Blog Archive
Stand out from the crowd - Using Embedded Objects in Job Ads2:30pm Tuesday 17 August 2010
Tags: slideshare regular expressions rich media media objects youtube online recruitment job board job ads video using video in recruitment api embed.ly embedly oembed oembed.com Have you ever wanted to add a video, slideshare presentation, a chat room or some other 3rd party media objects into your job ads? Nearly all job board software restricts the advertiser from placing HTML embedded code into job ads. So, wouldn't it be cool if you can just paste a URL and it automatically creates the embedded object without having the user copy and paste the code?
read more...IT Video Resume - Killa Appz4:33pm Monday 09 August 2010
Tags: rap song web development dave berzack daveberzack.com youtube video cv using video in recruitment candidate video resume Dave Berzack, a freelance web developer, created this music video about web development. He raps along to the paper planes track about his skills to pay the bills. Certainly stands out amongst a pile of CV’s. There’s not much else I can add to this... Just watch the video!
read more...OWASP Top 10 and your Recruitment Website - Part 18:30am Monday 09 August 2010
Tags: user authentication website security form design hacking login session management broken authentication cross-site scripting xss sql injection owasp job board recruitment website security dmitry kulshitsky OWASP has recently updated their list of the top 10 most prevalent security vulnerabilities. Since this list covers all major aspects of computer security it is interesting to check what are the issues that are relevant to a typical recruitment website or job board and (exercising the 80/20 rule) what are the key questions we should ask ourselves (or our IT/security staff) to be sure that we don't miss anything critical.
read more...Data Applications and Infrastructure at LinkedIn8:30am Friday 06 August 2010
Tags: open source software data warehousing apache azkaban sensei kamikaze voldermort norbert decomposer bobo zoie database hadoop data management linkedin infrastructure linkedin At a recent presentation by Jay Kreps of LinkedIn at the Hadoop Sumit 2010. Jay describes how LinkedIn crunches 120 billion relationships per day and blends large scale data computation with high volume, low latency site serving.
read more...How to confuse a job seeker - Part 22:25pm Monday 02 August 2010
Tags: online recruitment job board classification structure form design Following on from our previous article on How to confuse a job seeker... Step 1. Create a complex and "unique" classification list Step 2. Expect the job seeker to select the correct item from the list
read more...2010 Email Marketing Benchmark Report - HR/Recruitment Sector1:46pm Monday 02 August 2010
Tags: email metrics statistics uk email marketing benchmark report sign-up.to email marketing email open rates The latest Sign-Up.to 2010 UK Email Marketing Benchmark Report (Q1 & 2) analysed over 200 million email marketing messages sent through their online marketing platform in the 6 months from 1st January - 30th June 2010. The breakdown of statistics by sector did not paint a very flattering picture for the HR/Recruitment industry.
read more...Plan for the worst6:37pm Wednesday 28 July 2010
Tags: recruitment vendors recruitment database backup plan recruitment website website hosting recruitment technology data storage It's every business owner’s worst nightmare - What would happen if we lost all our data? Goodbye thousands of candidate records. Goodbye client lists and financial information. Instead of pointing the finger and blaming someone else, do you have plans in place to backup your data in the first place?
read more...Log in with LinkedIn7:30am Monday 19 July 2010
Tags: social recruiting social recruitment facebook connect login form social networking registration form trusted authentication recruitment agency website job boards oauth user registration login with linkedin linkedin.com linkedin api We have released "Log in with LinkedIn" functionality across a number of our client job boards and recruitment agency websites. This is a first for the Australian & New Zealand recruitment industry that allows users to use their existing LinkedIn details to Register/Login with another site.
read more...Search Jobs by Salary Range9:00am Sunday 18 July 2010
Tags: jobsjobsjobs.com.au job search job board hourly pay rate annual salary jobstreet.com jobs.co.nz jobsite.co.uk apsjobs.gov.au mycareer.com.au seek.com.au salary brackets pay scale search jobs by salary range SEEK has released an updated search box that allows users to specify salary ranges. Although this "search by salary range" function is not new to the online recruitment industry. We wanted to have a look at a number of different ways your job board or recruitment agency can offer this function.
