Jobboard Finder’s opinion
Summary: NovaJobs is a Moldavian generalist job board, which first appeared in the country in 2010. Unfortunately, the visibility is unknown to SimilarWeb, but the social media seems to indicate that the site recently became less active. The blog articles stopped in August 2018 and the social media hasn’t been updated since November of last year. That goes for the LinkedIn page (10 followers), the Twitter one (32), the OK.ru on (1 065) and the Facebook one (9 808). Still, the language options are surprisingly good (Romanian, Russian, and English) and it’s free to post a job offer.
Design: The website is aesthetically appealing. The search engine (keywords and the location) is the feature of the homepage, followed by access to hiring companies and the blog articles. Once in the job listing, you can use the filters (the category, the city, the country, the work program) and display the offers in a grid or a list. Publication dates and logos are visible in the job listing (and many provide salary information). Once a job offers is opened, useful information and contact information appear on the side of the job offers. That means you can apply through the website (with or without an account) or use the contact details directly. There is also a candidate list with similar filters (gender is also included), providing access to everything there is to know about each jobseeker. Unfortunately, the filters don’t seem to work correctly.
The job board objective: NovaJobs makes it easy to find new jobs and post adverts in Moldova.
Recruiter observations: Recruiters can post adverts for free and it is very easy to create an account. You can also browse the CVs for free, which include names, ages, photos and contact details. Even though there are over 11 000 of them, most have not been updated for a long time.
Jobseeker observations: Jobseekers can create an account with an e-mail address or Facebook. Both jobseekers and recruiters can post adverts.
The job offers: There are currently 20 907 job offers on the site and 11 789 CVs.
Reactivity: --
Special features: The blog (nothing new since August, in different sections); the chat support; job alerts.
Verdict: Some parts of the page malfunction (the empty speech bubble at the top of the page, broken filters) and the visibility is very low. It’s a shame because with all the free options and the attractive design, you would expect NovaJobs to be more successful.
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.