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Hippo
http://www.hippo.com.au sneaked in this update to the search function about a month ago. You can exclude adverts from recruiters and your advert is highlighted in the search results. I will let readers and the recruitment industry make up their own mind about this and I believe this will turn off recruitment agencies from advertising on Hippo. What do you think? Recruitment Agency Discrimination?
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Hirewall
http://www.hirewall.com is a new web-based hiring system for SME's and is currently inviting organisations for Beta release testing.
Based in NZ and run by Tim de Jardine - Tech Guru, Entrepreneur, ex Recruitment. (I think I have found a brother). He created Hirewall to provide SME's a non-bloated hiring system that will meet there needs.
"Traditional hiring systems focus on collecting information whereas, Hirewall focuses on the hiring and decision management. By streamlining the recruitment system, Hirewall's workflow engine allocates tasks, prompts and weighs each decision that needs to be made.
These include the notification of candidates, recruiters and employees regarding when they need to act and exactly what they need to do.
Recruitment is very much a decision tree style industry and many good hires are successful due to the right timing and the speed at which quality decisions are made. With Hirewall, your team, recruiters and candidates will know exactly what is going on. It gets entire teams involved in the process which ensures team buy-in and candidate fit before a hire is made.
Simple, Online Speed. Manage your candidates online, build your own talent silo, gain group consensus before a hire and make decisions as fast as humanly possible"I heard about Hirewall earlier in the year, and have followed there progress over the past few months - gearing up to this beta release.
We will be interviewing Tim in a blog post after Christmas, but in the meantime - you can follow Tim and the team on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/hirewall or follow the blog for more information
http://www.hirewall.com/blog
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SEEK
http://www.seek.com.au has released its long awaited new home page design and some site updates. Most notable is the horizontal search bar, and the web2.0 look. Kudos to the UX team who have delivered a rich and fresh design. Well done Carey & Team
There have been many changes, and we did notice that the IT section is no longer separate and has merged into the general search. The site flows very well, and the hover over search results stands out. There is a search filter on the search results (much like mycareer or simplyhired) and image "on hover" over the search results, which is a great improvement.
- Simpler navigation - Quick access to My Account & Job Mail and Tools & Resources. Find IT jobs easily from our home page search.
- Search by work type - Find full-time, part-time, contract or temp jobs directly from our home page.
- Search from any page - We’ve added the search bar to the top of more pages, so it’s there when you need it.
- Easier to browse and read results - We’ve highlighted the location, salary, and job title to make it faster to find the right jobs for you.
- Quick access to SEEK’s sites - It’s now easier to access jobs in different countries, as well as other SEEK sites such as SEEK Learning.
Good work! But I voted for the pink version
http://www.recruitmentdirectory.com.au/Blog/seeking-help-on-a-new-home-page-design-a23.html
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I am very fortunate enough to be informed daily about new products, innovations and technology from job boards, recruitment agencies and ATS providers - some of that information can be publically talked about, but most (approx 80%) can't be divulged due to various confidentiality agreements.
Today I was sent a number of screen shots of an iphone recruitment application in concept development for a [company] in the Australian market. It was very flash, web2.0... but I am not really sure if it will take off (10,000 apps already created for the iphone)
I do not have a iphone yet; maybe after Christmas and when my phone contract expires I will get one. The concept of this application is good but my advice back to the product team was the following...
- You should not be creating applications just for the iphone - Your website/application should be mobile ready for the future. Google android phone will be on our shores soon. What about the blackberry?
- Is the data secured?
- Is the application data/bandwidth heavy?
- Is the application necessary?
- Is it going to improve business productivity?
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How many times do you have to tell people that your website
MUST BE SECURE?? I have reported this previously to the owner of this leading Recruitment Agency, but it has
STILL not been fixed.
LISTEN...this is very important and
MUST be a top priority, no matter what the cost is. Not only is your directory listings turned on, but you have exposed your server and databases username/password!!!
It was only a few days ago, I wrote about the lack of security for the RCSA new test site here
"Reminder to all... Do not put your test website online" http://www.recruitmentdirectory.com.au/Blog/reminder-to-all-do-not-put-your-test-website-online-a27.html If you don't believe me [Recruitment Agency]... is this your
include.inc file containing the DB and FTP details?
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Strange behaviour is starting to emerge from niche job boards. Who would have thought we would see the day when a job board states that a job has been sourced from another job board? This example below is one of 100 or more jobs currently appearing on Teen Jobs
http://www.teenjobs.com.au sourced from JobsJobsJobs
http://www.jobsjobsjobs.com.auTeenJobs has a brand new user interface which looks like a clone of Hippo
http://www.hippo.com.au Here are some questions to Teen Jobs from a employer/advertisers perspective
- Is TeenJobs getting paid from JobsJobsJobs for advertising the job or by the number of applications it provides?
- Dose the client (original owner of the copy) know about this arrangement? If not, why not - they are the copyright holders of the content.
- If I advertise my job on JobsJobsJobs first, will it automatically be syndicated to Teen Jobs?
- The job board demographics is teens but there are many jobs require qualifications and experience?
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A new initative launched by the University of Sydney aims to bridge the gap between university studies and employment
http://www.sydneytalent.com.au I am impressed by the marketing documents, clear and easy to use website as well as reasons behind forging industry and academic relationships.
SydneyTalent is a new initiative from the University of Sydney that connects outstanding students with potential employers for part-time and full-time employment as undergraduates, graduates and highly skilled postgraduates.