read more...Mobile Recruitment Websites - Keep it simple1:53pm Tuesday 13 July 2010
Tags: mobile recruiting android application jobs.recruiterdaily.com.au iphone job search application blackberry application iphone application mobile job sites mobile recruitment Does your Job Board or Recruitment Agency website need a native iPhone, Android or BlackBerry application? More than likely the answer will be no. Save your money. You don't need to spend upwards of $5k+ for a single native application. But what you do need is a mobile enabled website.
read more...Job ad of the month - I'm tired of writing boring adverts for boring Recruitment Consultants9:26pm Monday 05 July 2010
Tags: engineering people engineeringpeople.net.au funny job ad job ads keyword loading job ad of the month Did I miss the memo on funny job ad day? Today I came across a number of funny (and a few weird) job ad copies including "This is DOPE" and "If this sounds like your kind of gig, then please send us your CV and an idea of your salary expectations to one of the sexiest men on the planet (WTF)…our Human Resources Manager".
read more...Australian Job Board Statistics - June 20104:07pm Friday 02 July 2010
Tags: job board mycareer careerone june 2010 job board report job board statistics seek nielsen netratings Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during June 2010. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 3.899m, CareerOne 1.554m, MyCareer 1.264m
read more...Social Recruiting is a dirty word11:00am Thursday 01 July 2010
Tags: social media privacy recruitment websites linkedin twitter facebook presentation thomas shaw social recruitment social media social recruiting mobile recruiting job boards social recruitment strategy Today, I gave quite a controversial presentation to a group of Recruitment Agency owners on Social Recruiting. When I was first asked to present to this group a few months ago, I was initially asked to speak about "Social Media and it's use in the Recruitment process". I said no, I wasn't interested.
read more...You Are Here!1:58pm Monday 28 June 2010
Tags: geolocation foursquare geolocation api google maps candidate stalking location services api html5 security online recruitment Soon, all browsers will support the HTML5 Geolocation API by default. Geolocation is the core function behind sites like Foursquare which can work out where you are located. I have previously talked about using Geolocation services used for sourcing or stalking candidates, but it does have some other uses in online recruitment.
read more...XAuth. What is it?8:00am Thursday 24 June 2010
Tags: login form registration form opensocial api facebook connect openid user autheitication oauth xauth social networking Extended Authentication (XAuth) is a new open platform to extend authenticated user services across the web. You may have noticed that more and more websites are integrating with 3rd party services to allow users to use their existing profile (ie Facebook, LinkedIn, OpenID) to connect with your site.
read more...Product Management Axioms4:27pm Wednesday 23 June 2010
Tags: customer research saeed khan user adoption customer needs sales process sales product management recruitment software job board software For those readers interested in Product Management. Let's have a look at some product management axioms originally thought of by Saeed Khan in 2007, and recently summarised in his presentation on the topic.
read more...Tips for Avoiding Website Roadblocks3:22pm Wednesday 23 June 2010
Tags: zurb zurb.com client satisfaction software projects recruitment websites website development tips for avoiding website roadblocks When developing any type of website or software application. Too often you get stuck at the magical 90% completion mark. 90% does not equal 100% satisfaction for any client. We have all been in these situations and Zurb has put together a quick 6 Tips to Avoiding Website Roadblocks blog post.
read more...Australian Job Board Statistics - May 20108:00am Thursday 17 June 2010
Tags: job board mycareer careerone may 2010 job board report job board statistics seek nielsen netratings Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during May 2010. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 3.998m, CareerOne 1.610m, MyCareer 1.338m
read more...Apply for a job by attaching your LinkedIn profile12:04pm Tuesday 15 June 2010
Tags: application autofill jobping.com jobping job board linkedin api It was only a matter of time before Australian job boards start integrating with the LinkedIn API. We have discussed utilising the LinkedIn API a number of times previously.
