Tell the World About the Best Recruiting Website and You Can Win an iPod
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 by Frank RocheWhat company has the best recruiting/HR page? Who kicks ass end gets names? What company’s recruiting page makes you go, “Wow, I wanna work there!”?
Companies invest a ton of money and energy recruiting the most qualified people. Who’s doing it best? Who has a way to get you to look even when you’re not looking? You know, the place where you’d look on a website if you were looking for a job and wanted to know about their HR info.
I’ve looked at a bunch of sites myself, but this question is more suited to the wisdom of the masses. I’m trying to get a gauge of what’s really great out there and you’re the ones who know. (BTW: Business that are in the business of recruiting people don’t count, e.g., Monster.com isn’t what I’m looking for unless it’s to employ people to work at Monster.)
Would you please leave leave a comment below with your thoughts about great recruiting/HR sites? (I’ll leave internal HR sites for discussion on another day.) I’ll publish a list – with attribution and links by April 30 at noon EST (GMT-5).
I Could Win an iPod Just for Playing?
Operators are on duty 24 hours a day. Well, maybe not, but KnowHR Blog is. As an extra little inducement, I thought we could make this a game. Here’s how it’ll work:
- Leave a response in the comments with a link to your nominee for Best Recruiting/HR site.
- Link to this post and KnowHR Blog if you have a blog. It’s linky love. I’ll reciprocate.
- Find out on April 30 at noon EST (GMT-5) if your name got pulled from a (virtual) hat.
The Prize Value Goes Up Depending on the Number of Responses
If we get at least the number of quality responses indicated below, the prize value goes up. Please note that there will be one prize, and which prize depends on how many quality responses we get (I’m asking about company websites that you’d look at even if you weren’t looking for a job.) The more responses the better. If we hit the front page of Digg, then I’ll think up an even cooler prize. (It’ll still be something from Apple.)
If We Get at Least…..You Can Win
100 Responses……..iPod Shuffle
300 Responses……..iPod Nano
500 Responses……..iPod (yes, the big dog)
1000 Responses……Apple TV
Hurry, the contest ends April 30!
Frank Roche
Apr 19th, 2007
I’m just seeding the comment cloud….first!
John Windsor
Apr 19th, 2007
VERY clever! (But that doesn’t count toward your #s . . .)
Laura Athavale Fitton
Apr 19th, 2007
http://www.itasoftware.com/careers/
ITA Software also has these great ads on the “T” trains, showing actual employees playing with airplanes, etc.
Frank Roche
Apr 19th, 2007
Okay, John, I gotta believe that you know one or two.
Laura, thanks…you’re really the first one! And that’s a cool site.
Larry C
Apr 19th, 2007
My personal pick is Pixar and Disneys =)
John Windsor
Apr 19th, 2007
Okay, here’s a company with a wonderful description of their culture. You can just feel the passion.
http://www.readytalk.com/about-us/company-story.php
Lisa
Apr 20th, 2007
Long time lurker, first time poster!
http://www.humanresourcesonline.net
I have to admit that I’m a little biased – I write for the magazine! But we don’t mind getting more eyeballs from the online HR community. Plus, the chance to win an ipod is pretty sweet.
Andy
Apr 20th, 2007
Cool Looking Mini Cooper Company Cars! Nice Video
Brian P
Apr 20th, 2007
These guys are great!
Brian P
Apr 20th, 2007
check em out!
Hongbo Luo
Apr 20th, 2007
cool idea
Alice Forbes
Apr 21st, 2007
I visit Disney and Pixar because my kids like them so much and their products. When I saw their site I was really impressed. Plus the other one would have to be Adobe.
JT
Apr 21st, 2007
Campbell’s Soup gets a vote from me:
http://careers.campbellsoupcompany.com/index.asp
And Merck:
merck.com
Frank Roche
Apr 21st, 2007
JT, that Campbell’s one is very good.
Santosh
Apr 22nd, 2007
I vote for Whole Foods
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/careers/index.html
Frank Roche
Apr 23rd, 2007
Santosh, that’s a good one. I’m a big fan of all things Whole Foods, so this just adds to it.
Catherine
Apr 24th, 2007
http://www.teksystems.com/
SHRIKANT
Apr 25th, 2007
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pers/index.htm
The website is very simple logical and informative without jargon.
Jessica
Apr 25th, 2007
Google has the best recruitment site, it looks like every job there is fun.
Dave Lefkow
Apr 26th, 2007
The best and most functional career website I’ve seen out there is http://www.erac.com – Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Believe it or not, they have the most successful college recruiting program in the country. You wouldn’t think they could get college graduates to work behind a rental car counter, but they really do!
Beth Macknik
Apr 26th, 2007
Gotta love the chef!
Laura Athavale Fitton
Apr 29th, 2007
I found another one. Check out the “meet the team” video at Geezeo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixuxw-KMdgQ Makes me want to work there. Plus, it’s a cool idea for a service.