21st Century Recruitment 4th Article

21st Century Recruitment 4th Article
What a good jobsite looks like?

This fourth article in the series is more a checklist and a
series of questions to ask yourself before parting with
your cash, with the thousands of jobsites available on the
Internet today the challenge of choosing the right one or
right ones for your recruitment needs is a real challenge.

The look and feel of a website is crucial in attracting
visitors to use a site, factors such as how attractive the
site is are important, but not as important is its clarity
of purpose and the ease with which you can navigate the
site. What does all this web speak mean, well it means is
it easy on the eye, is it clear what the site is about and
is it easy to search for jobs and apply for them as a
candidate? The aforementioned are just a few of the basics
but it is amazing how many jobsites do not meet these basic
standards.

Other key factors to consider from the candidate or
jobseekers point of view are key:

* Are their a good number of jobs on the site appropriate
to the specialism of the site? Answer should be YES
* Is there an accurate job search function that includes
all relevant job types, location and salary range? Answer
should be YES
* Does the candidate have to register to apply? Answer
should be NO
* Can the candidate be alerted to new jobs matching their
search criteria, by email and by sms? Answer should be YES
* Can the candidate register and put their CV in a database
and then apply for multiple positions? Answer should be YES
* Does the site have vacancies from employers as well as
agencies? Answer should be YES
* Does the site allow registration and the ability to be
selected by recruiters for contact against search criteria
without compromising personal identity? Answer should be YES

Factors to consider from a recruiter point of view include:

* Is there third party evidence of site traffic and
demographics available? Answer should be YES
* Is there a FOC trial available? Answer should be YES * Do
you have access to a searchable candidate database? Answer
should be YES
* Do you have a choice of payment options and flexibility?
Answer should be YES
* Can you receive direct applications from candidates that
do not wish to have their CV in a database? Answer should
be YES
* Are their opportunities to promote your vacancy in
prominent areas of the site? Answer should be YES And
finally do such job sites exist? In my next article I will
begin evaluating the jobsites that do meet these critical
tests

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Louise G is a highly experienced sales recruitment
professional with over 20 years experience in all areas of
sales recruitment and is currently Sales and Marketing
Director of The sales Recruitment Jobsite.
Find out more about The Sales Recruitment Jobsite the place
for sales jobs and sales recruiters all around the globe at
http://salesrecruitmentjobsiteblog.blogspot.com or go to
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