read more...Job ad of the month - No weed smoking hippies2:06pm Monday 14 June 2010
Tags: job board job ad of the month fusionworkforce.com.au fusion workforce funny job ads mycareer It's not often you see funny job ads in the paper. But in this weekend’s edition of The Age/MyCareer, (amongst the plethora of ads promoting their iPhone app) I came across a funny job ad by Fusion Workforce.
read more...Is your job board PCI DSS compliant?8:30am Monday 07 June 2010
Tags: mastercard visa security credit card payments data security standard payment card industry compliance job board pci dss pci dss access controls The most common method job boards use to accept payments is via a credit card. If you accept, process or store credit card information, you have to accept the responsibilities of being PCI compliant.
read more...Do not pay to post your jobs to Twitter8:00am Monday 07 June 2010
Tags: twitter social recruiting social media job posting ats using twitter for recruitment Recruiters who pay $ to post jobs on Twitter are twits! You can post your job manually, via RSS feed or through your existing multi-posting provider/ATS. There is no need to pay a separate fee to post your jobs to Twitter.
read more...MyCareer iPhone App8:00am Monday 31 May 2010
Tags: sync shortlist shortlist jobs job search iphone mycareer iphone app mycareer.com.au mycareer job board add notes mobile recruiting mobile recruitment MyCareer has released their much anticipated iPhone job search application to the Australian marketplace. The iPhone app has all the standard bells-n-whistle job board functions - search jobs, view job, shortlist, email and a few other surprises including
read more...Cut the fat. If you still use IE 6, it's time to upgrade9:51pm Tuesday 25 May 2010
Tags: google chrome mozilla firefox microsoft internet explorer browser detection ie 6 internet browser cut the fat safari job board recruitment website I hate supporting old internet browsers. Listen up fellow webmasters, job boards and solution providers. If you spend hours designing your site to work perfectly in IE 6, you’re taking away any incentive from slow adopters to drop their old browser. Take a stand and insist your users upgrade to the latest browser versions.
read more...NZ Public Service Workforce Data12:44pm Monday 24 May 2010
Tags: data.govt.nz nz public service workforce data statistics dataset human resource capability public service employment public service staff numbers state services commission gov2.0 Governments across the world are starting to make public sector information available to increase their openness and transparency by publishing raw data online. By having publicly available data sets, it stimulates innovation and leads to economic benefits by allowing researchers to perform their own analysis and developers to create useful applications.
read more...Australian Job Board Statistics - April 20104:29pm Tuesday 18 May 2010
Tags: job board statistics job board report april 2010 careerone mycareer job board seek nielsen netratings Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during April 2010. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 3.769m, CareerOne 1.527m, MyCareer 1.265m
read more...Hippo iPhone App4:42pm Thursday 13 May 2010
Tags: job board sort search results iphone application hippo iphone app oauth facebook twitter hippo.com.au hippo jobs social recruiting mobile recruiting mobile recruitment Hippo Jobs have released their own iPhone application. Yes, they are still alive. Overall, the application design is quite nice. The app can use your phones geolocation data to search for jobs close to you. Same as some other iPhone job search applications (eg JobServe).
read more...The Apprentice NZ - More jobs than you can poke a stick at8:00am Thursday 13 May 2010
Tags: helen souness seek new zealand seek.co.nz the apprentice new zealand annemarie duff job board I have finally managed to track down a embeddable copy of The Apprentice New Zealand aired in April. In this episode (Week 8, 6th April 2010), the contestants are set a challenge by SEEK NZ.
read more...Oops! Tips - May 201011:23pm Wednesday 12 May 2010
Tags: keyword spam google maps translating html code employment advertising job ad errors job ads recruitment websites job boards html formatting oops tips With the ever changing technology landscape, job boards will never be 100% perfect. Here are some little bugs we have spotted over the past few weeks.
read more...Please review my CV - Trojan Horse10:35pm Tuesday 11 May 2010
Tags: candidate resume trojan sasfis trojan horse security resume virus antivirus software recruitment website job board resume virus Do you virus scan all candidate resumes and other documents before you open them? Chances are YOU may be the perfect candidate these people are looking for.
