You will probably have seen the adverts or if not you definitely would have heard that Britain will join Ireland on 1st July in a nationwide smoking ban. This is something that has been discussed widely for many years and as a non smoker myself I’m very pleased to see it enforced. However there are many of you out there that do smoke and will see 1st July as a huge change to your lives, going to the pub will never be the same again whether you smoke or not.
The smoking ban is being introduced to protect non smokers from the harmful effects of second hand smoke. Smoking will be banned in virtually all enclosed and substantially enclosed public places and workplaces, this includes public transport and work vehicles used by more than one person.
Work places may or may not decide to arrange premises for smokers to use but many have taken the ban as a catalyst to have completely smoke free premises and no ‘fag breaks’. Although this is not true for all companies the customary fag break which many employees take throughout the day may be stopped. I have worked with many people who do smoke and take breaks throughout the day, I don’t smoke and have to sit at my desk until lunch time for my break, whilst they feel its ok for them to sit outside and gossip with a cigarette, with or without the smoking ban this is unfair
The public have been asked to ‘report’ possible breaches of the law with a freephone telephone number to report such incidents (0800 587 1667). If you are caught smoking in public you may face a fine of £50 (reduced to £30 if you pay within 15 days), employers failing to display the correct no smoking signs could be fined a maximum fine of £1000, and people in charge of smoke free areas will be fined for failure to prevent smoking in a smokefree place and could receive a maximum fine of £2500.
Whether you agree with the ban or not it is here to stay, if you have more queries about how the ban will effect you visit www.smokefreeengland.co.uk.
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Friday, 1 June 2007
Site functionality
Click4construction.com, the unique end employer only niche construction job board, announces its latest functionality improvements. Following its successful launch in September 2006 click4construction has continued to evolve and has recently taken on board candidate and jobseeker feedback in order to make the site functionality even more easy to use. It is our philosophy that the technology should be leading edge but that the functionality should be effective and uncomplicated. The best analogy is a swan gliding across a pond seemingly with ease whilst paddling ferociously beneath the surface.
Following our recent market research it is apparent that the most important factors for any end employer is the ability to quickly and easily post vacancies, to then have only relevant candidates applying and the CV searching facility returning only the most relevant candidates. Particularly in terms of end employers quality and not quantity is the watchword and as such all Click4construction’s functionality is geared around achieving this objective.
In the last two months we have upgraded our job board to make sure that its features are simple to use and deliver tangible benefits to our clients. Click4construction offers Artificial Intelligence searching which enables clients to search and match to very specific criteria within their job descriptions. There are also improvements to our standard CV searching and CV direct functions. In terms of job postings they are very simple to undertake and we now have given clients the ability to set up their own bespoke auto-responses, screening questions per job role and contact detail options in terms of where replies are sent to. Job posting have been designed to suit every need, click4construction.com is fully integrated with Broadbean and other auto posting software as well as being able to accept XML feeds from client websites.
The site can integrate to specific company Applicant Tracking Systems so that when a candidate applies to a vacancy on click4construction they are automatically directed to the client’s vacancies on their corporate website. Clients are also able to easily save specific candidate profiles for later reference. Other functions include the ability to purchase services on-line which are automatically activated in real time, the ability to set up accounts and unlimited sub accounts. Clients have the option to post and edit a company profile which can be designed by the in-house design team or could be simply text and company logo. Users can also benefit from help and advice on job posting and relevant industry news in the news section.
A lot of time, effort and research have gone into developing the functionality of this site to make it as user friendly as possible and to deliver the required benefits to the client. Please do not hesitate to contact the Click4construction team in order to arrange to benefit for our unique service offering.
Following our recent market research it is apparent that the most important factors for any end employer is the ability to quickly and easily post vacancies, to then have only relevant candidates applying and the CV searching facility returning only the most relevant candidates. Particularly in terms of end employers quality and not quantity is the watchword and as such all Click4construction’s functionality is geared around achieving this objective.
In the last two months we have upgraded our job board to make sure that its features are simple to use and deliver tangible benefits to our clients. Click4construction offers Artificial Intelligence searching which enables clients to search and match to very specific criteria within their job descriptions. There are also improvements to our standard CV searching and CV direct functions. In terms of job postings they are very simple to undertake and we now have given clients the ability to set up their own bespoke auto-responses, screening questions per job role and contact detail options in terms of where replies are sent to. Job posting have been designed to suit every need, click4construction.com is fully integrated with Broadbean and other auto posting software as well as being able to accept XML feeds from client websites.
The site can integrate to specific company Applicant Tracking Systems so that when a candidate applies to a vacancy on click4construction they are automatically directed to the client’s vacancies on their corporate website. Clients are also able to easily save specific candidate profiles for later reference. Other functions include the ability to purchase services on-line which are automatically activated in real time, the ability to set up accounts and unlimited sub accounts. Clients have the option to post and edit a company profile which can be designed by the in-house design team or could be simply text and company logo. Users can also benefit from help and advice on job posting and relevant industry news in the news section.
A lot of time, effort and research have gone into developing the functionality of this site to make it as user friendly as possible and to deliver the required benefits to the client. Please do not hesitate to contact the Click4construction team in order to arrange to benefit for our unique service offering.
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