Go on the
internet and review an on-line recruitment site such as www.monster.co.uk, www.fish4jobs.co.uk, or www.prospects.ac.uk
Comment on
the use of the site, layout, accessibility etc.
Fish4Jobs is
an online recruitment website which helps jobseekers find their potential jobs.
I will be examining and commenting on the use of the site, its layout and
accessibility.
Firstly, the
homepage for Fish4Jobs is set in a very simplistic manner. It is easy to access
all the relevant information and the homepage is set so almost anyone who can
speak Basic English can use it.
The homepage
is split up into sections, at the top of the homepage there is a ‘find a job’
search tool, this allows users to type their preferred job along with the
distance they are able to travel. By doing this, the website will list all the
jobs which fit the users criteria. The beneficial factor to this search tool is
that it prevents users from wasting their time, the search tool takes the user
straight to the information they are looking for and is very hassle
free.
The second
section of the homepage is headlined as ‘Jobs in your sector’; this section
allows users to search for jobs within specific sector. This benefits users as
users do not have to go through the option of searching the entire job database
to find the relevant jobs. When users click on the relevant job sector, all the
jobs within that specific sector will show, this will eliminate any hassle the
user might experience.
The last
section of the homepage outlines jobs within big organisations, such as B&Q,
the Royal Bank of Scotland, and also care worker jobs nationwide. This section
is useful as it will grab the users’ attention if the user is aware that big
organisations are hiring.
Overall, the
website layout is very basic, clear and easy to understand language is used so
this means that anyone, no matter their qualifications is able to understand the
information. The website is very user friendly, so this means anyone of any age,
old or young are able to access the site. (Fish4Jobs, 2012)
Identify
an e-recruitment campaign which has really interested you. Explain why you feel
this campaign caught your interest
The RAF
campaign has caught my interest, the RAF use unique techniques to advertise
their job positions, for example their advertisement will always have loud fast
beat sound in the background while telling a story. Their advertisement will be
in the form of a short story, while being very graphical at the same time. This
is the main reason to why the RAF campaign has caught my interest, once an RAF
advertisement has started; it is easy to recognise what the advertisement is
about. Usually there are hardly any talking going on during the time when the
story is being told in the advertisement. This further caught my attention as
usually there is a message at the end and because throughout the whole
advertisement there were hardly any talking the last message stands out to the
public.
The RAF use
techniques which will target young adults, mainly of the male gender but however
there are roles for females. This can be understood by the type of graphic used,
the advertisements are usually very action filled. This is something which would
usually attract older teenagers and younger adults. (Joeteegee, 2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dfLgIQbRA
Go to www.shldirect.com and
complete some of the aptitude tests provided. In your blog, comment on how keen
you would be for similar tests to be used as a recruitment tool before gaining
an interview
After
completing aptitude tests on www.shldirect.com, I can conclude that I would not be keen on
similar tests being used as a recruitment tool before being granted an
interview. I am against the idea of aptitude tests because firstly they can be
seen as being biased when choosing candidates. It seems as though by using these
tests, organisations are only trying to hire a certain type of individuals, so
this means that the workforce will not be diverse. As these aptitude tests are
given in English, there will be a language barrier for some individuals;
furthermore it will be seen as unfair if English is not the first language for
candidates as their understanding of what the tests are saying will be limited
compared to someone whose first language is English. (SHL, 2011)
References
Fish4Jobs
(2012) Find Jobs [online]. Available From: http://www.fish4.co.uk/
[Assessed Date: 6th May 2012]
Joeteegee
(2011) RAF Careers Advert [online]. 17th January 2011. Available
from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dfLgIQbRA [assessed date: 6th
May 2012]
SHL
(2011) Practical tests [online]. Available From:
http://www.shldirect.com/practice_tests.html [Assessed Date: 6th May 2012]
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