In its first three years, SydneyTalent anticipates placing 3,700 students. Among its aims,SydneyTalent is committed to:
- Enhancing the experience of every student by providing the opportunity to complement academic studies with meaningful, paid employment, and life and work skills development
- By connecting dedicated and ambitious students with employers, create ongoing relationships between students and industry that will reap immediate and future benefits
- Improve student employability through SydneyTalent training programs that prepare students for the workplace environment
"The worst thing about hiring young people for a job is teaching them how to do their job. It takes weeks, sometimes months. And then, more than likely, they'll move on. What if there was a way you could hire smart, enthusiastic people, who are drilled in workplace basics before they even walk through your door? There is. With SydneyTalent."
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This site has been around for a while, but I decided to give it a go on my blog
http://www.wordle.net"Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. "
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There are 2 main HR community forums in Australia - HR Buzz
http://www.hrbuzz.com.au and AHRI's HR Connect
http://www.ahri.com.au/hrconnect These forums are a great chance to have your say on subjects, or talk about a problem you are facing. I have used both forums in the past, and would recommend users to try both. AHRI's is very limited - as there are no "social" functions for profiles, connecting users, email follow ups etc. Where as, HR Buzz is a community driven site built on a forum platform with integrated social tools.
Both sites are quite bland, and feel "dead" but there is communication between users discussing a range of topics.
Note: You do need to be a member of AHRI to post comments, registration for HR Buzz is free.
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It must be a very hard time for the job board industry at the moment. I don't want to focus or pick on just one job board, it's just the industry needs a bit of cleaning up. So this week... Hippo are advertising for staff on SEEK, unconfirmed closure of JustBe, free job adverts at RecruitMeNow, 2 for 1 deals at JobServe, restructure at MyCareer. Eeeekkkk.... here is another soft kick for the staff at MyCareer moving from Melbourne to Sydney.
Click here for the full screenshotLink to the job advert
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One of the main things they told us was that on traditional job boards they hated having to deal with ads from recruitment agencies, especially when they don’t know the actual company they will be working for. This evolved into our policy of going direct to employers to advertise, rather than dealing with recruitment companies.
In the past we let recruitment companies post under guidelines that revolved around certain numbers of ads and/or co-branding with the company they’re advertising for.
Of course, we can’t keep recruitment ads out altogether, so what you’ve observed is one of our latest products, ads tailored for recruiters. They cost much much much less than our top line ads, yet still get great stand out due to the way they look in listings. For our candidates however, we’re giving them the choice to view these ads, or not. The board is really all about them and helping them get the jobs they want to get the stuff they need.
What we’re doing isn’t discrimination; we’re in fact opening the doors to recruiters! In the past with our guidelines, we were really strict about what we sold them and allowed them to put on site. Now with recruiter ads they can post away to their hearts delight. And if our candidates don’t want to see those ads, they can switch them off.
Really, if someone want’s to apply direct to an employer, they aren’t even going to click through and read a recruitment ad anyway, so we let them turn it off to streamline their experience.
Give us a call on 1300 788 874, we’re happy to chat about it
Companies who are trying to attract an online market - paritcularly the under 25 market - must be flexible in their approach. They need to be brave enough to allow their users to make the website their own.
If a particular company isn't prepared to be flexible, then one of their competitors will be and users will flock to the service that works better for them.
A few examples include:
Facebook groups, iGoogle - tailored, google homepages. News.com.au's new tailorable homepage.
Recruiters will move where their market is. Hippo, I think you have done the right thing
What is with this pr bull? I just tried a job search on hippo and they are down to less than 120 jobs! "oh we are the best, under 25's love us, don't use other job boards, we are the best, i'll give you some free adverts" Is Culver still around?
Unless you purchase a featured advert, your ad will not show at the top. Dir. I get Seek ads for $20ish each, MyCareer for <$20, Ragtradejobs for $50ish - why bother with hippo.
I worked in an agency environment for over 8 years before moving inhouse for a large retailer. We use agencies as well as our own inhouse team, and hippo should learn that recruiters are the largest advertiser on any job board.
Why are you using commission monster to fill up the space? At lease it's not google adsense showing up competitors adverts now. Anymore investors trying to sell class 2 shares?
#hippo you are going to have a harder time in the next 6-12 months with most recruiters slashing job posts and from the feedback I have seen and been apart and heard your sales team do not have a very good rep, you need to give free adverts to them. It's good to see you have completed integration with adlogic.
But seriously, you don't have to pay me to tell you that your default search results page is stuffed up. PS your test site is still online. Don't shift blame on others, fix it.
#abenz correction, they are down to around approx 70 live job ads on 30/12/2008
#abenz I consulted to your directors when they were presented with the investment proposals from hippo and they were seriously considering putting in the $$. But the online employment strategy I developed for you has worked!! Great to see that the career site receives more applications than job boards referrals. What are you receiving now? 50,000+ visitors per month? Well done.
Peace.
We used pageup for the erecruitment system and one of the digital marketing agencies on the panel. We are currently receiving between 500 - 1000 applications per week over the xmas break (casual recruitment) but that is beside the point.....
Our advertising/marketing budgets have reduced significantly over the past month, and we are now very selective on where/when we post job adverts. Reading blog posts like this are opening up our eyes to the various problems in the online recruitment market.
Nice pic, but no more hippo bashing please.