This post appeared originally on CEO Jeffrey Doucet’s LinkedIn page here. Last week, with much fanfare, and for some reason the support of the provincial government here in Ontario, Google Jobs launched their job board in Canada. We have received a lot of questions from customers and other partners about how we think this will impact the job search ecosystem, …
Matching qualifications to a job posting keywords is crucial to getting your application noticed. Why? Applicant Tracking Systems. What is an Applicant Tracking System? Applicant Tracking Systems are recruiting software platforms designed to sort through huge quantities of resumes and determine which candidates are the best fit. Similar to a search engine (Google, Yahoo etc.), Applicant Tracking Systems rank candidates by …
What is Resume Upload? It is easier than ever for job seekers to get the most out of our platform thanks to our newest feature – Resume Upload. Starting now, users will be able to upload their resume (in Word Doc or PDF format) directly into the portal, which means they can use our instant resume analysis tool SmartTracker right …
You asked and we listened! As a company dedicated to making great software, we are constantly evolving the way our product works, and our customers’ input is central to the decision making process. Our team is very excited to be rolling out a great new feature this week that was specifically requested by our customers – Consultant Tagging. Before explaining …
We often tell our customers that 75% of large companies use an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).1 However, sometimes we are met with “what is an ATS system?” from many of our customers’ consultants. This troubles us. Hiring has changed. Employers now rely on Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to screen a higher volume of candidates while lowering administrative costs for their …
CareerJSM launched our first product for outplacement and career transition just over a year ago today. Since then, over 5,000 job seekers have used our product to help them find a job as part of their career transition. Outplacement companies are unique. They each have various service delivery models, unique program offerings, and varying length of programs. After a year …
LinkedIn is often a job seeker’s first stop when beginning a job search. But is it the most important social media channel? No. According to a study of 850 hiring managers by Simply Hired, job seeker’s other social media profiles (Instagram, Facebook and Twitter) are more likely to be looked at than LinkedIn. Simply Hired’s report found that while 29% …
The modern job search requires searching for opportunities on many different job boards. To help, CareerJSM has recently updated our platform to improve the way job seekers manage all of their opportunities. When job seekers are managing multiple opportunities at different stages it can be challenging to track all of the information required to manage each opportunity. Our simple drag …
Welcome to CareerJSM’s blog series: Our Tech Stack. The purpose of Our Tech Stack is to explain a little about our tech, software we are using, and how we are building our product. We hope that this series is informative for both our customers, as well as potential members of our team, so that you can learn more about our …
This is part of a new series written by our Customer Operations Lead Connor McGee. Part 1 “The Value of Customer Operations” can be found here. *** At CareerJSM we value effective Customer Operations. To power our customer operations department we rely on a number of integrations and software tools to quickly and efficiently work across our entire team. We thought …
Faizal Hussain (Zayd) is a Software Developer at CareerJSM. Interested in working with Faizal? We’re hiring a Junior Developer Summer Intern! More details here. When did you start at CareerJSM? I started working at CareerJSM in October 2017. What were you doing before you started at CareerJSM? Prior to working at CareerJSM I was an HVAC/R Technician for 4 years. …
