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So I\u2019m on hold, waiting for a customer service representative, and since I\u2019ve got the company\u2019s website open in front of me, I decide to check out the Careers page. The company in question has a fairly high public profile–and since it\u2019s in an industry where many jobs are thought of as something to do while looking for something better, there\u2019s a fair amount of turnover. Therefore (I reason) it should be interesting to check out their recruiting strategy, as long as I\u2019m stuck in their world for a while. <\/p>\n

And it certainly was interesting, on many levels. In fact, I thought up seven topics for future posts in about three minutes, so this was on-hold time that really paid off. And one of the things I started wondering about was\u2014why are people looking at a Careers site in the first place? Now that might seem like a really<\/em> basic point. And everyone else may be thinking about it all the time, while I\u2019m just way behind. Maybe not, though . . .<\/p>\n

I was on this particular company\u2019s site for another reason, and ended up at the Careers page through equal parts of boredom and curiosity. But other site visitors\u2014such as potential investors, customers, or clients–might drop by Careers while trying to get a 360 view of the company. And competitors probably stop in occasionally to see what their rival is up to.<\/p>\n

So one moral of this post is: Don\u2019t be so focused on job-seekers that you forget about other visitors. Some of the folks who wander by for a different reason might be (or know) potentially perfect employees. Is there something on the site to catch their attention?\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other question that came to mind was “Are there any clever, creative ideas out there for getting people to the Careers site?” Preferably the right people (but let\u2019s not rule out the volume approach). And no, I really didn\u2019t find any. But I did end up thinking about the use of outdoor advertising for recruitment. You can\u2019t put a lot on a billboard\u2014but you can definitely highlight a web address. The examples shown in this post are from EMC Outdoor<\/a>, and their website points out that recruitment ads which use outdoor media get attention by being different, as well as by appearing in interesting places or being seen in the same place repeatedly.<\/p>\n

But I think there’s a subliminal message at work also. The scale of a billboard ad seems to say “This is a really<\/em> big<\/em> opportunity!” So the other moral of this post is: What messages are you sending indirectly on your site? Does it bring to mind exciting opportunities? Big dreams? Secure future? Or . . . ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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