Jobs.pl

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Jobboard Finder’s opinion

Summary: Like most Polish job boards, Jobs.pl keeps it simple: you need a job, they are Jobs.pl. They know the industry; they have been around for 20 years! They expanded to include CV.pl, HR.pl and Szkolenia.com (a course and internship website) to cater to their clients’ needs. Moreover, in 2008, Media Manager and Jobs.pl teamed up together in 2008 to create Karieramanagera.pl (for top positions, but it isn’t as successful as hoped, same for praktyki.pl). Unfortunately, only the homepage is available in English, German and Polish but the featured companies really are hiring and they keep their twitter and blog updated. This job board has an international focus with most of its job offers for overseas positions. Only 15% of their web activity is from outside of Poland and they have about 300 000 visits per month.

Design: The website layout clearly conveys the idea that they are not solely focused on connecting recruiters and jobseeker: half the screen is taken up with “job offers of the day”, and the other half features the most recent articles from their blog. The adverts around the screen are actually for companies hiring with them, which is nice. The bottom of the page offers four different categories for your searches: by city (which sometimes appears as a map of Poland), by industry, by job title (with an extensive list of job titles) and by country for jobs abroad. They appear professional. The jobs appear in order of their pertinence or their date and each one shows the job title (feature), logo, company, location, publication date and some are featured (super offer). The job offers are customised, but each company has their own standard layout. Similar job offers appear on the left-hand side.

The job board objective: More than just a job board, Jobs.pl aims to accompany its clients (be they recruiters or jobseekers) throughout the entire recruiting/job searching process.

Recruiter observations: If you click of “for employers” at the top of the page on the right-hand side, you get a list of packages and their prices, so you can order your adverts directly. However, once you have filled out the form, you need to wait for a consultant to call you back. They offer different services depending on your needs: develop your company, find an employee and/or strengthen your brand. Depending on whether you work alone or you represent a company, the procedure is different. For recruiters and jobseekers alike, it is refreshing to see short company descriptions.

Jobseeker observations: Creating an account is easy (you can even use Linkedin or Facebook). CV examples and assistance is handy. Only a CV is required to apply to job offers.

The job offers: There are currently 91 154 jobs: 35 382 in Germany, 645 in Switzerland, 332 in Belgium, 45 354 in the UK, 443 in Holland, 5 015 in Poland. A lot of manual jobs or trades, but top positions are also advertised. Most companies advertise for various positions in their company.

Reactivity: Still waiting.

Special features: the blog (up-to-date with categories for the articles); icons (key, letter); CV information (with examples, so you know what Polish recruiters expect); similar jobs; the salary calculator (for each month); job alerts.

Verdict: If you are looking for international jobs (or looking to hire Polish people overseas), Jobs.pl is clearly a popular choice. However, a job board with more international jobs than local ones really should have an English (or German) version of its webpage. It’s a bit unfortunate to publish the exact same articles on their partner websites. Also, clearer headings and fewer links to the blog would make the site easier to use.

Written by Ali Neill

As the job board tester and blog editor for the Jobboard Finder, Ali works on job boards from all around the world and keeps a close eye on the recruitment trends thanks to a number of sources, including the website's social media pages.