We asked recruiters to rate the quality level of the applicants they receive through each job board. The majority (40 percent) of recruiters note that LinkedIn delivers “high-quality” applicants.
A job application will be just a click on a button in the future. Responding without the need to fill in an job application form. Why? Read more about it here.
It was inevitable, but nevertheless it is a sign of the times that Monster will no longer be producing the monthly Monster Employment Index (MEI) reports. The official announcement, released on 9th of Januari 2013,… Jobs move from websites to Social Media. Monster stops with Monster Employment Index
Today Facebook launched the Social Jobs Partnership’s (SJP) application [https://www.facebook.com/socialjobs/app_417814418282098], a new tool that will make it easier for people on Facebook to find and share employment opportunities. The new SJP app is a central… Everything you need to know about the new Facebook jobboard
But Job Boards, Online Networking Gain Ground
Person-to-person networking continues to be job seekers’ most successful tool, according to a study by Right Management. The firm analyzed job data on the nearly 60,000 individuals throughout North America to whom it provided career transition services over the past three years. Traditional networking was the source of new career opportunities for 41% of job candidates last year, while Internet job boards accounted for 25% of new positions landed.
Source of New Job
(59,133 job seekers)
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2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
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| Networking | 41% | 45% | 41% |
| Internet Job Board | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Agency/Search firm | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Direct Approach | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Online Network (2010) | 4% | na | na |
| Advertisement | 2% | 7% | 7% |
| Other | 10% | 12% | 14% |
Career Services and Development Sites received largest number of unique visitors to date
In September 2011, nearly 30 percent of the European online audience (108.4 million unique people) visited sites in the Career Services and Development category, reflecting the most unique visitors the category has seen to date. Within the category, the Training and Education sub-category experienced the highest growth with a 28 percent increase, followed by Job Search with a 21 percent increase.
Among the top Career Services and Development sites for September 2011, Monster Inc. received the most unique visitors at 9.4 million unique people. Indeed.com followed, with 8.3 million unique visitors, reflecting a sizeable 39 percent growth from the previous month. Jobrapido, an aggregator of listings from other job sites, ranked third, drawing 7.7 million visitors in September. The fourth largest site in the Career Services and Development category was Espace Emploi International, a site for French companies and French nationals listing international vacancies, which attracted nearly 5 million unique visitors in September 2011. Top Career Services and Development Sites in Europe by Unique Visitors
In the past three articles I’ve described the latest developments in mobile recruitment. In Part 1 the explosion of mobile internet in the coming years and the evolution of online recruitment to mobile was reviewed. The implications of mobile devices and the required actions for HR / Recruitment Managers were described in part 2. In part 3 a short checklist was provided to see if your career site is ‘future proof’ for candidates visiting via a mobile device.
I will conclude here with some mobile solutions that show what already is technically possible to support your recruitment and selection process:
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If you are living in the USA you are probably aware of Monster new semantic search engine called 6Sense aka Power Resume Search for Recruiters or Job Search for candidates. This new way of searching through the Monster database will be available in other countries soon. It’s a new concept-matching technology that helps you find candidates. It thinks like you do and can understand content and context, unlike keyword searches. Most importantly, 6Sense understands 15 million job term combinations.
The following videos explain 6Sense in more detail:
If you are an user of the professional LinkedIn Recruiter solutions you’ll notice some improvements when posting jobs. I like thefact that it’s now easier to post jobs with a new one-page flow including rich-text formatting. Next step is sharing them to your LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter networks, LinkedIn Groups, or individuals with just a few clicks. These (paid) jobs get premium placement in LinkedIn Groups.
But the biggest improvement is probably Who’s Viewed This Job. You can now measure how often your job has been viewed, applied to, searched for, and shared with others. Each metric includes an anonymized list of viewers and detailed data to help you understand the companies, job functions and locations of the professionals interacting with your jobs.
Monster Worldwide has launched already popular iPhone and iPad Apps and, more recently, an Android App as an extension of their website. They are now further expanding their mobile suite further with the Monster.com Interviews app* as the “ultimate tool to help you through the job interview process“. This step-by-step guide provides advice and coaching through every stage of a job interview, including: