GUIDE TO USING UNIVERSAL JOBMATCH EFFECTIVELY

The purpose of Universal Job Match(UJM) is to enable you to record all your job search activity in one place. You are expected to use the site regularly, ideally daily, at home, in the library, or at your Jobcentre.

Activity History

  • This will record everything you do on the UJ site including any jobs applied for, updating or amending CV, etc.
  • On the right hand side of the screen, there is a Job Search Notes text box that you must use to record any job search not done on UJ, such as using other websites, handing CV’s to employers in person, etc.

Saved Jobs

  • Here you will find jobs that your Adviser has saved for you and expects you to apply for. These jobs will be marked with a blue dot.
  • You must apply for these jobs or record the reason why you are not applying.
  • These jobs should then stay in the Saved Jobs box until you next see your Adviser.
  • You can also save jobs that you want to apply for here.
  • The maximum number of jobs you can save is 40.

Recommended Jobs

  • Universal Jobmatchwill also send you jobs it thinks may be suitable for you, and these will be saved in the Recommended Jobs section.
  • It searches for jobs that have the words in the job title or in the job descriptionthat you have put in the Skills box in your Profile. It will match any jobs that contain these words but it does not take in to account the location of the job in respect of where you live or if it is exactly what you are looking for.
  • You should review the number of words in the Skills box in your Profileto ensure that the Recommended Jobs box contains more accurate matches.
  • The Recommended Jobs box is constantly filling, if you click on the View All icon to the right you will see how many you have.

To enable you to keep to a minimum the number of unnecessary jobs details you have to look at in the Recommended Jobsit is suggested that you take the following action:

  1. Click on the View All icon to see how many vacancies are listed. Don’t be alarmed if there is a large number as this process will help you clear the backlog.

2.On the left hand side of the screen you will see Refine Results. Here you can change the distance of your search. Scroll further down and you will see options of how far back in time you want the system to search; click on the most suitable.

3.Now click on the first vacancy and apply if suitable. You can also click on the Save icon to store the details in your Saved Jobs if you wish to apply later.

4.If not suitable select the most appropriate reason for not applying then click on Submit, scroll back to the top of the screen and on the left hand side click on the Saveicon.

Return to Recommended Jobs list and do the same action again.

Now return to your home page and you should see the jobsin the Saved Jobs box. At the end of the job title should be an Apply/Delete button, apply if it’s one of the jobs you have saved to do later but do not delete any jobs in this box until you have seen an Adviser.