The recruitment site which I am going to analyse is Fish4Jobs. This is a website which employers post their job vacancies and potential employees can enter their details and CV to apply for the job. When you have entered your details, the website provides jobs which you may be interested in and jobs which are in your local area. It is a very useful website as it is easy to use, and can be done in the comfort of one’s own home.
This is what the home screen of Fish4Jobs looks like:
The home page of this website is very eye-catching as it has a bright colour scheme. At first glance it looks very simple to use as you only have to fill in 3 boxes to start your search (keywords, distance, and location). It is also very simple as the home page does not contain much information; just the key tools that a person would need to start their search. It also shows the different categories of jobs available, which is useful if you are not sure what keywords to start with. The main thing that caught my eye with this website is the advert at the top. Nowadays a lot of young people are looking for jobs, and young people are very familiar with using new technology, therefor I think it is a very good idea to use Apps on mobile phones to encourage them to use the Fish4Jobs service.
Once you have entered your keyword, location, and distance, the website comes up with a list of job descriptions and some more filters if you want more specific search results. Overall the layout of this website is very simple and would be easy for most people to use.
One e-recruitment campaign that caught my eye was an advert to work for the Marussia F1 team; this advert was on the Monster recruitment website. I think this job would interest a lot of people as it seems like a fun and ‘cool’ job to do; the heading for the different jobs available is even named ‘cool jobs’. This campaign also contains multimedia videos which give an idea of what the jobs involve and adds more excitement to the campaign. I think the main reason that this campaign caught my interest was because the job advertised was made out to be a really ‘cool’ job that is in high demand.
“Ability tests are proven methods for assessing critical qualities for job success such as solving problems, communicating effectively as well as innovation and creativity. It’s for these reasons that employers use such tests widely” Anon (2011).
After completing some of the aptitude tests on the SHL Direct website I believe that they are not a good idea. Some of the questions seemed quite difficult and may put potential employees under unnecessary pressure. Some may feel that after seeing these questions they actually do not want to apply for the job at all. I think the best way is to instead, ask for a CV first, and if the person meets the requirements, invite them to an interview. From the aptitude tests you cannot get a true representation of a person’s skills and personality, these are much better shown by interviewing them in person.
References:
Marussia F1 e-recruitment campaign (2012) [online] Avaiable from: http://monstercooljobs .com/marussiaf1team/UK-EN/ [Accessed on: 18/04/12]
Anon (2011) [online] Available from: http://www.shldirect.com/practice_tests.html [Accessed on: 18/04/12]
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