What The Future Beholds For Job Boards?

For years people have been speculating that job boards will not exist in the future. Even though job boards may seem like a black hole for searching for candidates, many managers rely on them for hiring.

The only loophole is that the job boards still operate with their traditional foundations. Most job boards still act as a platform where companies post a job requirement and receive a large chunk of the candidate database to choose from.

But is posting a job on a job board enough?

It was a few years ago, but things no longer work that way. Most job boards advertise the huge database of candidates they have and can give to the business.

But businesses today want quality over quantity. It is what makes all the difference between the job boards today and the job boards in the future.

The future of job boards

Job boards should not be reduced to a platform where people only window shop candidate profiles to connect outside the platform.

These standard job boards need to evolve into deep job platforms where they can create a whole candidate experience. With deep job platforms, candidates and recruiters can connect throughout the process.

Simplifying the job search experience through automation

Future companies and employees want everything fast and simple. And it is not possible when job boards bombard their users with irrelevant profiles. Job boards should simplify and automate the job search experience according to every user's needs.

Incorporating social media networks into the job boards

To offer improved candidate search. But how can job boards ensure users do not shift to platforms like LinkedIn?

1. 01- Generating a profile rating based on the candidate's application and professional footprint.
2. 02- Having instant messaging access for improved communication
3. 03- Proper filters to improve the search experience

The game of numbers

Sharing real-time experiences is what excites candidates and companies the most. Job boards can provide users with real-time updates of their every application and interaction status.

A few metrics that job boards can provide to keep candidates hooked on their platform:

• Profile match percentage to each project: will show them their relevance to a particular job
• Most in-demand skills
• Application status: To help them track their progress.

How FlexC Already Has These features?

The workforce and workplace dynamics have changed and will keep evolving. Job boards also need to change to match users' needs.

Keeping pace with the future of work, FlexC has already incorporated features of a deep job platform that companies need for successful hiring.

At FlexC, every user (organisations, agencies and candidates) can check the real-time status of applications and can connect easily. Candidates can bring their ratings from other platforms and help with background verification to ease the end-to-end hiring process for companies.