it would be the cheapest place to advertise.

[YEM]

Thanks for the info, Jon. I didn't imagine it would be the cheapest place to advertise.

If you only have a small budget, first point of call - Job Centre.

It's not the best place to advertise a vacancy but its free and we got a gem of a designer through the job centre.

We always place adverts in the job centre (becasue why not) and for the designer position we got loads of applicants

[top-click]

Hi - chinwag.co.uk

Very well worth a look - hope it helps

Rob

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[Coding Monkey]

Thanks for the info, Jon. I didn't imagine it would be the cheapest place to advertise.

If you only have a small budget, first point of call - Job Centre.

It's not the best place to advertise a vacancy but its free and we got a gem of a designer through the job centre.

We always place adverts in the job centre (becasue why not) and for the designer position we got loads of applicants

Interesting, I wouldn't have thought that. Thanks.

The designer is basically the most important part of the company (poor me), so I'd be willing to spend the money to find the right one, and pay the right wage to make sure I get him/her.

[YEM]

Interesting, I wouldn't have thought that. Thanks.

The designer is basically the most important part of the company (poor me), so I'd be willing to spend the money to find the right one, and pay the right wage to make sure I get him/her.

I completely understand that designers are important, but you have nothing to lose by sticking your vacancy in the job centre first of all to see what response you get.

Where are you located? there is an agency called CIDS - Creative Industries Development Services (www.cids.co.uk) based in Manchester that allows you to put vacancies on their site (not sure of costs, it may be free if your register)

[Coding Monkey]

I completely understand that designers are important, but you have nothing to lose by sticking your vacancy in the job centre first of all to see what response you get.


You're absolutely right. I wouldn't have thought of that, so thanks.

Located in Suffolk. Says it next to my name ;) Cambridge is about 20 miles away, so that would naturally be a main area to advertise in.

[Simon.L]

I know this an outrageous concept but try your local job centre, you will be suprised at the number of highly qualified proffessionals who are looking for something better or just something also they can put you on their web-site, in the local paper and teletext.

Simon

[YEM]

I was obviously being lazy not looking at your profile!

The CIDS site would probably not be beneficial but if you contact your local council, they may have a creative industries arm (Lancashire has just developed one).

Good luck and if I think of anything else, I'll let you know

[lightload]

Are you wanting a full time designer or one you can send work to. I know of an excellent designer.