Techie :: Techno ::: June 2006 Archives
Similar to Microsoft, Google have embraced blogs as a form of communication.
With each new service seems to come a new blog....
Adwords, Adsense and even Analytics all have blogs.
If you are "power" user of any of these services it is well worth subscribing to the RSS feeds, as you may pick up some useful tips.
The IEDR has vanished (again!) including whois, website and backend
I really like vbulletin, as I've said in the past :)
The developers are currently working on the next release, which will be version 3.6 and have unveiled some of the new features.
Looks like the software is going to get even better !
If you are looking for a job, or simply want to get a taste of the job market, there are a plethora of Irish and international websites that allow you to search current vacancies, submit your CV and generally make the most of the "online experience".
However, if you are actually trying to recruit staff, you will be sorely disappointed.
Earlier this week we started advertising a job vacancy. Naturally we want the widest choice of candidates so that we may make the best possible choice. I would have thought that advertising job vacancies online would not be complicated.
Boy was I wrong!
The majority of the Irish jobsites do not allow you to advertise vacancies online. Yes, they will list your job vacancies BUT you have to call them or wait for them to call you back! I'm sorry, but isn't this 2006? I'm more than happy to spend money online. I'm comfortable with ecommerce. Why the hell can't I actually make use of it?
RecruitIreland.com, which is an offshoot of Thomas Crosbie Media (aka The Irish Examiner) requires you to either email them or call them.
Jobs.ie / Nixers.ie - Fill out a contact form and wait for them to respond. They'll ignore any explicit instructions you put in the contact form and insist on calling you.
IrishJobs.ie - seems to be a carbon copy of the other two.
The only site that actually allowed me to pay them - yes, part with my money, wasn't even Irish. It was a multinational. Monster.ie.
Monster.ie embraces ecommerce. You could ring them if you really wanted to, but you aren't obliged to.
Pricing of standard listings is plainly visible, as are current discounts and special offers.
You can signup online, pay your money and start making use of their vast resources in minutes.
Much as I would like to be able to support Irish online recruitment websites I have to admit they really suck.
Monster, on the other hand, rocks!
Now why on earth can't the Irish ones make life that simple?
EDIT: Our current vacancy is here
Why don't sky movies offer an RSS feed of their schedules?
It would make life a lot easier for lazy people like me to consume the schedule over RSS instead of having to navigate through their website (which I hate)
It's not like they haven't heard of the technology, as their press office is using it.
