The best platforms for finding talent: 5 job boards and recruiting tips

A job board is referred to as an employment website. It is where recruiters can post job openings and candidates have the opportunity to apply. E-recruitment platforms have become an important part of the recruitment landscape. We take a look at 5 of the best platforms out there at the moment, understand what their advantages are, and find out if you can recruit using social media or Google?

Choosing the right job board can be a daunting task due to their wide variety, so it's important to target your target audience. For most employers, it's also about setting aside a specific budget. As well as generic platforms, it's worth looking at specialised sites such as Linkfinance for finance or Lesjeudis for IT.

Let's take a look at the most popular platforms:

• Welcome to the jungle: Welcome to the jungle is a recruitment platform that promotes wellbeing at work through articles and tips about the world of work and recruitment trends. On the site, many companies create an employer profile, talk about their values, post job openings and attract candidates. Candidates can subscribe to companies and receive notifications of new listings. The platform also supports the ideas that work should be a reward, not a punishment;
• Indeed: Indeed is a meta job search engine that has existed since 2004 and gathers information from several other search engines. 250 million candidates visit the platform every month, making it one of the most popular platforms for job searches. Employers can publish adverts, promote them to their target audience, manage applications and schedule interviews through a dedicated account. For candidates, the platform has the advantage of being able to get results from multiple job boards at the same time;
• Monster: Monster is one of the leading online job platforms offering employers a modern and dynamic approach to recruitment. One of the innovative tools is the Monster Studios app, which allows videos to be added to adverts, creating a human dimension valued by candidates. The platform also provides access to a CV database to find and manage the right talent. The site offers several paid packages for the convenience of employers;
• Apec: Apec is a platform that caters to executives and offers job openings not only for them but also for other professionals. It connects candidates and employers by providing personalised support and training for free. The platform offers help for your employees, which makes it unique compared to other job boards. Employers can use the inbuilt tools to personalise job vacancies to make them more attractive;
• Pôle emploi: Pôle Emploi is a government-owned recruitment platform that provides access to nearly 500,000 vacancies online. Employers and candidates have their own spaces to interact. The platform is used both to search for employees and to provide employment counselling. It is an important tool for the public sector, providing a wide reach and free interaction opportunities.

Social media for recruitment

In addition to traditional recruitment platforms, social media is also a powerful tool for sourcing and HR marketing. According to an infographic by Oberlo, in 2020, 3.2 billion people used social media every day, spending an average of 2 hours and 22 minutes on it. While platforms like Facebook and Twitter lead the way in terms of user numbers, they aren't always suitable for quality recruiting. Facebook, for example, allows companies to post vacancies on their business pages for free, but promoting them requires payment and results are often inferior to specialised platforms.

At the same time, networks such as LinkedIn, Viadeo or Xing offer better recruiting opportunities. LinkedIn, for example, has 590 million members worldwide, including 18 million in France, and offers more than 20 million online vacancies. Employers can create company pages, post jobs, pay to promote them and explore candidate profiles that provide detailed information on career paths. These features make LinkedIn a veritable goldmine for employers, providing the ability to connect with candidates through messaging.

Google and Chrome extensions

Google's search engine is a powerful tool that job seekers actively use to search for job openings. Candidates can find job offers right in the search results by entering job title and location details into the bar. To get your advert to appear in the results, all you need to do is post it on the site and add the relevant information to the html code of the page. In addition to this, Chrome extensions can help with recruitment by making the process much easier to organise. Here are some of them:

• Contacts+ for Gmail allows you to gather all your candidate information in one extension;
• Boomerang for Gmail helps you manage follow-up emails, automate and schedule responses;
• Piwaa automates responses on LinkedIn, which improves candidate flow management.

Conclusion

Job boards have become an indispensable tool for job search and recruitment. For the recruiter, they provide an opportunity to advertise job vacancies, enhance the employer brand and access a large pool of suitable candidates. The dashboard makes it easy to manage applications, make initial contact before an interview and save time. The platforms also offer helpful articles with recruitment and HR tips, making the process even more efficient.

For candidates, job boards allow you to improve your profile and personal branding, post CVs and apply for vacancies quickly. You can set up alerts so you don't miss out on suitable offers and stay responsive by applying in real time. They also give you access to lots of adverts, and you can connect with employers through the platforms. Plus, many sites offer tips on improving your profile and interview success.

Of course, with such a variety of platforms, it can be difficult to manage applications, but many sites offer user-friendly dashboards. There are also additional tools that help combine data from different platforms, such as Beetween, Jobaffinity or Softy. This makes the recruitment process more streamlined and efficient.