How to advertise

10 April 2010

Ensure your vacancy reaches the people you want to recruit.

We are a first-class advertising consultancy that can remove the hassle and provide a more cost effective, targeted service for Local Authorities, voluntary and charitable organisations.

One price, two adverts

Advertising your job in our weekly magazine, combined with our on line recruitment advertising site, ensures that you reach your chosen audience through a cost-effective, highly targeted medium.

1)   CHOICE! is a popular weekly publication, providing up-to-date information on all jobs with Devon County Council, Torbay Council and other leading public sector and charitable status organisations throughout the county.  These include: the District Councils, the NHS, Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust (DCPT), Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue plus many other voluntary and charitable organisations. 
The magazine is widely available throughout Devon and can also be provided upon subscription. Over 13,500 paper and electronic copies are distributed each week.

2)   Devonjobs receives over 42,000 unique visitors a month; with 40,000 registered applicants and 10,000 people receiving email alerts your vacancy will gain the best possible exposure.

The benefits of our on-line system include:

• User friendly search facilities.
• Applicant registration enabling online information store of applicant details.
• Email alert facility for candidates.
• Application form and interview guidance notes.
• Links to numerous other relevant sites, such as DCPT site and national jobs boards.
• Adherence to the Data Protection Act (2003) and full compliance with UKand EU e-GIF guidelines.

You will receive the copy and cost of your advertisement for approval, prior to it appearing in the press, enabling you to manage advertising space and subsequent costs.

Why not 'highlight' your vacancy so that it appears on the home page of the site, bringing it to the attention of even more potential applicants - ask for further details when placing your advert.

Placing your recruitment advertising through First Stop has the following benefits:

• We provide appropriate media advice.
• We can advise on the wording of your adverts.
• We set the adverts, proof read and place them with the newspapers on your behalf.
• We deal with the administration and invoicing.
• We negotiate with the papers if an error occurs.

In order to capture your target audience you may wish to place your recruitment advertisements in the local, national and trade press. We can provide you with guidance as to the most cost effective and relevant media to meet your specific requirements. We liaise directly with publications on your behalf, relieving you of this laborious task. At the same time this ensures that all adverts provide maximum impact within a consistent, corporate format, whilst remaining cost-effective through volume ordering.

If you wish to advertise with us please email your advert text to us by 5pm on Monday. This will appear on the internet on Wednesday and in the magazine the following Monday. 

We charge £7 per standard column centimetre and advertising costs start from as little as £70 + VAT. Actual costs vary from advert to advert, if you wish to receive a more accurate quote please contact Recruitment Services or call on 01392 383415

If you would like to subscribe to Choice, please click here for a subscription form

To find out about other services offered by the Recruitment Services team please click here.

Recruitment information for DCC managers please click here http://staff.devon.gov.uk/recruitment.htm

 

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