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>From the UAG (Universities Advertising Group) and University of
Warwick
http://www.jobs.ac.uk
Jobs for the Academic Community
jobs.ac.uk is a an recruitment website owned and created by the
academic community.The service advertises job vacancies for academic
institutionsaround the world. It is an example of the academic
community working together to createsomething of value and is a
venture that the community should be justly proud of.
In the 15 months since launch, jobs.ac.uk has gone from strength
to strength. The website receives more than 12 000 visitors a day and
provides a free jobs-by-email alert service for thousands of people
around the world. Over 260 academic insitutions now regularly
advertise their academic and related vacancies on the site.
At just 40 pounds per advert, the website provides the academic
community with a cost-effective alternative to expensive methods of
recruitment advertising. Indeed, one institution has
reported to us that by using jobs.ac.uk they have already saved
250 0000 pounds. This is money we hope will be ploughed back into
research and education.
As you can imagine, the majority of the traditional media are still
hostile to us. We have,however, had some success in persuading
elements of the press to be more co-operative. This is
partly because they are aware of the huge support that jobs.ac.uk
has within the academic world and that the service is not just going
to 'go away'.
Despite the success of jobs.ac.uk to date there is still much to be
done. The more people academia know about jobs.ac.uk, the more
effective it will become and the more money academic institutions
will be able to save. Therefore, if you have not already done so, I
would ask you to do any or all of the following:
- please visit www.jobs.ac.uk and perhaps register with our jobs-by-
email facility
- contact us at [log in to unmask] and we will provide you with
promotional material for your department or institution
- inform friends and colleagues about the service whether they are
in the UK or overseas
- create a link to www.jobs.ac.uk from any webpages you are
involved with
If have any comments or suggestions you would like to make about
our service, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Thank you.
Alex Sproat
Director
Jobs for the Academic Community
mailto: [log in to unmask]
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