RECRUITMENT
The online recruitment website I will be reviewing is www.prospects.ac.uk
Prospect is the UK’s official graduate careers website. It is simple to use as they have enabled users to use a search engine on their homepage to search any of the criteria listed; there are different categories of jobs and courses in the area of interest. The website caught my attention and got me interested into searching for my course, which is Accounting and Finance. When I chose my course, it easily narrowed the searches to suit the graduate jobs I had intention in looking for. If that is not enough, there is also a link to careers advice. Users can enquire or get advice from the careers advice specialist. In addition, there are also links to postgraduate study and my prospects where I can sign up and get regular updates on and vacancies that come about; email notifications will be sent immediately to alert the user of any vacancies.
The layout is clear and rather simple. The page itself is not very long so the user does not need to keep on scrolling down for a long period of time. Users can sign up to the website and every tab and links are made clear so that first time user s do not get confused and not experience any problems.
The content is well structured as the website includes the relevant drop down menus and search engines. There are no pop-ups that appear randomly so there is no trouble when viewing the content. Video and audio content is available to everyone by providing transcripts or captions wherever possible.
In terms of design, the website is simple but looks professional, hence being fit for its purpose. Users can easily read the text as the background colour of the site is white and the text is written in black. The logo at the top of the site is multi-coloured in order to catch the attention of the user and the logo remains in the same position in every different page of the website.
It is rather straightforward to navigate through different pages as they are all linked making it easy for the user to access. Each different pages of the website have links to sitemaps, help pages and ‘contact us’ page. Loading up time depends on the internet connection, but generally the loading time is not long at all from pages to pages. (Prospects, 2010)
The advantages of online recruitment:
COST EFFECTIVE- putting up a job vacancy on a company’s website does not cost anything in comparison to having the advert on a newspaper, which costs a company a vast amount.
EASY- It’s straightforward to post job vacancies on your own website and does not require a great deal of work.
BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS- There is a better chance of being successful if job vacancies are advertised on websites. They are accessible anytime, providing users with flexibility as they can apply for a job in their own spare time.
TOO MANY CANDIDATES- Whilst applying for vacancies online may be simple, it may lead to overload of candidates applying for the job. This can be quite time consuming for HR department to look through all the applicants and choose the best ones; those that stand out and have a better qualification than some of the others.
WON’T ALWAYS WORK- not every job vacancy can be filled and applied for, online. Some job vacancies can only be filled by recruitment consultants as it is too difficult to fill otherwise.
OVERSEAS CANDIDATES- If an applicant lives overseas and has been chosen as one of the candidate, then the company will not get a clear view of the candidate’s personality as interview may be concluded over the telephone
(What job site, 2011)
REFERENCES
Prospects (2010) Online Recruitment [online] Available from:
http://www.prospects.ac.uk
What job site (2011) The advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment [online] Available from:
M.Simpson, 2010, powerpoint presentation.
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