Spreadsheets and other manual tools might have been a great way to manage your candidate lists 10 years ago, but thanks to the advent
of job aggregators, social media and mobile job search apps, the number of candidates a single job posting generates often climbs well above 100.
Not exact matches
Facebook will now integrate with ZipRecruiter — an
aggregator that allows those looking to fill
jobs to post ads to many traditional
job boards, as well as sites like LinkedIn, Google and Twitter — to boost the number
of job ads available on its platform targeting its 2 billion monthly active users.
While this has huge advantages over past
job search practices, it's also led to the rise
of multiple
aggregator services and online
job boards, each claiming to be better than the last.
When experimenting with mobile advertising on
job search
aggregators, like Simply Hired, employers have the ability to compare number
of clicks and cost per click (CPC) across desktop and mobile to determine the value
of their investment.
As a hiring manager and in my position at a
job aggregator, I see a LOT
of applications.
Indeed.com is an
aggregator, which means this site includes
job listings from hundreds
of web sites including major
job boards, top newspapers, as well as hundreds
of associations and company career pages.
If you're using a
job board
aggregator like Indeed, there is a ton
of competition.
Take an example
of your ideal
job from any relevant
job description using a
job aggregator like indeed.com.
Some
of the best places to efficiently search for
jobs in your field include
job aggregators like Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com.
The
aggregators are powerful and very useful, including sites like Indeed.com, which is the largest source
of job postings in the world, aggregated (collected) from employer websites,
job boards, association websites, publications, and more.
The CEO
of Simply Hired, which is a
job search
aggregator, says:
According to CareerXroads 2015 Source
of Hire Study,
job boards account for nearly 10 %
of all hires not including
job aggregators which account for just over 17 %.
It is an
aggregator of jobs.
Finally, we will set up
job alerts for you using our preferred
job aggregator so you can keep your finger on the pulse
of your target market.
«Many
of these
jobs are duplicates, or from
aggregators.
Indeed is just one example
of a
job posting
aggregator.
How about on one
of the
job board
aggregators?
Look into regional
job boards and
aggregator sites that combine search results from a variety
of platforms.
According to the 2015 Career XRoads Source
of Hire repor t,
job boards account for nearly 10 %
of all hires while
job aggregators like SimplyHired and Indeed account for over 17 %
of all hires
of the companies surveyed.
Many people eagerly post their resumes on a
job aggregator only to be contacted for
jobs they do not want, such as franchise opportunities or life insurances sales or other
jobs that require you to put thousands
of dollars down to get started.
Job aggregators can be a big time saver, since you are checking one site rather than dozens, enabling you to search a large number
of jobs in one place.
If you're stumped for examples
of skills that fit your experience, use
job board
aggregator www.indeed.com to pull up similar postings.
Major
job boards like CareerBuilder and Monster and
job board
aggregators like Simply Hired and Indeed are some
of the most popular ways for companies to develop a candidate pool when looking to fill an open position.
AdView are a UK
job search
aggregator, hosting thousands
of the latest online
job vacancies all consolidated into a dynamic
job search hub.View Profile»
There is quite a bit
of overlap across the major
job search sites (especially the
job site
aggregators), so using more than 5
job search sites does not add much value.