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Articles tagged with RECRUITMENT WEBSITEOWASP 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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...Examples of Search Suggest and Auto-Complete use in a job search6:23pm Sunday 07 February 2010
Tags: did you mean keyword misspellings job search metrics job search form recruit.net careerzone.co.nz hippo.com.au jobs.co.nz. mycareer.com.au search suggest drop-down ux user experience recruitment website job board job search autofill autosuggest autocomplete 0 results returned Search Suggest and/or Auto-Compete is a function usually applied to the keyword field of a job search form. The use of these functions enhances the users search experience through a "suggest as you type" or auto-complete functionality built into the job search form.
read more...Creating a custom Apple iPhone icon for your website11:14am Monday 01 February 2010
Tags: recruitment website job board apple-touch-icon apple icon webclip itouch iphone favicon We are all used to creating a fancy favicon for our websites. But have you got around to creating a custom iPhone or iTouch icon yet?
read more...Online Marketing Ideas - Peel Away Ads4:39pm Thursday 26 November 2009
Tags: integralhrm.com integralhrm website marketing online advertising job boards website visitors recruitment website recruitment agency website peel away ads peel ads pop unders pop ups online marketing Pop ups, pop unders and ads flying onto your pages are ANNOYING. Peel Away Ads are an effective marketing tool as they are non-intrusive and catch the visitor’s eye instantly.
read more...My Presentation from RecruitTECH 2009 on Twitter, Facebook, Recruitment & Integration9:03am Wednesday 25 November 2009
Tags: facebook connect api oauth canberra recruittech 2009 people search engine using facebook for recruitment using twitter for recruitment social networking social recruiting openid ppc recruitment website recruittech presentations recruitment directory thomas shaw youtube recruitment integration facebook twitter job boards ats applicant tracking systems crm thomas shaw presentation A big thanks goes out to Clayton Wehner from CapitalJobs for organising RecruitTECH 2009 and uploading the video recordings. I was fortunate enough to be one of the presenters at RecruitTECH 2009 - Australian Recruitment and Technology Conference in Canberra ACT. Below is a recording of my presentation was titled "Twitter, Facebook, Recruitment & Integration".
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? DDoS Attacks11:58am Tuesday 17 November 2009
Tags: recruitment website online recruitment recruitment software symantec server internet security ddos denial of service attack turborecruit recruitadvantage dos distributed denial of service attack As reported in the news yesterday, Australian hosted recruitment software provider, RecruitAdvantage faced a denial of service (DDoS) attack on their online software. The SaaS product (TurboRecruit) was subsequently slowed down and taken offline.
read more...Is your Job Site redirecting Candidates to insecure websites?5:30pm Wednesday 07 October 2009
Tags: vulnerability sql injection privacy mysql exploit encryption email database phishing blacklist malware md5 hash php script security safety recruitment website job board google safe browsing api hacking api identity theft Have you ever clicked on what you thought was a safe website URL and then all of a sudden your browser/antivirus software blocks the webpage? Every day, I am alerted to yet another recruitment website falling victim to some sort of security incident. If you own or manage a website, YOU are responsible for your website’s security and have an implied "duty of care" to provide safe 3rd party links.
read more...Can your job site translate HTML code?6:48pm Sunday 04 October 2009
Tags: job site wysiwyg recruitment website job board html characters html code job adverts This may seem like a no brainer - do you check EVERY job advert that is posted from your organisation? If your job advert contains HTML or special characters you need to ensure your listings on a job board/recruitment website can interrupt the HTML code/tags.
read more...Improving your Recruitment Website - jQuery Modal Boxes10:55pm Tuesday 29 September 2009
Tags: ux user interface user experience recruitment website job board shk shk.com.au jobsjobsjobs.com.au jobsjobsjobs modal dialog boxes jquery facebox jquery nyromodal jquery thickbox jquery lightbox hippo.com.au hippo jobadder pop up window browser jquery peoplebank peoplebank.com.au ui javascript How many times have you been redirected away from the webpage you were viewing and then unable to find that webpage again?
