A quick survey of recruitment agencies in the technology sphere (IT and telecom) shows that the power of XML has still not made a sufficient impression on most of them. Out of the 32 recruiters I looked at, nearly 2/3 offer no XML feed (e.g. RSS or Atom) for the jobs they wish to market. In an economic climate like today’s, this difference will only be amplified.
This is how they break down:
Feed NOT offered
- jobsearch.co.uk
- planetrecruit.com
- canarywharfjobs.com
- absolute-comms.co.uk
- jobsin.co.uk
- securityclearedjobs.com
- theitjobboard.com
- itcontractorjobs.co.uk
- itjobspost.com
- jobboardit.com
- jobforce.com
- itconnections.co.uk
- jobsdomain.co.uk
- deerfoot.co.uk
- itjobvacancies.com
- 100itrecruitment.co.uk
- hwselect.com
- lorienresourcing.co.uk
- alan-morris.com
- brannans-it.com
- itjobs-online.com
Feed offered but INVALID
- cwjobs.co.uk [element <pubDate> wrong format/element must be an RFC-822 date-time]
- totaljobs.com [element <pubDate> wrong format/element must be an RFC-822 date-time]
- reed.co.uk [element <pubDate> wrong format/element must be an RFC-822 date-time]
Feed offered and VALID
- silicon.com
- executivesontheweb.com
- jobsite.co.uk
- jobserve.com
- cv-library.co.uk
- guardian.co.uk
- exec-appointments.com
- monster.co.uk
- workhound.co.uk
- www.indeed.co.uk
- technojobs.co.uk
The individual RSS feeds of the XML “graduates” above are all combined into one SUPERFEED that can be followed here: twitter.com/ITJobsLondon.
Note: If you are a recruiter that want to be added to the SUPERFEED, add a comment with your URL.
Hello,
Please add our link details to your links/ recourses page. Let us know your link details so we can add a reciprocal link.
Title:
IT Jobs-online.com
URL:
http://ITJobs-online.com
Description:
Specialist IT JobSite advertising IT Jobs in the UK & Europe. Apply for IT Jobs online, upload your CV and let direct employers and IT agencies come to you.
Many thanks in advance,
20100726 @ 15:00