Fifteen of the very best battled through ten rounds of the 2007 Top Sites for Job Search competition – SimplyHired emerges as the gold medalist.
Through the very early rounds, SimplyHired and Indeed ran neck-and-neck for the lead; Indeed enjoying a slight edge. Overall positions at the top of the leader board remained unchanged through seven rounds – several sites winning a round or two, but none stringing together enough consistently high finishes to challenge for the outright lead. At this point it looked like Indeed would cruise to the gold.
The complexion of the race changed in round eight. SimplyHired won the search agent round, and then went on to win again in the usability round. These two wins, combined with a last place finish by Indeed in the associated services round, assured SimplyHired the gold.
What makes SimplyHired great? Five million jobs – more than twice Jobster’s total, and over three times what you’ll find on CareerBuilder. Plus, SimplyHired is head and shoulders above the competition in seamlessly delivering features and content through a customer-friendly interface that is easy to use and understand. And while it may be a small thing, SimplyHired’s permanent links for job listings bring you to a landing page with info about the advertiser, additional jobs at the same firm, and related jobs in the area. Simply brilliant!
Weaknesses? Search accuracy isn’t class leading (otherwise Indeed wouldn’t have led through the early rounds); and SimplyHired could do much better in disclosing their ownership, providing a phone number for customer assistance, and providing guidance on protection from fraud and scams. Plus, when it comes to social networking, Jobster is a better choice; and no one beats CareerBuilder in the areas of advanced filters, sorts, search options, and supporting services.
Bottom line … queue Tina Turner … SimplyHired, as the gold medalist in the 2007 Top Sites for Job Search competition …you’re simply the best, better than all the rest, better than anyone … Congratulations!
As a loyal reader, I wanted to write in from vacation to thank you for your kind words about Simply Hired--suffice it to say that we are "simply flattered".
We have been hard at work at UI elements this year and will be rolling out some exciting tools for users soon.
We have also been focusing on SEO efforts and key partnerships to ensure that visitors to SimplyHired.com as well as people who use our technology on MySpace Jobs, LinkedIn and the more than 2,000 blogs and websites using Job-a-matic are able to find their dream jobs.
We will take all of your suggestions into account as we continue to improve our network of sites.
Respectfully,
Lucas Mast
Simply Hired
www.simplyhired.com
Posted by: Lucas Mast | August 09, 2007 at 12:23 PM