Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

RE: Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

CatherineThomas — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:01:33 GMT

Brilliant service! Thank you.

RE: Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

Arlo Guthrie — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:39:11 GMT

[quote user="CatherineThomas"]From my perspective I wouldn't pay to place an advert unless it was more easily searchable by type of job. Currently there is no option for exotic vet and I think for my exotics job that I have on here currently i'm unlikely to get people who are interested in it by searching geographical area.[/quote]

Hi CatherineThomas

Feedback like that is so helpful - thank you. I've added Exotics Vet as a category and recategorised your advert for you. It now appears as one of one advert for anyone looking for an exotic vet!

(how's that for service?!)

RE: Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

CatherineThomas — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:46:30 GMT

From my perspective I wouldn't pay to place an advert unless it was more easily searchable by type of job. Currently there is no option for exotic vet and I think for my exotics job that I have on here currently i'm unlikely to get people who are interested in it by searching geographical area. For me to search for my own advert without using the area i have to go through several pages even though I only placed it a few weeks ago. I'm sure there are other types of job which would also benefit from being more searchable, although I realise it may be difficult to balance covering everything without having too many options to choose from.

RE: Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

Arlo Guthrie — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:46:32 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]Has anything been done looking at where vets find jobs? I put an advert on here and got 0 applicants. I put one on the Vet Record Jobs site and had nearly 30. Whist VR did cost the number and quality of applicants made it very worthwhile.[/quote]

That's why I am not going to start charging yet. Anecdotally, I have heard quite a few people saying that they've filled a position using VetSurgeon / VetNurse, but equally, people like you who say they've had a poor response. Obviously lots of possible factors, but I won't be charging until such time as feedback is more uniformly positive. And when I do, it'll save you a small fortune.

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]Can you get the developers to fix the spell checker first - PRETTY PLEASE? It's a massive PITA not working.[/quote]

It is in the pipeline. We hit a small hurdle with the new text editor, so now due with the next upgrade, along with CPD recording function and automatic expiry of job adverts together with reporting of the number of page views for each job.

RE: Veterinary job advertising / jobseeking

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:22:16 GMT

Has anything been done looking at where vets find jobs? I put an advert on here and got 0 applicants. I put one on the Vet Record Jobs site and had nearly 30. Whist VR did cost the number and quality of applicants made it very worthwhile. If we are looking for staff again then I don't think I would pay on here for an ad, although I would place a free advert. I worry that charging may kill your job advert section.

Off the wall suggestion - could you do it on a 'no vet no fee' ie if you find a member of staff via the forum you pay a fee (like when buying a house)? I'd be quite happy placing my next ad under those terms, although it may be hard to police.

Can you get the developers to fix the spell checker first - PRETTY PLEASE? It's a massive PITA not working.