 FAQs
or Frequently Asked Questions:
Advertisers
frequently ask:
Which of your three publications should we use?
CJS Daily Online for speed. CJS Weekly for free and very low cost ads. CJS
Monthly for Public Sector ads and Best Value.
Which of your publications gives the best value for money ads?
It is hard to beat a Standard Free Linage ad in CJS Weekly, but any ad in CJS
Daily Online or CJS Monthly automatically gets a
Standard Free Linage ad in CJS Weekly as well, thus reaching an extra (and different) readership at no extra cost. On balance, CJS Monthly (from £40) is posted to 1300+ Public Sector offices,
emailed to a further 300+ AND appears in full on our website for the month at no extra cost AND all paid jobs automatically getting a
Standard Free Linage ad in CJS Weekly AS WELL!
Summary:
Good Value: CJS Weekly
Better Value: CJS Daily Online (with a Standard Free Linage ad in CJS Weekly as well).
Best Value: CJS Monthly (with a Standard Free Lineage ad in CJS Weekly as well AND CJS Monthly also appears on our website)!
Can you put our ad on the Internet?
Yes. CJS Daily Online will have your Linage and Display ads on our website
within 24 hours, and usually THE SAME DAY (weekdays)! Email your ad.
How best to email artwork to CJS?
Please attach it as a PDF (or as a JPEG) and email it to
ranger @ countryside-jobs.com
What is 'Camera Ready Artwork'?
Ready for us to photocopy, i.e. the right size, shape and layout.
We keep our advertising rates so low by reducing the amount of artwork WE have to do.
What is your deadline?
We have several! Our COPY DEADLINES are: CJS Daily Online no deadline,
Monday to Friday inclusive and usually published the same day. CJS Weekly 12 noon
every Friday. (Space Booking Deadline for Display Ads only: 5pm Thursdays).
Published every Monday. CJS Monthly
12 noon on the Tuesday, published on the second Thursday of every month.
Is CJS VAT Registered?
Yes. From 1/11/00. Our VAT Registration Number is
892 9082 79. Trade
Classification: 22105 - Other Publishing. Please add 17.5% VAT to all CJS
Advertisement costs.
Charities paying for an ad can avoid VAT by completing a VAT exemption
declaration [ for a blank declaration] and returning it to us.
Subscribers
&
Readers
frequently ask:
Shall I send you my CV /
Resume?
No thank-you. We are publishers,
NOT a Recruitment Agency, so we have no need of your CV.
Why subscribe to CJS Weekly when I can read CJS Daily Online and CJS Monthly on this website for free?
Our Daily and Monthly publications contain only those jobs which the employers
have PAID us to advertise, whereas our Weekly publication gives a Standard Free
Linage ad to ALL the jobs we are aware of each week (a total of 5,449 paid UK
jobs were detailed in CJS Weekly in 2005) and it includes the weekly digest of
vacancies reviewed from national newspapers, specialist publications and
national organisation websites.
How much is it to subscribe to CJS Weekly?
The minimum is £20 for 15 weekly editions, equivalent to £1.33p per week, for electronic web access (worldwide).
An additional £1.20 is added for postal subscriptions. Please see
CJS Weekly
How do I subscribe to CJS Weekly?
You can subscribe via this website, by post or by telephone: WEBSITE - click on
Shop and use your credit or debit card; POST - send a
cheque or postal order payable to Countryside Jobs Service for the amount to the
address at the top of this page; TELEPHONE - Phone 01947 896007 and use your credit or debit card.
Do I need an Application Form to subscribe to CJS Weekly?
No. That would just be another piece of paper, another envelope, another stamp
and another delay. We just need your name, address and payment. Please see
CJS Weekly
What foreign currencies does your online shop accept?
You can pay online using Great British pounds sterling, European euros or US dollars.
When will I get my first issue of CJS Weekly?
If we receive your name, address and payment BEFORE 3pm on Thursdays it will be processed in time to dispatch your first issue that weekend. Email subscribers should receive theirs late on
Fridays and Postal subscribers should receive theirs on Mondays. Your first issue will include jobs still current from previous weeks.
NB: Any subscriptions received AFTER 3pm on Thursdays too late for that
weekend's issue and are held over until until the FOLLOWING weekend.
What happens if I subscribe to CJS Weekly and then get a job?
When you get a job, or if at any time and for any reason you wish to discontinue
your subscription, we will be happy to refund the remainder of your subscription
to you, without quibble. Or you can transfer the subscription to a friend or
colleague, or donate the remaining value to the Leukaemia Research & / or to CJ Snail, our adopted endangered species at
Jersey Zoo (or 50/50 to both).
How will I know when to renew my subscription?
Subscribers who get their CJS Weekly delivered by post can check each week on
their Address Page: The number in brackets (your Countdown Number) after your
name shows how many more issues are still to come; The date of your Last Issue
in that subscription is also given; Bright pink Subscription Renew Reminders are also sent with Countdown weeks 3 and 2. Those getting their
copies online or via email receive Subscription Renew Reminders by email in Countdown weeks 4, 3, 2 & 1.
How do I Renew my Subscription to CJS Weekly?
Just the same as subscribing for the first time (see
CJS Weekly). If it has
lapsed, please let us know that you have
subscribed before, as we MAY still have your details on the database. If you do not
tell us that you are renewing a subscription we will assume it is an entirely new subscription and it may overlap your existing one.
What jobs does CJS NOT include?
