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Section 5

Job boards and recruitment agencies

Job boards are one of the easiest and most popular ways of finding a job in South
Africa. A job board consists of a database of employers and recruiters connecting
jobs with potential candidates. A job board is a job search website – HelloYouth
referred to job boards as being ‘like Google but just for jobs or vacancies’.

DID YOU KNOW?

How do job boards work?

Companies and agencies post job opportunities on job boards in search for talent,
whereas job seekers can search and apply for jobs on these job boards. On job
boards you can generally search by location, region and province or by category
or function for available jobs. The site also warehouses CVs that they sell to
employers to access them.
Some of the most popular job boards include:

LinkedIn Careerjet Career Jet
Indeed Bestjobs Giraffe
Glassdoor JobMail BizCommunity Jobs
Careers24 Jobspace Google Jobs
Career Junction Jobvine Recruit My Mom
PNet Careers Portal

Recruitment agencies in South Africa play a vital role in creating a relationship
of trust between employers and potential employees. With the huge move to
online recruiting, it is worth developing and maintaining a relationship with a
reputable recruitment agency. It is vital that you check the credentials, history and
reputation of any recruitment agency before engaging their services. As with any
huge industry, the recruitment industry in South Africa is open to exploitation of
job seekers.

The most common misconception about recruitment agencies is that they will
find you work. In most cases, recruitment agencies do not find jobs for people,
rather they find people to fill the positions that their clients are wanting to fill.

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