New Business Idea: Recruitment website

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jimjamuk1
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Hi,
My name is James and I have been listening to the podcasts and readin.g the pilots logs and forums so thought I would join.

I have an idea for a website but it is not "unique", there are others doing it, namely www.jobserve.com and www.cwjobs.co.uk

I would like to create a website that allows recruitment agencies and HR departments to advertise vacancies. It also allows candiates to search for these vacancies. Also people can sign up, store their CV on the site so recruiters can find them

The two forementioned websites above are very successful and have a very high turnover in revenue.

I honestly believe that there is room for another site of this kind.

Just wondered what anyone elses thoughts were on this?

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Hi james,
My Name is Raj I Used to work in a payroll/accounts capacity for a Niche Engineering Recruitment Company which was a subsidiary of the Largest Independant Recruitment Company in Scotland with offices in Glasgow,Edinburgh,Central London
What you need to ask yourself is the following questions:
1.Whats your U.S.P.(Unique Selling Point or Proposition)?
2.Who are going to be your customers?
3.Are you going to be charging the advertisers a fee or the customers and clients that sign up to the website?
4.Have you got a strong brand name that will be remembered?
5.Do you have a Logo?
6.What software do you currently have?
7.Will you be building a database from scratch?
8.Do you want this to stay strictly as a online venture or if it grows do you want to open offices?
9.Its very Competitive how will you cope against the competition?(ie for the likes of Monster,Jobserve or TotalJobs.com!!! amongst the many others)
If you need any further feedback or are interested in me getting involved(as I am currently exploring new business opportunites) please do not hesitate to contact me!!!
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I do hope all this helps
Good Luck In Your Venture
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Hi James!
Welcome to the site. Glad you liked the podcasts enough to join us!
Rajesh is spot on I think - you really do need to know your USP and you will need a good and memorable name as well. There is always space for someone doing something in a better way than the competion.
You will really need to consider the marketing aspect of it all though. How will you get your site to become the one that the people with the money will choose to use?

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jimjamuk1
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Thank you

Hi,
Thank you both for your comments and suggestions, all of which is very much appreciated. At this stage it is very much an idea on paper.
I would like to think that I can do this in a better way than my competitors.
Will have a really good think about my USP.
I wont be charging people to register with us and actually look for jobs that will be free. I will be charging recruitment agencies / HR departments to post vacancies. With recruitment agencies, they will get discount the more jobs that they post.
Will now be thinking of a really good brand name and then making the steps to get it as a registered trade mark.
Have some really good things to think about.
I will probably keep everyone posted on the progress through my personal website which when ready I will post the URL for all to see.
Thank you.
James

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into the mix

Just a thought.

If you set it as free for both it may have more chance of generating traffic to your site.

Once you have traffic and quality jobs advertised you can strart to charge more easily

How about approaching some agencys or even the job centre about them advertising for free on your site.

Just some ideas for you to ponder and hey its free :-)

jimjamuk1
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Hi, Thank you for your

Hi,
Thank you for your comments.
That is a very good idea, will definiately be looking at doing that and also offering special offers as well.

I am currently discussing with someone who I am hoping is going to help built the site.
We don't have a name for the site yet, it needs to be something that is available as a co.uk. a ltd name and a trademark.

One hurdle which I would appreaciate any advice on is candidates are not going to register withjout jobs, and people will not post jobs without candidates. I know I can apporach agencies and the job centre and ask them to advertise. But how do I let job seekers know that we exist?

Any advice would be gratefully received.

James

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As someone in Recruitment at the moment......

I know how Job Boards work and was looking into doing something similar.

I think you need to have a think about the types of jobs you want to advertise.

My View is that Jobserve and Monster for example are too general, so you need to pick a niche and then have a think about where these people would start looking for jobs. For example, techy people will use www.ITJobsBoard.co.uk or CW Jobs.

Clients will only advertise their jobs on there if it is free or are getting a good response for the jobs

Google Ad Words is a cheap way of letting people know about your service. So if your target market was Cruise Lines and every time someone searches "Cruise Ship Jobs" you could pay for your site to appear on the right.

If you know your niche, www.v-consultant.co.uk actually builds recruitment websites.

You could also make your board free to advertise on initially. Look up which sites are on Broadbean, (which lets Agents post the same add on multiple boards) lists all the jobsites. These will be your competition. Another good site to look at is www.on-rec.com

A Word of warning, there are Hundreds of sites out there, so you need to be unique and the best at what you do.

jimjamuk1
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Thanks for your help.

Hi,
I would like to thank you for your input, all of which is very much appreciated.

Having read your suggestions, I think that making it free to start with is a good idea as it will make it be appealing to start with.

Have had a look at Broadbean and would have to discuss this with my technical director so see how easy it would be to make the site Broadbean compatible.

At first I was thinking maybe have a general board like Monster but then I am an IT background and use CWjobs like you mentioned. So perhaps I need to rethink who my target market is. This is something that I will now have a think about.

James

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Something Different?

Hi, I'm new around here, so please excuse me if it sounds stupid.

Something that could be unique about the site could be the price - often agencies seem to charge large amounts of money (comission), how about being different - fixed price for a job advert - something low. Maybe even use the words 'No agencies please', to ensure that people who apply for a job know where they are applying to..they might be able to check out the company before commiting themselves.

I have worked for a couple of companies who refuse to use agencies out of principle - the charge being too high. Advertising themselves would seem more logical than an agency hiding the details.

Just an idea,

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