For real? You're sure? You're pulling my leg!
Yes, it's true. Yes, we're certain. And no leg pulling.
So what is it that sounds just too good be true?
Free advertising.
Yes, you read that right you can advertise with CJS free.
Not a penny, nothing, gratis, total to pay: £0.00.
Standard (free) linage in CJS is, you guessed it totally
free of charge, all you need to do is email us your advert or even just the
link to the details on your website.
Although it's much easier for us if you can fill in the online form here
(or here for volunteers.)
This advert is included in CJS Weekly, our subscribers
newsletter and if the advert is for an apprentice, intern or voluntary role
it's also posted online and shared across our social media - and it's still
free.
And that's not all!
You can also advertise professional events, training courses,
surveys and citizen science projects, voluntary programmes, volunteer taster
days - ALL FREE!
All of these are included on the website as well.
What's the catch?
There really isn't one, no one time offer, no special offer
and rest assured it's not a data capture exercise, we won't sell your details
on to other companies.
Why do we offer free advertising?
The short answer is because we always have.
CJS started as an aggregation service, pulling together
adverts from various publications and putting them together into one handy
newsletter package, one of the first search engines if you like, in 1994 the
internet was not as big as it is today and google was four years away. The
founders of CJS believed in putting back as much as they could and didn't want
to charge the charities and organisations looking after our valuable
countryside and wildlife; allowing those organisations to use their hard earned
funds on something more vital than advertising.
They also wanted to provide as much information as they could to help
people working across the sector and to offer advice (and hope) to those just
starting out in their careers. These are
still our fundamental tenets and many people still can't believe that we offer so
much free of charge and not only that but that we suggest cheaper options
instead of piling on more 'added extras'.
Please
see our statement about social enterprise.
Why did I not know about this before?
Because we forget that not every one knows about our
wonderful free advertising options - sorry.
We've been doing this so long and many (but not all) people know about
CJS so we sort of assume you must know and, if we're honest, we're not very
good at self promotion (note to self - must do better!).
What else do we do that's free? Well, let's see:
The daily email, the website of course, the monthly
Professional newsletter, CJS Focus and all those in depth articles, your daily
dose of news, grants and funding information, classified advertising for goods
and services and I think that's it, although TBH I'm not sure there's anything
left to include!
What next?
If you want to advertise or sign up to any of these then the website is the place to start, if you can't find what you're looking for,
you're not sure or if you have any questions then please contact us, the
friendly CJS Team is always happy to help by email (ranger@countryside-jobs.com) or
phone (01947 896007 and speak to real
person straight away, no press button 1 for this or 2 for that).
So what are you waiting for? Put us to the test!!