iTWireís JobsWire launches new services with innovative technology

Australiaís fastest growing online technology news and information service, iTWire, has announced a significant expansion of its jobs and recruitment business, JobsWire, with the integration of innovative technology in the companyís new jobs board.

iTWire is the first company in the rapidly expanding online jobs and recruitment industry to introduce its unique skills-based jobs board technology, described as ërevolutionaryí by iTWire CEO, Mark Hosking.

ìAt JobsWire, we have moved beyond the simplistic listing of jobs by broad categories, as you see on other jobs boards, to an innovative system which defines jobs by technology-type, or skills-tags,î Mark Hosking said.

ìThis will be of enormous benefit to recruiters and job seekers alike, eliminating the frustration of a more general system of broader categorisation. For instance, instead of simply listing a job under the broad category of ëinternet software developerí, a recruiter or employer listing on JobsWire could attribute the skills tags of ë.NET, ASP, C or MS-SQL to that particular job.î

A visitor to the JobsWire jobs site can obtain a quick snapshot of what skills are in demand simply by glancing at the alphabetically listed skills tags. The more in demand a skill, the larger the tag appears. Visitors simply click on a tag to view a list of all jobs that have requested that particular skill.

Strategically placed job ads located within great IT content has proven to be a real winner,î said Amanda Miles, marketing manager at Paxus, one of Australiaís largest technology recruiters.

ìFor Paxus itís about connecting IT People with great IT jobs, so we have been delighted with the increased unique visitors to www.paxus.com.au that can be directly attributed to the branding and job advertising on the iTWire site.

ìPresenting jobs by skills is also an easy way to find jobs that suit and complement the skills of the IT job seeker. Traditional search methods, like having to select a number of mandatory search fields just slows up the job search for an IT professional. I like the way iTWire is thinking about what appeals to an IT professional and what could make their job search easier and more effective. Combining targeted content is just very clever and will be a clear winner in the eyes of an IT job seeker,î Ms Miles added.

Mark Hosking said: ìWeíve looked very closely at the way job candidates ësellí themselves and overwhelmingly they define themselves by the technology they use. With our skills tags system candidates benefit from a much more efficient, targeted job search facility and recruiters benefit with applicants more closely matching the skills and requirements of a particular job.î

iTWire launched its JobsWire service in 2006, specialising in IT and telecommunications recruitment, as a service to recruiters and employers and to give them the benefit of flow-through traffic from its news and information portal (www.itwire.com.au). iTWire attracts an average of 1.2 million visitors a month and readership has grown significantly since the JobsWire service was originally launched as a free service.

ìJobsWire is no longer a free service but we can now deliver enormous value and benefits to recruiters and employers with our new jobs board. Weíre the only online recruitment service that delivers thousands of technology professionals, who are visiting iTWire daily, and exposes them to the job listings and brands of our recruitment clients,î says Mr Hosking.

The integration of a technology news and information portal with a specialist technology jobs board and recruitment business gives iTWire the ability to deliver a unique service and the same level of benefits and features to both the major recruitment firms and smaller to medium recruiters specialising in technology. Features of the new jobs board include:

* A unique sponsored banner and brand advertising system which drives traffic from news stories to job ads

* Indexing of JobsWire listed jobs by the major search engines like Google

* A ëguest apply onlyí facility where candidates manually apply for each job and which reduces ënoiseí from candidates who ëCV bombî using a 1-step apply button found on other jobs boards

* Daily ëJob Alertsí with subscribed candidates receiving a daily email listing new jobs matching their own search criteria plus the latest IT&T news from iTWire

JobsWire is a revolutionary step in delivering quality candidates to employers, while providing technology professionals with the best possible way to match their skills with the right job.