'The Environment' is a big field [true!] and sometimes the term can be too
vague. We do NOT, for instance, include Environmental Health jobs (too much checking food shops for Salmonella, etc); nor Outdoor Pursuits (ie
rock climbing, canoeing & caving, unless it includes Environmental Education);
nor overseas jobs (unless they are sent to us Direct, in which case we will
include them, but not count them as part of our running total of paid UK
jobs), nor asbestos, nor radiation related jobs. The jobs excluded are all
valuable professions, but do not fall within our remit.
Royal Mail often delivers my CJS Weekly late - what can I do?
We pay Royal Mail to deliver all paper copies of CJS
Weekly first class on
Mondays and sometimes they do.
All postal copies of the CJS Weekly are posted First Class on Sunday mornings and over 90% should be delivered on Mondays.
If not you can contact your local Royal Mail Delivery Office (see Phone Book) and ask for a 'Lost, Damaged or Delayed Inland Letter Form' to complete and return to RM. They will write you a nice letter saying how unusual this is and enclose a book of stamps by way of apology. Better still, why not ask us (before 3pm on Thursdays) to
transfer your details to the web access list, online copies are normally
available from Friday evenings? We do not charge extra for 'Express Delivery'. We just charge everyone a standard rate, which reduces our admin costs and so helps to keep the CJS Subscription rate unchanged for
yet another year.
In our Autumn '05 Subscriber Satisfaction Survey, 100% of web access subscribers
were highly or very highly satisfied with the delivery compared to 79% for
postal subscribers.
Who is 'CJ Snail?' and Why the Leukaemia Research Fund? Please
read 'Our
Charities' page
What is your deadline?
FOR NEW AND RENEWED SUBSCRIPTIONS for CJS Weekly the
deadline is 3pm every Thursday. Any received after this will be held over to the
following weekend.
Is CJS VAT Registered?
Yes. From 1/11/00. Our VAT Registration Number is
892 9082 79. Trade Classification: 22105 - Other Publishing. NB: CJS
Postal Subscriptions are NOT liable to VAT but electronic ones are! According to
HM Revenue and Customs electronically transmitted material even if intended to
be printed out does not qualify as printed matter but as a service and hence is
liable for VAT. We include the VAT in the price, if you don't pay VAT contact us
BEFORE placing your order and we maybe able to invoice you net of VAT.
Charities paying for an ad can avoid VAT by completing a VAT exemption
declaration [ for a blank declaration] and returning it to us.
General
What is the best time to phone?
Office hours.
Or you can leave your name and telephone number, or send your fax, at any time.
Our number is 01947 896007 (24 hours). Or fax at any time to: 01947 896474. Or
email us. We're a small team and sometimes you may get the answerphone -
it doesn't mean we're ignoring you it's just that we're really busy so please
leave a short message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
What about Bank Holidays?
We ignore all Bank Holidays (except Christmas and New Year) and publish as
usual, even if Royal Mail delivers it a day later than normal! At Christmas and
New Year we close the CJS office completely and have our 'summer' holidays.
Please see News
Releases for the actual dates.
Is CJS a recruitment agency?
No. CJS is a small commercial publishing company, providing free and low cost information to promote countryside careers and environmental conservation on an ethical basis.
Is CJS just another rip-off?
No. In our Autumn '05 Subscriber Satisfaction Survey we sent a questionnaire to
over 1000 Subscribers and analysed the 112 returned. 50% said their rate of Overall Satisfaction was Very High,
48.2% said it was High,
0.9% said it was Medium and 0.9% said it was Low or Very Low. We also offer a no-quibble guarantee: Your satisfaction or a refund.
Of the thousands of CJS Subscribers we have had in the last 10 years, only ONE
single Subscriber has asked for their money back because they were dissatisfied
(an email Subscriber who was unable to receive or recognise or open the
attachments we were sending, assumed we hadn't sent any, didn't provide
a phone number and didn't respond to our explanations - so we refunded their
subscription in full. We asked for a receipt but they never replied). Lots of
other Subscribers have asked for the remainder of their Subscription to be refunded because they have got a job - and this we are
always very happy to do!
Does CJS have a Privacy Policy?
Yes: we will not give, exchange, buy or sell your details to any unauthorised party. (See also: Is your database properly registered
and Legal Bits)?
Is your database properly registered?
Yes. Data Protection Act Registration Number:
Z9570707. Names, addresses, etc are held on our
computer. Your Credit / Debit card details are NOT held on any of our computers. We will NOT give,
exchange, buy or sell your details to any unauthorised party. Where we
have your details on paper and once these are no longer needed we then shred the
paper before it's used as bedding for our various animals and then composted for
use on the garden. That's pretty secure.
Why do you not advertise the CJS more?
We could spend lots of YOUR money on advertising ourselves, but we prefer to rely on the very best form of advertising possible: personal recommendation from the vast majority of our satisfied users. This way we can not only keep our prices down but also grow at a reasonable and sustainable rate.
Why so much sponsorship?
CJS is proud to sponsor 1) the Scottish Countryside Rangers Association; 2)
Countryside Management Association; 3) CJ Snail (an Endangered Species of Partula Snail at Jersey Zoo) and
4) Naturenet. This is our way of saying 'Thank-you' and of 'putting something
back' into the Conservation Movement, without risking the financial viability of
CJS. We also support the Leukaemia Research.
Please read the 'Our
Endorsements' and 'Our
Charities' pages for more information.
Is CJS printed on recycled paper?
Yes. We use only 100% recycled paper and envelopes, which costs more than virgin paper but we believe it is the right thing to do. All our toner cartridges are returned for recharging. All our waste office paper and used newspapers are recycled and all
magazines are taken to Whitby Hospital. All used stamps from incoming mail are donated to charity shops in Whitby.
That's it. Any other question you
want answered just contact us by email or fill in our feedback form (under
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