read more...auDA .au Domain Name Drop Lists11:07am Tuesday 11 May 2010
Tags: domain registration domain name drop list job board recruitment agency dot au auda domain names Do you know when your .au domain name is going to expire? When most people purchase a .au domain name they think they own the domain name for life. Unfortunately that has never been the case, and with the introduction of the Domain Renewal, Expiry and Deletion Policy (pdf) by the auDA now everyone will know if you forget to renew your domain name.
read more...Creative Thinking and Problem Solving10:22pm Sunday 09 May 2010
Tags: creative thinking problem solving Every day we are faced with a number of problems. Problems don't usually go away. They need to be solved. What is your method for solving problems?
read more...Social Recruiting in Australia and New Zealand. What do Recruiters really think about it?8:00am Friday 30 April 2010
Tags: recruitment statistics recruitment industry statistics linkedin facebook proshortlist twitter refer a friend niche job boards social recruiting in australia recruitment marketing strategy social networking background checks source candidates social recruiting job boards social media rcsa quarterly business manager survey rcsa.com.au rcsa social recruiting statistics social recruiting in new zealand The latest RCSA Quarterly Business Manager Survey for 1st Qtr, 2010 has been released. It's no surprise that mainstream job boards still lead the advertising medium recruiters use to source candidates. The trend indicates recruiters are decreasing the use of networking events, niche job boards and refer-a-friend incentives (see image below).
read more...Login with LinkedIn buttons2:05pm Thursday 29 April 2010
Tags: recruitment website job board login buttons api linkedin api linkedin linkedin.com using the linkedin api If you are using the LinkedIn API to integrate it with your job board, recruitment website. You maybe interested in using one of the standard "Log in with LinkedIn" buttons.
read more...Recent Job Searches6:44pm Wednesday 28 April 2010
Tags: sop same origin policy fast job search form mycareer.com.au mycareer job board recent job searches number of latest jobs There was a function added to MyCareer's new homepage last week I seemed to have missed. While it's not uncommon for job boards to record (and display) your recent job searches, this one caught my eye.
read more...The ugly side to blogging5:18pm Tuesday 27 April 2010
Tags: spam blog spam linkme.com.au blogging for recruiters recruitment blog linkme blogging If you run a blog, you should keep it clean. Unfortunately automated systems are not fool proof and spammers can attack your site. The best thing to do if you no longer blog (and update your system software) is to delete it.
read more...Facebook Advertising recap3:12pm Sunday 25 April 2010
Tags: ppc display ads recruitment advertising facebook advertising using facebook for recruitment facebook facebook.com pay per click nielsen social media ad impressions social recruiting social recruitment Forget fan pages, applications, and searching for user profiles. One of the easiest ways to get in front of users on Facebook is by using Facebook Ads.
read more...How cybermule jobs work2:08pm Sunday 25 April 2010
Tags: symantec scam jobs fake job ads cybermule job boards job ads recruitment website Symantec has put together a short educational video on how cyber mule jobs work and why you need to avoid these types of job ads. Job boards work very hard to put in processes to validate each advertiser and the legitimacy of the job ads before they are posted on their site. But scammers are getting smarter and we all need to learn how to spot suspect job ads.
read more...New homepage design for MyCareer3:19pm Thursday 22 April 2010
Tags: job advert title job search print advertising mycareer.com.au job board design job board mycareer job search results MyCareer has (finally) updated their homepage design with a smaller menu bar, large job search box and quick links for the various job seeker tools. The design is less "yellow" and creates a smoother job search entry.
