optius

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Summary: MojaZaoslitev (which means “my job”) has been around since May 2010, bringing jobs to jobseekers and candidates to recruiters.  Today, the site is called Optius. The “About US” section reflects their transparency and honesty through clear information and photos of the team (all women). On social media, the website has 2 110 Instagram followers, 29 395 on Facebook, 49 on YouTube and another 5 296 on Linkedin. With over 225 190 visits a month, MojaZaoslitev has made it to the 282nd position on the list of the most active websites in Solvenia. Language is always an issue in Solvenia since the job offers need to be written in Slovene, but luckily, this job board offers a translating service.

Design: The dominantly purple website has the search engine (keywords, category, region) just under one box for employers and one for jobseekers. There are some links to articles and some lists to start the job search (categories, location, etc.). If you chose to cull the job offers, you can use the search engine and/or the filters (industry, location, publication date, level of education, the company), which remain at the top of the page. There are also some boxes to tick. The job offers cover the entire page, some with logos, others without, and include the location, the company and the publication date. The adverts themselves vary in length and in design (they are completely customized to suit the company). Unfortunately, some of the adverts cannot be translated by Google, or even copied into another translating tool. Contact information is on the right-hand side.

The job board objective: In their own words, Optius is the “kindest job board” and the team highlights this empathy for the jobseeker and the recruiter, which makes the employment processes easier.

Recruiter observations: You can’t create an advert or an account without contacting the team.

Jobseeker observations: It’s easy to create an account, but there are a number of annoying fields to fill out (even if you download a CV instead of creating one). There is an emphasis on visualizing what you’re displaying on the website: whether you’re applying to a job, browsing your account or looking through a list of offers from the same company, a miniature version on your CV stays on the screen. You can therefore change anything that doesn’t quite fit the role you’re applying to (for example). When you apply, you can send your CV with or without a cover letter (in theory). Furthermore, the CV visibility options are quite reassuring for those who do not want recruiters to find them in the CV database. Unfortunately though, unless you’re Slovenian, you probably won’t understand the education section and how to answer correctly.

The job offers: There are about 1440 job offers. Technical services, production, wood work, food industry and mechanics & mining are the most popular industries.

Reactivity: --

Special features: The CV builder; the news section; the career advice section (covering all the important aspects of the job search); the CV privacy options; job alerts; the employer news (updated); the quick tips (next to the job offers and advice columns);  the translation service; the list of articles about the company (some don’t exist anymore); YouTube videos; the newsletter; the key figures.

Verdict: It's great to see that the site has added some language options (English), but it is only to present the costs. If you speak Slovenian though, Optius is a handy website to look for work.

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.