User:Redsuperted/sandbox

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Image:WJ img.png
URL	WikiJob.co.uk
Owner	WikiJob
Created by	Edward Mellett Chris Muktar
Launched	2007

WikiJob is a website designed for and used by those involved in (or applying for) careers at city firms, from students to graduates to qualified solicitors, accountants and other similar professionals. Its readership expands beyond this, however, and includes journalists, recruiters and others from outside of the city spectrum.

The site provides an insight into the workings of city based employers in the United Kingdom as well as information about interviews and assessment days for these firms. Almost every page of the site is open for users to edit, allowing job seekers to contribute real life information to company profiles.

1 History and content
2 Discussion board
3 Mentions from Universities and careers offices
4 Mentions in the press
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History and content

The site was established in 2007^[1] by Edward Mellett and Chris Muktar, both graduates of the University of Manchester^[2]. After graduating the pair went on to work in city jobs (accountancy and recruitment) before "retiring" a year later to set up WiiJob.

From launch, the site received attention from the press^[3] and university careers offices^[4].

[edit] Discussion board

The messageboard is a key feature of the site, allowing students and graduates to exchange information about interviews they are currently applying for or preparing for. This part of the site was actually launched before the core wiki sections, and was originally called NotGotAJobYet. The messageboard is in fact still accessable via the original web address notgotajobyet.co.uk^[5].

Posts on the messageboard debate interview technique and necessary preparation, detail assessment days for city firms and discuss the benefits of specific companies compared to others. Information exchanged on the messageboards comes from users' peers, rather than from companies or recruiters who may have a commercial agenda in the information they expart on their own websites.