Job seekers registration - how do I start ?
     Job seekers - using our web site - must register once to be able to post their resume online (free of charge) and update it whenever they change employers, earn new educational degrees or professional certifications, develop new skills (languages, IT experience etc..) or simply would like to update their contact information or job preferences.

More importantly registered job seekers will be able to browse advertised job vacancies and career sites in addition to having unlimited access to check their Message Box for employers interest messages (concerning career opportunities).

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Benefits to job seekers - why skill-link.com ?
     Register your information and qualifications using our Resume Wizard through our web site: www.skill-link.com or alternatively, if you have no access to the internet send it by mail or fax.

Skill-link.com offers its registered candidates:

1. More opportunities: by registering once, your resume can be accessed online 365 days a year by a very large number of ‘interested’ and ‘willing’ employers in in the Region (mainly Egypt and the Gulf). This creates unlimited career opportunities for you.
2. More efficiency: you will not need to prepare and mail numerous copies of your resume anymore. Also you no longer have to worry about your application being misplaced, or filed somewhere and forgotten.
3. More confidentiality: interested employers do not get to see your name or current employer name until you authorize the revealing of your identity. This is an important feature in skill-link.com to protect your privacy, while allowing you the benefit of exploring available opportunities.
4. More control: by registering you are in full control of your ‘opportunities’, it is up to you to identify which ones you would like to proceed with.
5. More interest in you: the site is not just about jobs, it also offers useful tools and references with regards to skill development, career management and much more.

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Corporate Subscriptions (for employers) - what are the terms ?
     Companies, banks and other organizations should contact skill-link.com’s Corporate Relations Division for a free demo or to subscribe to the site; please contact any of the following:

• Egypt : tel: (202) 3053162 / 63 / 64 , fax: (202) 3054937, email: mail@Skill-Link.com
• Emirates: Dubai tel: (971 50) 5829698, email: eltaha_m@emirates.net.ae
• Kuwait : tel: (965) 2425930 / 5 , fax: (965) 2449835, email: skillkw@kems.net

Subscription will entail having access for the duration of the subscription to an easy to use and searchable internet recruitment site. Once you successfully recruit a candidate, skill-link.com will be entitled to a nominal fee (as specified in your subscription agreement).

Should a candidate you recruited leave your company within the first three months of employment, skill-link.com will credit the recruitment fee to your next recruitment (ie. It will be for free). Should you decide at the end of your subscription period not to renew it and you have not recruited a replacement candidate, skill-link.com will reimburse you with the recruitment fee.

Advertising: corporate subscribers may also choose - for a small fee - to advertise on the skill-link.com site certain vacancies or link their own career sites to generate more interest from job seekers.

Corporate subscribers commit not to reveal information about candidates they interview to anyone outside their companies and use such information discreetly for the sole purpose of a serious employment opportunity. In no instance can the corporate subscriber share candidates infromation / refer candidates to sister companies or other legal entities unless it is explicitly stated in their subscription agreement with skill-link.com.

Additionally, corporate subscribers must inform skill-link.com immediately of candidates they recruit via its service, allowing skill-link.com to invoice them the recruitment fees.



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Benefits to corporate subscribers (employers) - why skill-link.com ?
     As corporate subscribers to skill-link.com, employers benefit from an unrivaled access to the widest skill bank in The Region. Subscribers can perform extensive on line searches on our database in addition to being able to post advertisements or link their career sites to skill-link.com’s web site .

Subscribing employers benefit from:

1. Advanced search tools: from your desk, you can apply extensive search and filtering criteria producing short lists of highly relevant candidates.
2. High efficiency: you avoid the resumess; ie the need to store large numbers of resume hard copies and worry about classifying them, reviewing and updating them periodically. Skill-link.com provides you with the ultimate paperless solution. It also spares you the inconvenience of processing hundreds of irrelevant resumes you receive through advertisements.
3. Low cost: skill-link.com subscription and placement success fees are substantially lower (pound to pound) when compared to advertised recruitment in newspapers or using the services of a traditional employment agency.
4. Availability; you can search the skill-link.com database 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and make your own decisions with regards to the candidates you are interested in interviewing.
5. Credibility: skill-link.com is backed by its founders: SKILLRATE Advisors SAE (the prestigious executive search firm with an established track record in placing executives in the largest businesses in Egypt and abroad), and LINKdotNET the leading internet service provider with continuous access to state of the art internet and telecommunications technology.
6. More Access = More Success: skill-link.com offers a user friendly, easily accessible, more efficient, wider reaching and more discreet career service to job seekers. Many interesting candidates are not aware of your vacancies, they may not see your advertisement or may feel uncomfortable (especially the more experienced ones) sending job applications. This translates into corporate subscribers having access to the largest possible pool of resumes, when compared to advertising, attending employment fairs, or retaining a traditional employment agency.
7. Pre screening: skill-link.com thrives to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of job seekers submitted information. As much as possible, skill-link.com’s Candidate Relations Officers will verify information or interview applicants. This should help reduce unpleasant surprises at interview time.
8. Confidentiality: a large number of employers prefer confidential recruitment methods not involving advertising, in the cases where an incumbent is being replaced or when embarrassing referrals should be avoided.

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