read more...Are you using WordPress for your Recruitment Website? Check your security12:01pm Monday 19 April 2010
Tags: wordpress job board software web application security database password network solutions directory listings insecure software hack wordpress recruitment website wordpress security Do you use WordPress? Are you aware of the security implications around the software? Over the past week, thousands of WordPress websites have been compromised with malicious malware code inserted into the database
read more...Relaunch of Lifestyle Careers11:37am Monday 19 April 2010
Tags: lifestyle careers recruitmentzoo.com toasted candy job board design job board software recruitment agency website recruitment website website design lifestylecareers.com.au Over the past 2 weeks, we have worked on the relaunch of Lifestyle Careers onto our job board software platform. We welcome Leah and her team.http://www.lifestylecareers.com.au/
read more...Recruiters - Delete your social networking profile if you no longer use it4:19pm Wednesday 14 April 2010
Tags: myspace facebook twitter social recruiting strategy recruiters delete your social networking profile social networking social recruitment social media deleteyouraccount.com If you tried to recruit via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace etc and have since stopped. It may be a good idea to delete your social networking presence to avoid the embarrassment from clients, candidates and other recruiters from finding your profile and calling you a failure.
read more...Integrating Facebook Connect in your job site is not rocket science1:08pm Monday 12 April 2010
Tags: user information candidate registration facebook data integration recruitment website social recruiting job board api facebook.com facebook connect social recruitment social networking social recruiting strategy Just over 12 months ago I wrote a blog post titled Integrating Facebook Connect with your Job Board on the pros of doing this. Since then, I have only seen a handful of job sites with Facebook Connect integration. Why? apparently it's too hard to do.
read more...Problems with highlighting text2:51pm Sunday 11 April 2010
Tags: highlight text taleo job advert user experience job search results job board recruitment system html code Highlighting keyword search terms in a search result list or job advert may look and feel nice. It can also be useful for quickly finding relevant words within large pages of text. But, it can have the reverse effect if you don’t script it correctly!
read more...Job Board Statistics - March 20107:02pm Tuesday 06 April 2010
Tags: careerone mycareer job board job board statistics nielsen netratings seek march 2010 job board report Australian Job Board Statistics measuring the total unique browsers during March 2010. Data source - Nielsen NetRatings. SEEK 4.26m, CareerOne 1.789m, MyCareer 1.493m
read more...What will my job site look like on the iPad?8:00am Tuesday 06 April 2010
Tags: ipad simulator ipad emulator what will my job site look like on the ipad iphone job search apple bookmark icon mobile version desktop version mobile recruitment website design ux job board recruitment website ipad job search ipad recruitment ipad recruitment applications seek.com.au mycareer.com.au careerone.com.au The iPad has finally been released into the wild, and everyone is now scrambling over it to see what changes it will have on the way people view and experience web sites.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 5 - Cross-site scripting (XSS)8:00am Tuesday 30 March 2010
Tags: dmitry kulshitsky defacement how secure is your recruitment website security job board insecure recruitment websites xss cross site scripting untrusted data According to OWASP, cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws occur whenever an application takes untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation and escaping. XSS allows attackers to execute script in the victim’s browser which can hijack user sessions, deface web sites, or redirect the user to malicious sites.
read more...Jobvite Share11:40am Monday 29 March 2010
Tags: multiposting job ads linkedin facebook twitter social networking share.jobvite.com jobvite.com jobvite share jobs on social networks click tracking email address url shortner Jobvite has released a new beta site to allow you to easily share your job on social networking sites and with your own friends in a few simple steps. The process takes less than 60 seconds, and can integrate with your Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and email account providers. It doesn't even need to be your own job. If you find a job you want to share, you can shorten the URL via the site and share it with your own friends.
read more...Australian HR Tech Report11:17am Monday 29 March 2010
Tags: human resources information systems navigo.com.au recruitment system applicant tracking system hrtechreport.com.au navigo australian hr technology report hris hr technology information systems Navigo has just released the first edition of the Australian HR Tech Report. The report analyses Australian HRIS adoption, satisfaction with system implementations, motivators and roadblocks for systems improvement. One of the areas I was interested in was section on Applicant Tracking/Recruitment (ATS).
read more...PHP Code Snippet - Delete Batch Uploaded Job Files3:12pm Thursday 25 March 2010
Tags: multi posting system applicant tracking system recruitment database software bulk jobs ftp upload job board software job board code snippet php batch job upload If you manage any type of job board, there is a high chance you have some sort of 3rd party integration with your recruitment database software, applicant tracking system or multi posting system. This PHP code snippet will help developers who accept batch job uploaded files via FTP.
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