I'm currently making a Job Board from scratch. I need advise and opinion from others on good features and bad features of current Job Boards. What features would people like to have as a Job Seeker or an Employer? I could use any advise please.

Thanks in advance...

If anyone knows any good resources or disscusion boards where I can get more information. Please let me know. This just seems like a difficult thing to research.

Originally Posted by Nakirema

I'm currently making a Job Board from scratch. I need advise and opinion from others on good features and bad features of current Job Boards. What features would people like to have as a Job Seeker or an Employer? I could use any advise please.

Thanks in advance...

If anyone knows any good resources or disscusion boards where I can get more information. Please let me know. This just seems like a difficult thing to research.

You've taken on a challenging task. I would use Careerbuilder.com, Monster.com, and Hotjobs to get an idea of what basic features to include.

Essentially, I would suggest breaking things down as much as possible. Allow radius searching within an area, a good large selection of professional fields and categories, a filter for those annoying temp agencies and those questionable "earn thousands from the comfort of your own home" posts, career level(amount of experience required), any educational degrees required.

Something additional that would be really nice to see would be a coverletter assistant. Maybe some type of template driven program that can be adjusted to fit the particular position. You could also consider adding links to government related jobs. http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ has a list of openings with the US Federal Government. You can also get some ideas from the American Job Bank (https://secure.jobsearch.org/seeker/jobsearch/quick) which has State-based openings among other.

Thanks for the reply and advice. I do plan on put in some sort of coverletter and resume manager. The Job Seeker can have mulitiple coverletters and resumes, so when they allpy for a job posting the basically piece together a package and send that package through an internal message center, no annoying e-mails.. Unless the user wants contact through e-mail.

I just finished the account register process... The user first creates basic information to login... UserName, Password, E-mail stuff like that... then they get directed to a profile page for User information. I'm not sure if I want to make this part required or not.. If the User does not fill out the section then they will not be able to use the site to its fullest.. Should I give then that choice or mandate it?

Originally Posted by Nakirema

Thanks for the reply and advice. I do plan on put in some sort of coverletter and resume manager. The Job Seeker can have mulitiple coverletters and resumes, so when they allpy for a job posting the basically piece together a package and send that package through an internal message center, no annoying e-mails.. Unless the user wants contact through e-mail.

I just finished the account register process... The user first creates basic information to login... UserName, Password, E-mail stuff like that... then they get directed to a profile page for User information. I'm not sure if I want to make this part required or not.. If the User does not fill out the section then they will not be able to use the site to its fullest.. Should I give then that choice or mandate it?

That's a good question. Hmm. Well, first off; I have found that I prefer to browse listings before I decide whether it's worth my time to sign up with the provider. But when a user decides to sign up, he/she might as well make their information as complete as possible. On the other hand, in the interest of usability, I would say leave the choice to the user. If they're comfortable with the site, they will most likely give all of their information on their own. Otherwise, you know you need to go back and take a look at why they aren't...which ultimately will make your site better.