Websites being wasted in recruitment (article)
by Ann Villiers
from Public Sector Informant, February 2009
W hen we know that people are attracted to organisations that offer career paths, professional development and the chance to make a difference, you would think that government agencies would have informative, helpful, imaginative career websites. Some do. Most don't. I recently surveyed 44 ACT and Commonwealth Government websites, plus three job sites (APS Jobs, Defence Jobs, Jobs ACT), to assess the quality of career information provided. Career websites, those sections of websites devoted to career and job information, were rated as gold, silver or bronze according to criteria concerning career, job and corporate information provided and ease of location, clarity and accessibility of information. Only four Commonwealth agencies received a gold rating: Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs Service, CSIRO and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Half of the sample was rated bronze, suggesting there's scope for improvement.