Join us for an evening to find out the research results from our research of up to 300 career websites in 2022. 

 

We will also have a panel discussion about the results and what is important in designing a website around visual design, content and job descriptions. 

 

There will be a small registration fee to cover our costs. 

 

Why we did the research?

 

Corporate careers websites are an important part of the candidate journey,  but at times they focus on one part of the journey. 

 

Some focussed on Employer branding and content, others on job descriptions and the application process, however candidate research shows that candidates want it all. A great experience like a fantastic video or strong images, can't undo a difficult and time consuming application process.  And unless you have great content on what someone should join your organisation, then your fabulous process won't matter.  

An effective career site can be much more valuable than a basic job listing. It should be a living, breathing extension of your company’s personality and employment brand.

So we set about researching whether Australian career sites give a clear understanding of brand messaging, do they make potential candidates excited to work for them, and do they follow up on all applications.

Our corporate careers site research consists of 120+ data points in the following categories  

• Usability - Job search, presentation of the results, alert services, chatbots
• Content - In diversity, renumeration, application process, privacy, employer branding
• Job descriptions - Design, length, specific information, employer branding
• Visual design - Look-and-feel, readability, photo, video
• Application process - Ease to apply, mystery application, time to reply, quality of reply
• Mobile accessibility

Every category has a series of question and our teams researched by actually collecting data from the website. They gave every question a rating and each category had equal weight.  The top organisations in the general rating will be nominated as the finalists. 

A jury will then review each website providing their views and feedback before the winner will be picked. 

We will announce that winner at the awards ceremony.