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Back in April, when Yahoo was named the Best Corporate Careers Website in the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards, I was on the trail of another story and merely swooped by the site for a look.\u00a0 Nothing fabulous or fascinating jumped out, so I didn’t go back for an in-depth examination.\u00a0 Until now.<\/p>\n

ERE subsequently published more detail about why Yahoo won<\/a>, complimenting the widespread use of technology, prominent display of awards, product integration, and a combined marketing approach designed to drive traffic to the career site.\u00a0 All of which turns out to be true–and so well done that the result is not flashy, just very satisfying. \u00a0So I enjoyed taking a more leisurely tour of the site.<\/p>\n

In fact, I had an excellent adventure, thanks to a front-page link called “Play in the Sandbox.”\u00a0 Click on it, and transport into the magic realm of Yahoo! Research<\/a>, where your inner geek is bound to find some fun.\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 access to a huge list of technical articles, including one I couldn’t resist downloading:\u00a0 On trusting your socks to find each other<\/a> addresses “design issues that may arise as a result of the deployment of networks of devices that will constitute the ‘Internet of Things’.”\u00a0 (I’ll let you know how it turns out.)<\/p>\n

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The sandbox feature is certain to have appeal for some of the very people Yahoo! most wants to find and hire. \u00a0So my takeaway impression is that the company has analyzed the interests of their target audiences and has come up with creative ways to engage them.\u00a0 Which may be the<\/em> most important step in creating a successful career site.<\/div>\n

Full disclosure . . . \u00a0I’m a diehard Yahoo! fan.\u00a0 I find their search engine superior to Google’s and I love the personalization capabilities that let me create an attractive and really useful online information center.\u00a0 So I’ll highlight this comment from ERE:<\/p>\n

As we all know, Yahoo has been undergoing turmoil in recent years, so it’s particularly amazing that despite the turmoil, coupled with the economic downturn, its HR team put together an amazing Web 2.0 rebuilding effort. \u00a0The result of this transformation? \u00a0A career site that went from being ranked as one of the worst sites (on the prestigious CareerXroads ranking) to one of the best sites, all in a short period. The redesign tripled the amount of content consumed by its visitors, which led to increased conversion rates.<\/p>\n

Take an extra look at that last sentence.\u00a0 I couldn’t find confirmation or more detail–but assuming that ERE has the facts, Yahoo got a great<\/em> return on its redesign investment.<\/p>\n


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