Job Boards - Their Problems and How to Fix Them
This survey from "Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter" gives you the chance to participate in identifying the problems and suggesting solutions for Internet Job Boards.
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General Section
This section is for everyone regardless of what category they fit into. Please answer these questions and then proceed to the sections that pertain to you.
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3. Is advertising OK?
Does having banner ads and Google ads and sponsr ads on pages bother you?
4. Are interstitial advertising pages OK?
Interstitial advertising are those sign up pages and ad pages that you have to wade through to get to the search results that you really want.
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7. If there were a very high traffic, industry specific [your industry] job board, would you be more likely to use it exclusively, rather than the larger more costly boards?
8. Choose the category or categories that applies to you. Choose all that apply to you.
If you would like to express your opinions from the perspective of a job seeker and a hiring authority and/or a recruiter feel free to select all that apply. Your answers from each perspective that you have been personally involved in will be most helpful.
Job Seeker Section
The following questions apply specifically to job seekers. If you have been or are now a job seeker, please answers the questions in this section from the perspective of a job seeker. You may also be qualified to answer questions in other sections, feel free to do so.
9. As a job seeker, what job boards do you currently use?
12. As a job seeker using a job board, would you be willing to pay for premium features?
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14. Pick the monthly fee that you would be willing to pay.
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Recruiter Section
The following questions apply specifically to recruiters. If you have been or are now a recruiter, please answers the questions in this section from the perspective of a recruiter. You may also be qualified to answer questions in other sections, feel free to do so.
15. As a recruiter, what job boards do you currently use?
19. As a recruiter who posts job ads to a job board, would a pricing plan with unlimited postings for a flat fee be of interest?
20. Pick the monthly fee that you would be willing to pay for unlimited posts.
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Hiring Authority/Hiring Official Section
The following questions apply specifically to hiring authorities. If you have been or are now a hiring authority, please answers the questions in this section from the perspective of a hiring authority. You may also be qualified to answer questions in other sections, feel free to do so.
21. As a hiring authority, what job boards do you currently use?
25. As hiring authority who posts job ads to a job board, would a pricing plan with unlimited postings for a flat fee be of interest?
26. Pick the monthly fee that you would be willing to pay for unlimited posts.
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