Why Australian job seekers should 'seek' elsewhere

If you've ever looked for a job in Australia, you will likely know that Seek's moto is that they are Australia's #1 job site and I'm not here to argue, thousands of jobs are posted daily. But I would like to point out some of the advantages to supplementing your seeking strategies with complimentary solutions!

The power of numbers

Seek is a fantastic resource if you are researching your options. If you want to know what is available out there, if you are looking to see if your salary is still up to date with what the market is offering! For example, on a random sample day in January 2011 in excess of 4900 jobs had been posted by 4pm (across all categories and regions). That's 245 pages of jobs if you're interested!

The power of specifics

Now I know that if you are looking for a job, you would be breaking this number down by targeting specifics like industry and region. So if I take one sample (say Hospitality in Melbourne) that gives me 57 jobs so far on the sample day.

Why you should add SMStheJOB to your search activities

Now on the same random day SMStheJOB posted 22 jobs in the same category. Kind of interesting don't you think? We at SMStheJOB don't pretend that we are as big as Seek, we don't dispute their sheer power in the Australian Job market, but it is interesting to understand the level of influence other players in the market have.

On the random day I got my statistics, we had a total of 1028 hospitality jobs less than 45 days old. A very healthy number of vacancies!

What SMStheJOB offers that the others don't

Speed and simplicity - easy hey? Yep, exactly right - we don't have the huge number of vacancies Seek have (by the way - would you be looking through all of their current vacancies anyway? I know when I was searching for the perfect job, I didn't have the time!), but we do have a very healthy amount of CURRENT vacancies.

What we do offer is a fast and simple way to look at the jobs that meet your needs AND a super quick and simple way to apply for them. If you are unfamiliar with SMStheJOB you simply register (for free), upload your resume (for free) and then we will SMS you your desired jobs (for free). If you are interested, you just apply by sending an SMS back to us (at what ever cost your mobile provider charges you)! What could be more Convenient, Discrete, Easy and give you the Competitive Edge?

Convenient

Job ads come to you and you can apply for them from your mobile. No need to hunt, search or seek.

Discrete

Maximum privacy, the ads are sent to your mobile just for your eyes only.

Easy

All the work is done by us. Reply to a job sms alert and we do the rest, sending your formal application & resume to the advertiser.

Competitive Edge

Job ads are sms'd to your mobile as they are posted. You can apply for them there and then. Beat the competition to your new job.

If you have any questions, please email Hayley at Customer Care: hayley@smsthejob.com.au. We would love to hear your feedback, have you successfully found your dream job with us? Have you considered other ways to increase your chances of landing your dream job? Add your comments below!