9 problems with existing job portals
18 November 2011
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- Lack of regional orientation : Most large job sites do not cater to regional diversity of a large country like India. Whereas national approach works fine with high skill, premium jobs, it does not fit in well with a majority of regular jobs. A regional website needs to align itself with the strengths, weaknesses, geography, language and culture of the region.
- Fewer local openings : An overwhelming majority of jobs are local in nature. They require knowledge of local geography and language apart from local connectivity. The salary package too are generally designed with local candidates in mind. However job portals open up all the posts to the world without making any attempt to segment candidates by geography, leading to problems both for candidates and employers.
- Lack of lower end Jobs : Most job sites concentrate on the higher end jobs neglecting the lower end jobs which in turn employ the bulk of the population.
- Lack of Temp Jobs, Unorganised sector Jobs, Fresher Jobs, Walk-in Jobs : Mainstream job sites have fewer openings of these categories which are ironically easier for candidates to grab.
- Complex Job search : On most popular job sites, finding a job relevant to oneself is like finding a needle in a haystack.
With so much information and very little segmentation, it is difficult to separate wheat from chaff. - Fake Jobs : Both paid and free job posts are vulnerable to fake jobs for different reasons. While portals that feature jobs against payment have an obligation to carry them irrespective of whether they are fishing for CVs for future use or for marketing their products. Free job posts on the other hand suffer because of lack of supervision over the quality of submissions.
- Lengthy registration for Job application : Candidates are required to fill in their profile in the specific format of each job portal. This process is often cumbersome and repetitive in nature especially since most of the information is already available in their CV.
- Privacy issues : The business model of all job sites that store candidate resume is based on selling private information to their clients. While most of the time this information is used to match job opening with candidates, it does leave the door wide open for spam and other misuses.
- No feedback mechanism : None of the major job sites provide any meaningful feedback mechanism for candidates to discuss their experience of applying for various jobs.
I have also these problems.
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