Archives for March 2014

We have just released the names of companies shortlisted for the 2014 Mobile Recruitment Awards.

The shortlisted companies for the nine different categories are:

Best Corporate Mobile Website – Sponsored by iMomentous

Barclays
Compare The Market
Enterprise Rent A Car

Best Recruitment Agency / Staffing Firm Mobile Website:

Job Ambition
Opilio Recruitment
The Execu|Search Group

Best Job Board Mobile Website – Sponsored by JobIsJob

CV-Library
Professional Passport
S1Jobs

Best Corporate Mobile Recruitment App – Sponsored by CEAppCenter

CACI
Orange
Sodexo

Best Recruitment Agency / Staffing Firm Mobile Recruitment App – Sponsored by CEAppCenter

JobDiva
Select Staffing
Spencer Ogden

Best Job Board Mobile Recruitment App – Sponsored by CEAppCenter

Professional Passport
Technojobs
TheLadders

Best Mobile Recruitment Marketing Campaign:

CMS Cameron McKenna
Einstein Healthcare Network
MOD Police

Best Mobile Employee Engagement Platform – Sponsored by ATTB Mobile

Barclays
ESPN
Power Home Remodeling

Most Innovative Mobile Recruitment Product/Service – Sponsored by Sonru

Allianz
CV-Library
RMP Enterprises

Thank You!

We would like to thank all the companies who took the time and effort to enter the awards this year.

Watch The Results

You can see the winners announced online on the 27th March 2014 by registering here: http://mobilerecruitmentawards.com/watch-the-results/.

MOBILE RECRUITING STRATEGIES – 27th March 2014

On the same day as the awards we will be running our first Free Online Event: Mobile Recruiting Strategies

Throughout the day you will be able to access:

On-Demand Presentations
Video Interviews
Case Studies

Plus you can ask questions to our live Industry Experts Discussion Panel

If you are looking for the latest strategies, insights and case studies about:

Why mobile recruiting should be a key part of your recruitment strategy
How to get started with mobile recruiting and stop missing out on talent
How to implement mobile recruiting into your company

… then this will be a “must attend” event!

The Impressive Speaker Line-Up Includes:

Leela Srinivasan, – Director of Marketing for LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Rayanne Thorn – Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy for Technomedia
John Campagnino – Global Head Of Recruiting for Accenture
Neil Monahan – Industry Manager for Property & Careers for Google
James Wren – General Manager Search Products & User Experience for JobServe
Dave Martin, CTO, for Three Sparks

For further information (including how to sponsor the Mobile Recruiting Strategies event), visit: http://mobilerecruitingstrategies.com.

Mike Taylor

As a shopper have you ever seen an advert for a great deal on a product the day after it finished? How annoying is that!

Or have you ever seen an advert for a great deal on a product but you can’t make a purchase because you can’t access the website? How annoying is that as well!

But wait a minute, aren’t job seekers also shoppers, as in shopping around for a new job? And if you are a recruiter then I guess that makes you a retailer (of jobs and career opportunities)

So in your role as a retailer how easy are you making it for shoppers to do business with you by way of searching and applying for jobs?  If they are searching for jobs at home (or dare I say at work) on a desktop or laptop then they are probably okay. However, shoppers like to get out and about and they spend a lot of time on their mobile, especially when commuting every day.

The Mobile Experience

So how easy is it for those shoppers to search and apply for your jobs on their mobile? Do they land on your perfectly formed mobile-enabled website or are you expecting them to pinch and zoom across the desktop version on their small screen to try and find the jobs section?

And even when they find the jobs section do they then have to fill out a long online form? And even worse (and to complete their misery) are they then asked to attach their CV or Resume (which of course they can’t do!)

And what about the emails you send out informing job seekers about your new jobs? If they read those emails on their mobile (the majority probably do) will they have the same painful experience as described above?

Make It Easy For People To Do Business With You

Every retail business should be making it as easy as possible for shoppers to do business with them. After all, with no customers there typically are no businesses.

Think about retailers like Amazon and Zappos and how easy it is to shop with them on a mobile? They have clearly thought through the process and made it as easy and simple as possible for shoppers to do business with them because they value their shoppers.

Step Into Their Shoes

Are you doing the same for your shoppers? How easy is it to apply for a job at your company? Put yourself in their shoes, get your mobile out and try! Then ask yourself “am I making it easy for job seekers to apply for a job at our company?”

Remember a question from the first paragraph… “have you ever seen an advert for a great deal on a product but you can’t make a purchase because you can’t access the website? “ Well simply switch the word “product” for “jobs” and you have exactly the same situation. How annoying is that!

Written by Mike Taylor from Web Based Recruitment. Mike is running Mobile Recruiting Strategies on the 27th March 2014, a Free Online Event with the latest Mobile Strategies, Insights and Case Studies. Speakers include LinkedIn, Google and Accenture.

If you were wondering if job seekers would search and apply for jobs using mobile then this figure of 500,000 mobile job applications in only 6 months should hopefully go some way in convincing you!

As you may already know I am running the virtual Mobile Recruitment Awards on the 27th March 2014 and one of the entries was from JobServe. All the entries are now with the judges and you can watch the results live on the 27th March 2014.

JobServe was the Internet’s first job board. Launched in 1994 they released their first mobile website in 2002. Some 12 years later JobServe are now seeing massive growth in the number of mobile job applications. Since releasing the updated version of their mobile website in July 2013 they received 500,000 mobile job applications in just 6 months!

In fact, they have also received 500,000 job applications via their iPhone App in the last 12 months as well!

After reading their detailed entry for the Mobile Recruitment Awards I felt that JobServe had a great mobile story to share.

I was therefore delighted when James Wren, General Manager Search Products & User Experience at JobServe, accepted my invitation to speak at our brand new Online Event – Mobile Recruiting Strategies on the 27th March 2014.

Our other impressive speakers include:

• Leela Srinivasan, Director of Marketing for LinkedIn Talent Solutions
• Rayanne Thorn, Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy for Technomedia
• Sjoerd Gehring, Global Head of Sourcing, Accenture
• Neil Monohan, Industry Head of Careers, Google
• Dave Martin, CTO, Three Sparks

Attend As Our Guest For FREE!

Want to learn more about mobile recruiting? We have a limited number of free tickets to attend our Online Event – Mobile Recruiting Strategies – on the 27th March 2014. Be quick though, first some, first served!

 

 

Mike Taylor