How important is your career site in 2009?

Much money has been spent on career sites for general, graduate and niche recruitment but what will investment in these sites be like for 2009?

I'm still working with some clients on making more of these for 2009 yet others are suggesting the recruitment market will be dead in 2009? Even companies that are finding business tight still need good people, in fact, even better people as customers will be more demanding and more selective when deciding to part with their very hard earned and shrinking budget. So what are people planning for next year?

Stay as they are.

Invest some but less.

Do a lot more to get some great people on board.

Feel free to share your thoughts.

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Comment by Lisa Scales on December 22, 2008 at 12:42pm: Hi there

I agree with Alan - there is doom and gloom about and whilst people spend alot of time (with their crystal balls summising about the future) there are other savvy people digging deep and making the best of what is out there - the fit get fitter in these times and I can only comment on my own clients who are looking to Talent on View to give their career sites more rather than less.

The waters have become muddier due to the influx of new people on the job market - this doesnt make an employers life easier - infact it is twice as difficult to find the real talent and not the candidate jumping at everything as they have to pay next months mortgage.

We supply video technology to recruiters, job boards and employers enabling them to attract and retain good talent and this has not shown signs of slowing.

Comment by Alan Whitford on December 4, 2008 at 2:09pm: Hi guys

Here we go with the Media, the REC and recruitment agencies preaching doom and gloom.

Instead, we all should be looking at this as an opportunity to upgrade talent, improve our websites (where Peter started this discussion), ensure that our processes are tuned to get the most out of recruitment spend and really mine talent pools and referral programmmes.

Even in a downturn, companies need to retain and recruit critical business talent - that is the only way to move the economy forward.

Comment by Jon Malbon on December 3, 2008 at 9:27am: I wouldn't bother if I were you Peter looking at the news this morning. Taken from the BBC News site...

The UK job market weakened rapidly in November as permanent placements declined at a record rate, a new survey from Markit Economics suggests.

The drop in permanent and temporary jobs was the fastest recorded in the survey's 11-year history.

The figures provide evidence of the rapid slowdown in the UK economy and suggest unemployment rates will rise.

"The UK jobs market is heading downhill at breakneck speed," said Mike Stevens at KPMG, a sponsor of the survey.

The report also showed record survey falls in permanent salaries and temporary staff pay rates.

"Employers in almost all sectors have drastically cut recruitment plans and are shedding contract and temporary staff as fast as they can," Mr Stevens added.

Permanent placements declined for an eighth consecutive month in November, with the rate of contraction accelerating to a new survey record.

Temporary and contract staff billings also fell by record levels, as did demand for permanent and temporary staff.

The only sector to avoid the downturn was nursing and medical care.

Unsurprisingly, record rises in staff availability were also recorded.

The monthly survey, sponsored by the Recruitment and Employment Federation and accountancy firm KPMG, features original data collected by Markit Economics from 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies.

Comment by Peter Gold on December 2, 2008 at 6:41pm: Just started looking at the research criteria today Jon - assuming we do the awards again for 2009!