read more...RecruitTECH 2009 - Twitter, Facebook, Recruitment & Integration12:27pm Monday 21 September 2009
Tags: recruitment website ppc openid social recruiting social networking using twitter for recruitment using facebook for recruitment people search engine recruittech 2009 canberra oauth api facebook connect recruitment integration facebook twitter recruitment directory thomas shaw recruittech job boards ats applicant tracking system crm Last week, I was fortunate enough to be one of the presenters at RecruitTECH 2009 - Australian Recruitment and Technology Conference in Canberra ACT. Below is my presentation titled "Twitter, Facebook, Recruitment & Integration".
read more...Segmenting Data using Google Analytics2:00pm Tuesday 25 August 2009
Tags: job board data segmentation advanced segmentation recruitment website measuring social media referral sources website statistics job boards social media google analytics One of the most underrated website statistical tools is Google Analytics. Not only is the service free, but many people would not be familiar with the advanced tool set. Google Analytics offers excellent reporting and traffic analysis that can help you assess how well (or bad) your recruitment website is tracking.
read more...Share on LinkedIn3:30pm Monday 24 August 2009
Tags: twitter social bookmarking widget social bookmark addtoany.com addtoany linkedin.com facebook job board job distribution job advert recruitment website linkedin email Have you ever shared content on LinkedIn? According to statistics released last month by AddToAny, LinkedIn was one of the least popular places to share content, with only 0.4% of users using the AddToAny widget. Facebook dominated the list with 24%, followed by email 11.1% and Twitter 10.8%
read more...With or without www?8:39pm Sunday 12 July 2009
Tags: accessibility seo search engine optimisation www prefix error job board recruitment website server www cookies Some people are very anal about whether URLs should have a www prefix or not. I personally think domains look naked without them, and there is a reason why we use the www in the first place.
read more...My job site has been hacked. What do I do?10:16pm Sunday 05 July 2009
Tags: drupal wordpress security breaches recruitment website information security privacy.gov.au defacement personal information hacking insecure malicious code job board security google webmaster tools damage control If you think your website is safe, think again. Over the weekend 6 job sites were hacked and defaced. One of the first things that comes to my mind when I see that horrible “You’ve been hacked” message is… I wonder what information has been stolen? passwords, contact details, resumes, credit card/banking details, etc.
read more...Creating a RSS Job Feed4:10pm Tuesday 23 June 2009
Tags: job feed structure aggregators job board data structure recruitment website job feed xml rss Creating a RSS job feed can be a complex process and is best left to a programmer. So...what data should you include in your RSS job feeds? There are standard RSS specifications available, but we want to include extra data fields specifically for job aggregators to correctly index our data.
read more...Social Recruiting 1012:03pm Thursday 11 June 2009
Tags: social recruiting strategy recruitment website social recruiting 101 keith keller rss twitter linkedin facebook webinar thomas shaw social recruiting recruitment 2.0 web 2.0 Below are the presentation slides and live recording of the latest webinar - Social Recruiting 101. There is a lot of buzz surrounding the use of Social Networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn. But have you actually mastered the use of basic web 2.0 tools? Most recruiters are confused on how to integrate these tools into their recruiting strategy in a scalable fashion!
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 2 - URL Manipulation1:20pm Saturday 06 June 2009
Tags: url hacking url manipulation security hacking recruitment website job board insecure url rewriting URL manipulation is a common issue faced in all database driven sites such as job boards, resume databases, blogs or any other site where parameters are passed via the URL. By manipulating certain parts of a URL, users may be able to access files they are not supposed to have access to.
read more...How secure is your Recruitment website? Part 1 - Server Directory Listings9:08pm Thursday 28 May 2009
Tags: server directory listings monster careerone insecure job board recruitment website rcsa hacking security Every day, I am informed of another insecure recruitment website. How could this still be possible? The economic downturn has lead to an increase in data theft, with recruitment agencies one of the easiest targets. Information is an asset that, like other important business assets, has value.
read more...SEO Glossary5:16pm Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tags: career sites keyword density keyword impressions meta data anchor text search engine indexing web crawler organic search serp search engine optimisation seo glossary seo recruitment website job board With all the hype around search engine optimisation (SEO) for recruitment websites and job boards. I thought it was important that you first understood a number of the common words that have been thrown around.
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