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1Job.co.uk set to do a ‘Kate Winslet’ at the Onrec Awards

March 18, 2009 News No Comments

For the fourth year running, 1Job.co.uk has been nominated for the much coveted 2009 Onrec “Best Technical Innovation Award”. Appropriately the award is sponsored by international recruitment technology consultancy company Arbita.

‘We came a very close second behind The Guardian last year, and are now confident we can beat off all the competition this year.’ said MD Julian Felstead. ‘If Kate Winslet can win eventually after all her nominations, I’m sure we can pull it off as well. I just have to make sure not to forget my acceptance speech and break down in tears!’ Julian quipped.

This year 1Job.co.uk has been recognised for having the UK’s most unique job search engine platform. In the majority of cases, the 1Job robot crawler automatically collects job details from clients with no set-up being required. Other job aggregators require their clients to provide them with special job feeds for updating their adverts and this costs them time and money.

On 1Job.co.uk jobs are automatically categorised by sector and location, enabling candidates to find the greatest number of jobs that might suit them, faster. The 1Job platform also uses an enhanced keyword search system that utilises the original adverts description terms. Others only provide a less efficient and limited keyword search.

This approach contributes to a higher than industry-average candidate conversion rate with the added bonus that every job advert also becomes a search link to the client’s website.

Displaying up to 450,000 fresh vacancies each day, and sending over 1 million click thrus each month directly to their clients job advert, it comes as no surprise that 1Job.co.uk is recognised as the No.1 most visited job search engine in the UK. (Hitwise 2008 Award)

The Onrec awards will be formally announced on the 25th March at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel London. A full list of other award finalists can be viewed at the Onrec.com site at: www.onrec.com/awards

The Onrec winners will be announced on the 25th March at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel London.

For more information contact 1Job on: 0870 3500 230 or email: sales@1job.co.uk 1Job.co.uk Site URL: http://www.1job.co.uk/

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About 1Job.co.uk – Jobs Search Engine:
The 1Job – Jobs Search Engine displays over 300,000 job opportunities each day. Over 1000,000 candidate referrals are sent to the job sites it lists each month. The business is operated by Direct Recruit Ltd, Swindon, Wiltshire. The search engine technology and algorithms were custom built in the UK and offer a unique job searching system for job hunters and a unique job advertising and traffic acquisition system for job advertisers in the UK and Ireland.
Contact:
Julian Felstead – Managing Director
1Job.co.uk 7 Basepoint, Rivermead Drive, Westlea, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 7EX, UK.
E:
julian@1job.co.uk T: 0870 3500 230 W: http://www.1job.co.uk/


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1Job.co.uk nominated for Onrec Marketing Award

March 16, 2009 News No Comments

For the first time, 1Job.co.uk has been nominated for the prestigious 2009 Onrec “Innovative Online Marketing Award”. This year the award is sponsored by international search technology company Actonomy.

‘Why us?’ asked 1Job Technical Manager Kerry ‘What are we doing different this year?’ ‘Well let me introduce you to Wai Chun, our Design & Marketing Executive’ said 1Job.co.uk MD Julian Felstead. ‘She has been working for us for nearly 2 years, sitting in the same office as you, and you have never asked what she does!’

Over the 12 months of 2008, 1Job has sent over 12 million candidates directly to their clients job adverts. Research shows that candidates from 1Job probably provide the highest conversion rate in the UK.

The reason that 1Job is the UK’s most visited job search engine (source Hitwise) is simple. 1Job carries tens of thousands of fresh jobs each day and has developed, what it calls, its unique “JobSpace” marketing software programme. This is designed to monitor SEO and traffic trends and to drive their traffic optimisation programme. Keyword trends identified by “JobSpace” are used by 1Job’s marketing and copywriting team to assist them directly with the production of their online, and even offline, marketing material.

In 2008, 1Job was the first non-job board site to have our visitor demographics audited by ABCe and NORAS (National Online Audience Survey). This and the various awards they have won has been used with great success in the development of a new media pack and used to promote their service on-site and in email campaigns.

‘Now Kerry you know what Wai Chun has been doing over the last couple of years. Kerry, perhaps you should make her a cup of coffee and have a chat some time, but remember she is a very busy lady!’ said Julian.

The Onrec winners will be announced on the 25th March at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel London.

For more information contact 1Job on: 0870 3500 230 or email: sales@1job.co.uk 1Job.co.uk Site URL: http://www.1job.co.uk/

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About 1Job.co.uk – Jobs Search Engine:
The 1Job – Jobs Search Engine displays over 300,000 job opportunities each day. Over 1000,000 candidate referrals are sent to the job sites it lists each month. The business is operated by Direct Recruit Ltd, Swindon, Wiltshire. The search engine technology and algorithms were custom built in the UK and offer a unique job searching system for job hunters and a unique job advertising and traffic acquisition system for job advertisers in the UK and Ireland.

Contact:
Julian Felstead – Managing Director
1Job.co.uk 7 Basepoint, Rivermead Drive, Westlea, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 7EX, UK.
E: julian@1job.co.uk T: 0870 3500 230 W:
http://www.1job.co.uk/

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