Jobboard Finder’s opinion
Summary: Created in 2000, eFinancialCareers is a DHi service based in London and the leading financial job portal. For a time, it belonged to FINS.com, which was created by Dow Jones in 2009, but FINS became a part of DHi in 2012 and now redirects to the eFinancialCareers specialist job board. If you visit the DHi website, it is more focused on showcasing Dice than eFinancialCareers unfortunately. And if you check out the “About us” section, “it’s actually about you” (cute, but uninformative). Unfortunately, there is nothing in the “Editorial Team” section, which used to have with detailed material about staff. According to SimilarWeb, 238 900 visits are recorded per month for the Singapore portal and that’s just one of 19 countries in which the job board has set up shop. On social media, there are over 195 000 followers on Facebook, 118 010 on Linkedin and 4 000 on Instagram.
Design: There are no particular “business” photos, but the website doesn’t need them to display its professionalism. The search engine (keywords and location) is the first thing you see when you access the page. Next, there's a section of articles (first news, then advice). The bottom half of the homepage focuses on the latest job offers and the hiring companies. When you access the job listing, you can use the filters (the location and radius, the sector, the position type, the employment type, the experience level and the salary range – numbers for each category are in brackets). In the list, the salary, location, contract hours, company and updates date are visible, including logos. The featured companies aren’t necessarily hiring, most of them are though.
The job board objective: With a focus on finance, eFinancialCareers provides its users with intuitive articles and relevant job offers.
Recruiter observations: In the recruiter section, there are additional articles. To actually post a job or to create an account, you need to contact the team or request a call back. You can also see reviews from clients and you can participate in events!
Jobseeker observations: It’s easy to create an account and upload a CV. Their resume parser makes it less tedious to fill out the online form. You do have to complete what’s missing though and change your CV status to visible. You can also upload a cover letter.
The job offers: The sectors with the most job offers are IT, accounting & finance and operations, but many other sectors also have hundreds of job offers. There are currently 15 748 vacancies on eFinancialCareers Singapore (2 3117 jobs in the country).
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Special features: The job offer views; the job offer applicants; the news and advice articles (quite interesting); CV visibility status; the events; the client reviews; salary report (a couple of years old); advice for students;
Verdict: Something about eFinancialCareers feels very impersonal but it's still very professional. That said, the articles are interesting and the job offers are clear, so it’s worth using if you are in the field of finance.
