Challenges

• Convert more Web site visitors into active job applicants by providing them with useful, relevant, and personalized information throughout their visits
• Increase application volume by suggesting other relevant jobs and events—such as recruitment fairs and open days—to candidates browsing job information on the Hays Web site
• Improve rates of return to the Web site by ensuring that visitors see fresh, new, and relevant information on each visit
• Provide the ability to upload new job vacancy details quickly, so temporary positions can be filled the same day
• Maintain and extend competitive advantage by providing a better, more useful Web experience to job seekers than competing recruitment firms and job boards

Solutions

• Improved service to job seekers by enabling them to search for jobs within specific location parameters, due to Oracle Spatial’s support for location data and its integration with Google Maps
• Ensured that relevant information is always delivered to Web site visitors, thanks to a smart ontology developed using Oracle Partner infoMENTUM’s iCE, which is based on Oracle semantic technologies
• Delivered smarter, more relevant responses to visitors’ search queries by using semantic relationships to drive search results
• Enabled personalized navigation through the Hays Web site, based on visitors’ profiles, searches, and on-site behavior
• Delivered a richer experience to Web site visitors by using semantic relationships to display relevant job vacancies, events information, and useful content on every page visited
• Improved candidate placement rates by enabling posting vacancies in just minutes, since no manual tagging is required

Partner

Resources

• Hays Reduces Time to Create and Publish Online Recruitment Information from Days to Minutes