More and more of your competitors are
developing the career and employment centers on their
corporate Websites.
In
fact, in the future, the
career and employment section of your web
site will be one of the most important parts of your recruiting
drive to hire the best employees for your
company.
Here are some questions to
help you review the
current status of the employment part of your
career website:
Question
1: Are
there any old job positions that have been
filled up still listed on your site?
The
employment part of your Website should list the
current job openings at your firm only. You should
keep this updated as positions open and fill up.
If people see a job opening dating back to 1999,
it will put them off and they will go elsewhere,
especially the brightest and best candidates.
Remember
unlike job boards, these corporate sites list
all current job openings -- as well as provide
you the specific requirements of how you should
respond to job postings. By going to these
career centers your applicant should also be
able to conduct employer research and gather all
the vital job and career information he or she
requires.
Question
2: Is
your site interactive?
This
is the great part of posting jobs online. Users
have a dynamic and interactive environment to search and apply
for jobs. If you just post your mailing address
and ask candidates
to just send in their resumes, it defeats the main purpose
of an online career section. .
Question
3: How
do users send in their resumes?
Some
employers may simply provide a job application
to submit. Others may require a resume. There
should be an online resume submission form if
you want resumes. The form can either let you
cut and paste or upload an existing resume. Some
employment sections even offer a resume builder
application.
Question
4: Does
your site provide a search function?
For
larger companies, this can allow visitors to
search according to their needs, rather than go
through all job postings. They can possibly
search by keywords or job titles.
Question
5: Can
visitors create accounts and add their name to a
database?
Once
the visitor leaves the employment part of your
Website he will probably not have added it to
his favorites where he can visit often. Therefore, by
letting the applicant create an account, you can keep their
information and resume in a database. Even if an
applicant does not fit your current needs, you
have a pool of employees to pick from when a
position opens up in the future.
Question
6: Does
the employment part of your Website match the
rest of the company site's look?
Some
paid services will create and link a career
section to your company's Website. In such
cases it can be helpful to have that section
match the rest of your Website.
Question
7: Does
your site make people want to sign up?
Write
enticing and complete job descriptions. Provide
all
the necessary information. If needed, you can
direct the viewer to different sections of your
Website if they are interested in a particular
subject and want to know more about it.
Make your attractive, interactive but above all
easy to navigate.
Remember
you are using your site to sell your job. Think
of the employment part of your Website as an
online brochure. So continue to make the site look attractive
and professionally designed. Throw in some
exciting remarks about the benefits of working
at your company.
Question
8: Is
it easy to navigate through the site?
Can
you reach the homepage and other places through
a simple click? If a potential candidate gets
lost, he may easily decide to give up and carry
his job search to another another website....and
company!
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