Staufenbiel Institut

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Jobboard Finder’s opinion

Summary: Staufenbiel Institute is a specialist German job board for students, graduates and young professionals. It was founded in 1972 but the online version appeared a bit later. There is a Xing page, and a number of other social media pages: on Facebook, there are 19 270 followers; on Twitter, there are 4 271 followers (and no updates since last year) and finally, YouTube has a small following of 23 people but the videos are pretty recent. Even if the page design is interesting, anyone with eyesight problems might struggle to read the short blurb on the homepage explaining a bit about Staufenbiel (small pale grey print on a black background) and some of the job offers. About 302 800 visitors go to the site every month.

Design:  The top of the homepage is just a large moving image of a student and a small search engine (for keywords). There is a “how it works” button above the search engine and you can even use voice command to use it. When you start typing in a word, suggestions appear underneath as well as the number of job offers for each word. You can reveal the list of sections by clicking on the list icon at the top of the page. This includes the jobs (you can choose to view only student jobs, internships, placement jobs, etc.), the company pages, the magazine, the employer check and a link to Gradeview. At the bottom of the homepage, you can go through the upcoming events. In the company listing, the companies, represented by a logo, appear in a grid and you can click on one to reveal additional information (like the number of job offers and a brief description) without changing pages. If you click on “more information”, the company profile appears, which includes a large banner image, multimedia, social media feeds, contact information, articles and the employer check. Links to the website and career page are also on the profile. In the job listing, the offers from the same company appear with only one logo for all the offers. You can expand the job offer to see keywords, or go to the actual offer in a new window. By clicking on the keywords in the job offer, you can bring up a window with popular companies, cities and searches for that word.

The job board objective: Staufenbiel Institute has a new innovative way to look for work. Students and graduates can find essential information on their future companies.

Recruiter observations: --

Jobseeker observations: It’s easy to create a profile, which looks sort of like the company pages. To apply to job offers, you don’t need one though.

The job offers: On the website, there are currently 13 companies and 155 job offers.

Reactivity: It took the team over a day to answer but they were quite helpful when they did.

Special features: The YouTube videos; the magazine (which is essentially the blog, in different sections); the number of people who liked an article (represented by a heart); the B2B section (events, guides and online services); the feedback options; the sliding events.

Verdict: The design to Staufenbiel Institute is interesting. It’s a shame that some information is missing: How do recruiters create an account? What’s the history behind the company? What are the prices? On top of that, the strange choice of font and colours are hard on the eyes. That said, it is a popular choice in Germany, clearly appealing to the young users.

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.