Websites for recruitment agencies
Web design for recruitment agencies: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. Two audiences with opposite needs, and rules about what you may charge whom.
A recruitment website has to serve employers with vacancies and candidates looking for work, and their interests are not the same. Candidates want salary and detail; employers want discretion and speed.
There is also a legal boundary worth being clear about: employment agencies and businesses are prohibited from charging work-seekers a fee for finding them work, and candidates are increasingly aware of it.
What your customers want answered
- For employers: what do you charge and what is your guarantee period
- For candidates: is it free, and what roles do you actually have
- Which sectors and levels do you recruit for
- How quickly can you fill a role
- Do you do temporary, permanent or both
State the fee position on both sidesEmployers want the percentage and the rebate terms if a placement does not last. Candidates want confirmation that they will never be charged. Publishing both is unusual, straightforward, and removes the suspicion each side brings.
A job board that is out of date
Roles filled months ago destroy credibility with both audiences at once. Either keep the listings current or do not have them, and instead describe the kind of work you place.
Two audiences, two clear paths
Candidates want live jobs they can search by role and location, and an application that takes a minute on a phone. Keep jobs on your own site, current, with salary where you can share it.
Clients want to know your sectors, how you find people, how quickly you shortlist and how you charge, whether contingency, retained or temporary margins.
Specialisms and trust
Show the sectors and roles you recruit for, your team and any compliance standards you follow, and make it easy for a hiring manager to send a vacancy.
Common questions
- What should a recruitment agency website include?
- Live jobs searchable by role and location, quick applications, sectors, how you recruit, fees and a vacancy form for clients.
- Should jobs be on my own site?
- Yes. They bring candidates direct and help your site be found.
- Should clients have their own section?
- Yes. Their questions are different from candidates'.
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Liam Tapp, Website Builds