SmartPost today announced the initiation of the SmartPost Index

SmartPost, the innovative online job posting and sourcing optimization product from Bernard Hodes Group, today announced the initiation of the SmartPost Index. This first of its kind Index will set the standard for recruiters in all industries to better predict candidate flow for specific hiring needs in specific geographic locations. Initial results from the Index are to be released in September.

ìWith no consistent measure of the results job boards generate for specific hiring needs, itís virtually impossible for recruiters to accurately identify which job boards will perform well in generating applicant flow. The SmartPost Index solves this problem by tapping into our rich set of performance data from thousands of sites, and presents it in a way thatís easily understood and tracked over time,î said Dwaine Maltais, vice president of e-recruiting at Bernard Hodes Group. ìMost recruiters rely on the job boards they know, or suggestions from a co-worker to post jobs online. By utilizing the SmartPost Index, recruiters will be able to quickly identify which job boards are most effective for not only a specific hiring need (such as ëJava programmersí) but also in a specific location (such as ëJava Programmers in New Yorkí).î

Recruiters use the SmartPost system to post millions of jobs to thousands of job board sites online. The SmartPost Index will be able to analyze the performance of the job boards by utilizing a total of 12 unique dimensions of measurement based on how these postings result in candidate flow. This exclusive data set of candidate information,coupled with the largest database of recruiting web sites available in the market, provides unique insight into the behavior of candidates online.



Recent articles from Workforce and the Aberdeen Group cite ìidentifying the source of candidate flowî as being a major problem in replicating successful hiring patterns. Using SmartPostís exclusive candidate tagging methodology and a thorough classification of job data, the SmartPost Index is able to pinpoint which job sites are the most effective for niche hiring. This key information has been lacking for recruiters, but now the Index will provide them with a clearer of picture of the best job boards to satisfy their recruitment efforts.