JobMate ran an advert in our monthly emailshot last week. As I've known Richard from JobMate for years (he also runs the Red Advertising network) I was interested in what's different about jobMate (the multiple job board posting market has quite a few competitors!).
I'm sure most recruiters get the point of using a product like this – basically it means you can post to numerous job boards at the same time. Not like in the "old days" when you had to log onto each job board, fill in different data for each site and then copy and paste your main body text.
The way JobMate works (which is similar to most of the other products) is that you upload your job the once and then tick the job boards where you want the job published. This can include posting your job advert to:
– Any UK Job Board you have an account with (JobMate have over 750 fully integrated)
– Your own website (even if you don’t currently publish your own live jobs)
– Various free to post Job boards (over 70 available)
– Twitter (they can set this up for you for Free)
– A mobile phone Application (again, included free)
The system includes all the back end stuff you should need too (applicant tracking, job posting http://www.jobmate.co.uk/free-trial/quota management, auto email responses etc).
Now, some of these types of product can be very expensive but I understand that as JobMate are based in Staffordshire rather than the City they don’t have some of the high overheads for offices and staffing that some of their competitors have. They have been established over 8 years now and their development costs have all been paid off. This coupled with the fact that they have a regular renewable client base, means that they can keep costs down and offer their product at a very low price point.
Whilst I wouldn't suggest anyone buy purely on the basis of price – JobMate's model is very simple: £365 + vat for the year, per agency. In fact it's so simple that they've won an award for their pricing model!
In the past I think that multi posting software that was in some cases seen as cost prohibitive. However, at £1 a day surely it’s now financially viable for all recruiters. Think about it – even if you are just posting to two job boards you will more than half your job posting time.
If you want to give them a go they are currently offering a free trial. Also, for a limited period JobMate are offering UK Recruiter readers 15 months for the price of 12 (email or call them to find out more about this).
Hi Louise,
Very kind of you to mention us.
We have been gaining a fair amount of interest in the product this year.
Recruiters like the fact that our price point is totally transparent without any hidden charges.
Obviously the cost of technology in general has come down over the years and we are now offering a heck of a lot of product for a relatively token cost.
Many Recruiters have had a very difficult time during the last couple of years with the economic conditions being so poor.
As a result, gone are the days now where a recruiter will renew this kind of technology without at least appraising alternative options.
As a point of interest there are over 14,500 recruitment agencies in the UK. Many of these are Recruiters that are between 1 and 10 consultants in size. As far as we are aware, no multi posting provider in the UK has more than a 5% market share. We believe this is because multi-posting technology was previously perceived as expensive and cost prohibitive.
With our product offering at just £365 + vat all inclusive for an agency with up to 10 consultants, we have redressed the balance – We have made multi posting technology affordable and cost effective to all.
Finally, JobMate is not just about the needs of the small recruiter. We work for some very large recruiters and direct employers such as Somerfield and the Co-operative group and provide exceptional ongoing customer support as well.
We have processed over 25 million job applications via our posting engine to date. We offer a bespoke product and have the capacity to adjust our offering to suit the needs of the client.
If any recruiters want to evaluate what we offer we would be delighted to hear from them.
Thanks again for the mention
Richard Clarke
Managing Director
JobMate
0845 051 2644
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