Oodle.com
Oodle.com is a fantastic tool for employers seeking a free service to post job openings at their companies. You can reach over 5 million potential employees all over the country every month through Oodle’s network of classified sites along with featured listings to increase your post’s traffic.
Oodle allows you to post any position for free in their directory, and they’ll promote you in hundreds of local classified sites to contact thousands of qualified job seekers in your business region. Top companies such as Driveline Retail Merchandizing and Hallmark all count on Oodle.com to supply them with employees in different fields, part time and full time. Whether you are in the accounting or healthcare industry, you will obtain a large applicant pool and have many professional candidates to select from.
You simply have to account an account in a matter of minutes with basic information about you and your company and your listings will be posted everywhere including networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for free. You can instantly sync Oodle with your Facebook account in order for your listings to appear in the Facebook marketplace. Oodle enable you to fill in detailed descriptions about what tasks each position entails, as well as hour, education and experience requirements. You can also specify the location of the company, salary and any certification prerequisites. Candidates who are interested in the position will then be able to apply now on Oodle or be redirected to your company’s application protocol, save the job for future reference, or email the listing to a friend who might be interested. In addition, Oodle.com’s search functions allow users to easily find your job post by filtering criteria such as job title, category, industry, job type, and company. If you are a large business looking for thousands of new employees, you will be automatically listed at the top of the company directory, which will result in higher traffic. Target the best and brightest individuals in today’s job market now by promoting your company’s name and the positions you need filled.
Jobvertise.com
Jobvertise serves as the world’s largest free job and resume database, permitting you to search through 800,000 resumes for free.
This job posting service allows you to administer your own listings as well as search through their database of resumes at any time to browse for qualified candidates. Jobvertise’s batch import function automates the posting process without you having to manually type in each opening. Simply provide them a file formatted through email, FTP or HTTP with fields such as title, department, address, etcetera for each job entry, and Jobvertise will list multiple positions for you. In order to link your job posts from your company’s website, you can create an HTML link using your member ID, and visitors can be directed to every listing. Even if your company has multiple HR departments, you can still link separate accounts from your site to advertise for each branch.
The directory is sorted alphabetically by job title so potential employees can find your post easily. The basic search function also allows them to search by keywords and location, and search results include information such as company name and compensation. Candidates can click on each post for additional details. You can include as much or little information about each opening with fields such as minimum education, job type, hours requirements, as well as contact information for HR administrators. Once someone clicks on one of your posts, they have the option of viewing every listing in your company. Jobvertise guarantees a strict privacy policy, and your email address field will be hidden by default to protect your company’s security. All applications are redirected through their servers, but you can still include an email link in the description field if preferred.
Because Jobvertise offers multiple resources aside from the employment database like free career tests and job hunting guides to attract more job seekers, they are able to draw more qualified candidates than other free job posting sites.
Craigslist.org
Although Craigslist is the web’s largest job posting source, it is not free for all cities such as Atlanta and New York City, so make sure to check the fee for your location. However, for many regions including New Jersey and Detroit, Craigslist is free of charge and you can reach more than 50 million users in the US alone.
On average, Craigslist results in about 50 replies for job ad so you’ll definitely be able to garner a large applicant pool. In order to ensure the validity and success rate of listings, Craigslist warrants a helpful guideline for employers and employees. For example, they only accept posts compliant with all local and federal employment laws, offering monetary compensation for employees. Because of their compliance requirements, more qualified candidates are likely to apply for your company’s positions. You can also post in each opening in a specific category such as finance, hospitality, and government in order to attract the right talents.
The posting process is extremely simple and quick to fill out. You have to input the position title, specific location, description of the skills or tasks required as well as compensation. You also have to include your email address for applications to be forwarded to; however, you can choose to show, hide or make anonymous the address for security reasons. Check off one of many criteria such as telecommuting, part or full time, contract, or non-profit work to target particular individuals. You may also include additional information such as educational or work experience and a fax or phone number to contact. After you publish your add, it will appear on Craigslist within 20 minutes so users can view it almost immediately. The listings are sorted by date posted, and it expires after 30 days, but you can always repost the position if no suitable candidates have been hired within the month period. Also, Craigslist offers the discussion forum for job market for any employers looking for advice about proper posting etiquette, hiring practices or techniques to maximum traffic.
Kijiji.com
A relatively new free local classifieds site, Kijiji.com builds a community where members can connect with another to exchange goods and services, as well as develops a great networking system for employers and recruiters. Since 2007, they have attracted nearly 7 million monthly visitors and more than 400,000 listings.
Kijiji offers employers the freedom to post details about each job vacancy in the company, simply requiring a clear title and description for the post to inform job seekers about the type of position offered. You can choose to check off a job type such as part time, contract, internship or freelance to provide additional filtering options. You can also include an image with your listing that could be the logo of your company or related to the type of service you perform. An email address is also required but it will not be shared with others to respect your business’s privacy. The search process for candidates is simple yet effective. They only have to type in the zip code or general location and click on the job section. All postings are listed according to date posted, title, industry and specific city or town if applicable. You may include the email or phone number of your HR representative in the description to allow applicants to directly contact your company’s hiring resources.
Kijiji also enables you to manage all of your postings by logging into your account. At any time, you may edit, delete or repost your job ads. This feature is extremely useful because the requirements of an opening might change during your hiring process, and you can edit the description on Kijiji instead of starting a whole new post. In addition, job posts on Kijiji expire are set to automatically expire after 60 days, but if you have already employed someone before the date, you can always delete the post in order to stop future applications. Similarly, you can repost the ad after the time period if no qualified candidate has been hired. Although Kijiji establishes posting standards to ensure the legitimacy of the service, it provides employers with a lot of freedom in the information they want to distribute to job seekers.
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