Your company career site job search page is a vital component of the candidate experience. However, many job search pages make some common mistakes. I ran across one employer recently, Ideal Industries, whose job search page had 5 things they could fix to improve candidate experience (and increase pipeline/traffic). I don’t mean to pick on Ideal Industries. They… Read more »
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7 Awesome Company Career Pages
Your company career page says a lot about you. First impressions count. It might be the candidates’ first time seeing such recruiting vitals as your Employer Brand Team Benefits Values Here are 7 awesome company career pages that caught our attention (and a few bullets on why!): Panasonic Avionics Career Page Great Headline — “There’s… Read more »
Best Career Pages 2019 (Part 2)
If you’re looking for a list of the best career pages in 2019, you’ve come to the right place (note: the Part 1 of this is here: The 15 Best Career Pages in 2019). Here’s the deal: Company career pages are evolving at an astounding rate. With employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives taking priority,… Read more »
5 Storytelling Steps to Transform Your Career Site
If you want your career site to attract and convert the best candidates, it helps to borrow lessons from the best storytellers. Screenplay writers, for instance, are masters at getting us (the viewer) to sit down for: 2 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes (first 7 seasons of Game of Thrones) 22 hours and 40 minutes… Read more »
5 Creative New Ideas for Your Career Site
Looking for some new career site ideas? Here are 5 we found recently that we had never seen before (at least not with this execution). Enjoy! Career Site Idea #1: Salary Calculator & Salary Transparency Stack Overflow, a software community, is transparent about how much money you’ll make with them. They offer up a Salary… Read more »
15 Best Career Pages in 2019
Are you doing a career page redesign or creating a new one altogether? Our 15 Best Careers Pages (2019) is here to help! Remember: the goal of a company career page is to get the candidates’ attention so that they dive into your job postings. Below, you’ll find the 15 best career pages we’ve found… Read more »
[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 Key Elements of Your “Digital” Candidate Experience
The Digital Candidate Experience is an integral part of recruiting and talent acquisition. You might recall 5 Key Steps Of Your “Digital” Candidate Experience we published a while back. We decided to make an infographic for easy readability and quick reference. You can download the infographic HERE. Why I Made This There are many aspects of the candidate experience… Read more »
10 Company Career Page Ideas To Consider in 2018
Here are some company career page ideas that stood out to me recently. Enjoy! 1. Career Site-Wide Chatbot A timely (if not immediate) response is key to keeping candidates engaged on your company career site. If a candidate is asking questions that means they’re interested. You don’t have to send them to a contact us… Read more »
5 Key Steps Of Your “Digital” Candidate Experience
When you think candidate experience, I bet you think “post-apply” process like interviews and follow-ups. But what about the “digital” or “pre-apply” candidate experience? Here are 5 steps of your “digital” or “pre-apply” candidate experience and the purpose they serve: 1. Company Career Page Company career pages should be focused on attracting and engaging. Check… Read more »
5 Creative Features to Add to Your Company Career Site
Company career sites keep getting better and better. Finding new ways to attract and engage job seekers once they hit your careers site is getting harder. Here are 5 company career site features to help get your creative juices flowing: 1. Diversity Pie Chart If you’re serious about diversity, why not show your data. Pandora and… Read more »
5 Tips for Creating a Company Career Blog That Recruits For You
Content has become a proven channel for lead generation and can easily be applied to your recruiting efforts. If your company is thinking about starting a career blog or just creating recruiting content in general, here are some tips you might find helpful: 1. Stay Consistent A key characteristic of any successful blog is… Read more »
14 Examples of the Best Company Career Sites (2018)
We review 100’s of company career pages and found these 14 that really stand out. Check out each career page idea we highlight that makes these among the best. You can create awesome career site features like below through Ongig’s Branded Candidate Experience Software. Everlane Creative headline — They use a written letter approach (e.g. “Dear rule-breakers…”)… Read more »
3 Examples of “Mini Career Site” Job Descriptions
Audra Knight recently recommended you treat your job description like a “mini career site“. For many employers, more candidates will land on your job pages before they see your front door career page, because they are coming from sources like job boards or LinkedIn. And if they don’t like what they see on your job… Read more »
Do You Have this Massive “Drop-Off” From Career Site to Job Descriptions?
Do you have this problem? You’ve got a solid-looking company career site page like this: The “Hotel Lobby Theory” …yet your job description pages look something more like this JD below. My friend Eric Osterman (Recruitment Marketing Manager at CenturyLink calls it the “Hotel Lobby Theory” — the lobby needs to look pretty but if… Read more »
Top Job Search Channels: The Disconnect Between Employers and Job Seekers
There’s a big disconnect between what candidates and employers think is important, according to the Hinge Research Institute’s Employer Branding Study, a survey of 800+ professionals. They split up the audience into 2 camps: Talent-Evaluators (aka Employers): Professionals involved in their firm’s recruiting and hiring process. This group responded to questions about how they search for and… Read more »
