Jobseekers Help

How to use TipTopJob

Contents

1. Registering as a Jobseeker

2. Registering your CV

3. Setting up Email Alerts

4. Finding Email Alerts

5. Editing Email Alerts

6. Cover Letters and Applications

7. Saved Searches

8. Finding & Adding - Job Basket

9. Your Profile

10.To Un-subscribe

Registering as a jobseeker

Simple registration process. Click “Submit”

to confirm your registration. You will get an

email asking you to confirm your email

address – you just need to click on the url.

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Registering Your CVAfter you have registered,

you should add your CV

straight away.

This is very important if

you want to potentially be

headhunted and contacted

by recruiters.

Saving your CV also

means that you can

easily attach it to your

applications to jobs online.

If your CV is not quite ready, you can opt to do this later

If you are coming back to upload a CV, login and hover over

“My CV’s and Applications” and click “Register New CV/Resume”

Setting up Email AlertIn the 3rd step of registration, you will

be asked to register an “Email Alert”.

This means we will automatically

email you with jobs that match your

criteria as soon as they are registered,

once or twice per day – your choice.

Use one of the

supplied fields

to enter in

the keywords of

the job you are

looking for.

Find tips by

clicking on

“Job Search

Tips”.

Once you have added your criteria,

click on “Preview Jobs before saving”

Enter location &

distance from a

specific location

along with the

industry/industri

es.

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If you are coming back to do this, login, hover over “Jobs by

Email” and click “Request New Jobs By Email”

Email Alert cont….You will then be presented with a list of jobs

matching the criteria you have just selected. To

set up the Email Alert, you must click on

“request jobs by email” link at the top of the

page or “Email Me Jobs Like These” on the

right hand side of the page at top of results.

On the next page you will see a summary

of your criteria. Just select a name for the

“Email Alert” and once set just click on

“Save Search”.

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Finding Email Alerts

Login, hover over “Jobs by

Email” and click on “My

existing Jobs by Email”.

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Your Email Alerts will then be

presented in a list. You can choose to

edit it, run the search live or delete it.

Make sure the check box

is ticked green for Email

Alerts to be active.

You can change the format, frequency and number of

emails you wish to receive at the top of this page.

Editing Email Alerts1

Change the criteria

of the job search

and then click on

“Search/Preview

Jobs”

Click on “Edit Criteria”

which will take you

through to the job results

page.

Then click on “Re-

Save Email Alert

Criteria”

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Cover Letters & Applications

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Click on “My Cover

Letters” to view your

Cover Letters. Click “Add

New Letter” to upload a

new one.

Login, hover over “My CV’s

& Applications”.

Click on “My Previous Job

Applications” to find details of

jobs you have already applied

to.

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Saved Search

Login, hover over “Job

Search”. Click on “My

Saved Searches” to find

the previous searches you

have conducted on the site.

This is the same page as

“Email Alerts” but there is

no green check box

selected like with Email

Alerts.

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Finding & Adding - Job Basket1

To add a job to your Job

Basket, check the box in

the job results list and

click “Add selected Jobs

to Job Basket” or click

“add to my basket” link

next to the job details in

the job results.

Login, hover over “Job

Search”. Click on “My Job

Basket” to find the jobs you

have previously added to

your basket.

Or, click on “My Job

Basket” in the header bar.

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Your Profile1

To change your password, click on

“Change Password”.2

Login, hover over “My

Details” and choose one of

the options. Click on “My

Details” to go the full

summary page.

To change what site you are registered on

or whether you want to receive emails and

more, click on “Site Preferences”To change name,

telephone, address etc

click on “Personal Details”.

To change skills,

experience, education etc

click on “Job Preferences”.

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To UnsubscribeHover over “My Details”

and click on “Unsubscribe

Me”

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Or, click on “My Details”,

scroll to the bottom of the

summary page and click on

the “Un-subscribe” link on

the bottom right hand side.