In this ever competitive recruitment marketplace attracting the best candidates is paramount to your company's continued success. Ask yourself these questions "Does our current recruitment web site or job board portray the correct image of our company?", "Does it look inviting to job hunters?", "Is it easily found on the web?".

It is a fact of life that first impressions are important to the success of any business and this is no different with recruitment companies. Put yourself in the shoes of a job hunter, on the one hand a recruitment company has a modern, well presented, easy to use web site and on the other a poor, dated web site where searching for vacancies is almost impossible, which of these sites are you going to submit your CV to?

Another key strategy with recruitment website and job board development is Search Engine Optimisation or SEO. What good is a beautifully crafted recruitment web site or job board if candidates and clients are unable to find it? Many recruitment businesses now identify the successful search engine positioning of their recruitment websites and job boards within the major search engines as one of their main reasons for growth. So why advertise vacancies online? Online vacancy advertising provides an efficient, easy-to-use tool that puts recruiters in control of their advertising while cutting their recruitment costs.

When comparing online vacancy advertising to other methods, you should consider the following: Job seekers can view your vacancies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week The vacancy will be emailed directly to relevant job seekers Applications to online adverts are received immediately and electronically (by email), cutting down on paperwork and delays Recruiters can reduce their cost per hire and the time it takes to source candidates.

Recruiters are in control of the content and layout of their adverts, eliminating third party errors Recruiters have optional access to a CV database, giving them direct access to job seekers from whom they can "cherry pick" Recruiters can edit the content of their adverts to maximize their effectiveness Advertising online is simple compared to designing, proofing and publishing a newspaper or magazine advert which can take days A record of all applications and CVs is maintained for the recruiter on the system There are no publishing deadlines and telephone support is available for recruiters with most job boards.

There are many website design agencies available on the market but very few specialise solely in recruitment website and job board design and have the knowledge, expertise and experience to design and develop recruitment industry websites that are feature rich, well presented, rank well within major search engines and meet all the requirements needed to succeed in this competitive market place.