An exciting future for job hunting in New Zealand
New Zealand’s leading social recruitment agency, jobs.co.nz, has shut down the public facing side of their job board.
This comes as part of an intentional shift away from a job board into a full service social recruitment agency.
CEO, Ben Irving, says it was a decisive decision that reflects what employers and candidates want in the new world of
recruitment.
“We are told time and time again by clients that they would like to reduce their investment in traditional job
advertising such as job board and bulk listings. They are shifting work more intentionally to develop their own social
channels to attract talent and we will be there to support them.
“We believe that traditional job boards don’t offer a meaningful experience for job hunters or employers. The
recruitment industry is changing in response to digitally savvy candidates with increasingly high visibility to internal
recruitment functions.
“Although we understand the role that job boards currently play in providing a high volume of applications - we believe
the quality of candidates found through social avenues will soon replace the outdated job board functionality and will
eventually be a more effective recruitment method.
“The goal for us is to improve the way employers connect with talent and the way job hunters find and apply for
opportunities. We believe that finding job opportunities should be exciting, social and simple rather than difficult and
demotivating.
“We want to place a stronger value and emphasis on people understanding and engaging with organisations before they
apply for roles. This is a result of the increased transparency of organisations values and culture that is now
available online.”
Visit jobs.co.nz to see the recently relaunched site and for further information about their new social recruitment
offerings.
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