Forgot to mention, we are launching what we believe to be the first .jobs extension corporate careers portal in the region shortly. Not necessarily a good thing being first here, as not all jobseekers know yet about www.yourcompany.jobs as an option.
It made me think that some clients may also not yet know much about this. Well the powers that be behind the Internet have launched .jobs extensions, however there are a few rules associated to this new address. Firstly only employers can have and use the extension, so that means no recruitment agencies or jobsites should be allowed to register one (we'll see!).
I believe also that you have to have the same name registered under .com to be allowed to register the .jobs version. So in theory the company who own the career portal www.jamjoomjobs.com should able to register www.jamjoomjobs.jobs also, given that the company is called Jamjoom and that it is a direct employer.
I think that the .jobs extension if used properly could become a success as jobseekers should be able to remember and locate these sites easily, and without having to wade through any corporate sites to get to them, just type in the the company name, with .jobs on the end instead of .com
Contact me if you want any further details on this as the .jobs domain registration process is still a bit difficult.
About Me
- Ben Fawcett
- Having set up a recruitment technology firm in 2002 that continues to grow from strength to strength; my work passion is in shaping the way large companies use technology to gain an edge and hire people.
I really enjoy travel, so with a global User-base I get regular excuses to see new places.
Outside of work I follow football; and yes I am using Jedi mind games on my children to ensure they support the same team.
1 comment:
interesting.. they seem to have come down on the cost of registering .jobs domain names.. now it seems to be around 123$ or less, for a year.
Just too sad that steve.jobs has already been grabbed :(
mea.jobs is still available though.. sniff some subdomain love and we could easily have web3.0 portal life along with blogging/podcasting services via my.mea.jobs :) here's an idea worth exploring...
first time to this blog.. came in via Rohit's link on the office email link... seems interesting..looking forward to staying around... on that thought...taking advantage of blogger's beta version would be nice where categories and the like would come handy... does ths have a corporate blog yet like flipblogspot.com or ameinfo yet?
would like to get you folks on my google reader.
cheers!
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