Govt Job Board jobs.govt.nz

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Shaw on January 7, 2009 at 17:14

This could be the perfect chance for a govt careers site to show off web2.0 and social recruiting.

AU govt released http://apsjobs.gov.au/ last year, but most states have their own careers portal anyhow. Its a pity they are not all together. http://careers.vic.gov.au/

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Shaw on January 8, 2009 at 2:15

Also, no offense to anyone at http://www.localgovernmentcareers.govt.nz/ but its pretty crap. (yes i have an interest in localcounciljobs.com)

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Permalink Reply by Janice on January 8, 2009 at 10:11

thanks for the feedback. no offense taken thomas. (and if you want to give more feedback...email me!)

we have started working on some enhancements on the website which will hopefully improve the site navigation and overall layout of the site. the basic functionalities of a good job board is there, but we need to do more tweaking at the back end.

the aim of this website is quite different from the localcounciljobs.com. our aims are to first raise the profile of the sector as we know that local government suffers from not so good image and second is to provide a portal for jobseekers for all council jobs in NZ.

And Warren, good luck on your project, let me know if you need any more information from us.

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Permalink Reply by Warren Young on January 8, 2009 at 13:08

Thanks Janice. Keep up the good work ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Keith Mockett on January 25, 2009 at 20:22

"pretty crap" is pretty strong. Just in what ways is it pretty crap?

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Permalink Reply by Allan Anderson on January 28, 2009 at 12:12

The only thing that seems off about that site to me is "To find out more about what people do click on the following case studies" small font size and the menu underneath the text. Otherwise it is a usable and functional website - does it comply with nz govt web standards?

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Shaw on January 28, 2009 at 13:15

somehow i have hijacked this thread... but..nearly all traffic will enter via the front page, it is missing many job board items such as - quick search on main page, multi browser compliant, overall the site lacks seo, search engine results are poor http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=site%3Alocalgovernmentca... job search pops up in new window... etc...

I would assume a high "bounce rate" as it takes a number of clicks to view/apply to a job..users would just leave and go somewhere else.

cant really go into anything else as under restraint of trade with the recent sale of localcounciljobs http://www.recruitmentdirectory.com.au/Blog/recruitment-directory-s...

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