Another exciting addition to the growing Jobsite family
February 13, 2008 9:51 AM
The Jobsite family increased yet again earlier this week with the exciting acquisition of OilCareers.com, which is a niche job board for the oil and gas industry based in Aberdeen.
Launched in 2000, OilCareers.com is an important part of the oil and gas industry, appealing to both UK and International jobseekers. We believe it's a really exciting fit for Jobsite and will help us continue to increase the number of relevant jobs we as a group can bring to UK job seekers.
This is the eighth acquisition I have been part of at Jobsite. From a business perspective the performance and profitability of each business joining our group is important for me, however as important is that culturally the businesses share the same values that we do at Jobsite - very much like a job seekers finding an employer that they want to work for. So what for me are the key criteria?
As a business group we spend a lot of time planning and working closely together, so it's important that we all share a common ethos and have a mutual respect for each other - unfortunately we have yet to invent the Jobsite Personal Profile for company's to help speed up the process! Though I may put this on our innovation list. (To find out more about how Jobsite helps to culturally match candidates with employers visit our Jobsite Personal Profiles).
So for us, as for candidates it's a process of on-going interview meetings and research before we make the right decision and having the confidence to ask the right questions. For example I want to know whether they have a long term vision and where do we fit in? How do they solve problems? Do employees seem happy and content and most importantly do I think we will both benefit from working together. As candidates checking out a future boss and workplace you will have a slightly different list from the one I have when investing in a business. But remember preparation is always key and it's a two way process - you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you.
....And if you want to check out some very exciting developments around interviews look no further than the Jobsite home page or visit our new Jobsite service BeMyInterviewer.co.uk where you can practise for your next job interview with interactive videos of real business bosses - a UK first from Jobsite. More coming soon....
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