SimplyHired Heads Downunder

Those of us in the online recruitment industry have been waiting the arrival of a major global player in the jobs aggregation space into Australia.

Simply Hired the Mountain View, CA-based jobs service has made the plunge. Not simply stopping with Australia they have also launched:

Canada (www.SimplyHired.ca), the United Kingdom (www.SimplyHired.co.uk), Australia (www.SimplyHired.com.au) and India (www.SimplyHired.co.in).

The aggregation market has seen a lot of small fish come and go, resulting in its general lack of success.  The idea’s a good one, though, and perhaps a larger player will be able to support this enterprise better than a smaller one.  The reason for my hypothesis is simply centered on the financial backing a bigger enterprise might have to promote the product.  Aggregation does not yield massive revenue without massive traffic. The difficulty is that, without promotion (and therefore funding), massive traffic is unlikely to occur.

SimplyHired – LinkedIn API Integration

Jobs aggregator, Simply Hired, have realised the power of using LinkedIn’s network to their advantage. Jobseekers who do their seeking at Simply Hired will now be able to see who from their network has a connection to the employer posting the job. You know the old adage about getting a job being more about who you know than what you know? Well, this has never really been truer.