Last week, a question was posted at LinkedIn from a newbie recruiter: 'What is the best job site?’. Though many fellow networkers offered good advice and tips, it was funny that no single common ‘best job site’ emerged from the discussion. Instead, there were many wishes and ideas presented on how the best job board should work. Read more on these trends and our ideas from WCC …

Make job boards simple …
People today are irritated by filling their entire profile again and again, information like name, email, address, current job title, education etc. Job seekers know the drill and do this exercise very frequently. However, a simple solution could be a job board asking instead if they may populate your profile from your favorite social network or iProfile*. This is a win-win-win scenario for all parties involved. The user can skip the repeating work; the job board experiences a higher conversion rate; and social networks or iProfile* have the advantage that users keep their profiles up-to-date.

Change profile while growing
Children of the new generation, growing up with the Internet, are creating their “alter egos” at MySpace, Facebook, Hyves, LinkedIn, Xing, and YouTube. This new generation is now entering the labor market. How cool would it be to have a huge social-minded database, which could advise you: “Looking at your hobbies, talents, people you are connected to, schools you have finished, groups you are active in, games you play, jobs you have had … we advise you to look at these jobs.” Of course this may get a little bit tricky and it should offer the ability to create other profiles as well. So if you’re not quite sure what you want to be, you can be matched to multiple opportunities using different “alter egos”.

It’s not about a Candidate, it’s about You …
Craigslist gained huge popularity because it is simple, fast and to the point. But do you trust it? If you are looking for the best job of your life you want to disclose a lot about yourself. But you expect the same from your future employer. Simply put, you expect a quality match to be made. Of course some people do not want advice or good matching, they want to scroll and scroll. Those people go to Craigslist.

Real job seekers want to give something of themselves, and expect employers to do the same. They need a job board to make a good quality match, taking all aspects into account such as skills, education, work experience and possibly even combining it with the results of assessment tests. We are talking about a paradigm shift and information reconciliation. We believe when job boards implement these trends and ideas they will quickly see a sharp increase in popularity.

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Did you know?
Facebook and MySpace are listed in the top 10 most visited pages on the Internet. LinkedIn is in between 100 and 200 and Monsterboard is below 300. (Source Alexa)
Jobboards, where do you rank?

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