These are the 7 most important platforms for employers as well as applicants in the skilled trades:
- Indeed
- Ebay Classifieds
- Job exchange of the employment agency
- Craftsman job exchange
- Fach-digital
- Powerus.com
- Xing
Another exciting platform is Join.
Advantages and costs of the platforms in detail:
Indeed
- With 250 million monthly users worldwide, Indeed is the global number one online job board.
- Around 50,000 German companies are already using the platform, which is particularly suitable for companies that are also looking for personnel across national bJobs. This can be particularly advantageous for trade businesses in bJob regions.
- Job offers on Indeed are basically free of charge
- Indeeds paid premium job ads are always displayed first and thus generally receive more applications. You only pay for the actual clicks on the premium job ad and only up to a predetermined amount. So there is a lot of flexibility for every budget.
- You can easily manage applications and candidates in Indeed's built-in dashboard or integrate your own applicant tracking system.
- Indeed offers a free company profile that you can use to strengthen your employer brand.
- Indeed has its own smartphone app→ Applicants can find your job offer in the app and access applications directly in the app.
EBay Classifieds
- Here you can search for candidates locally in a very targeted manner.
- In addition, most people are familiar with the portal from private use, which increases trust in the job offers published there.
Job exchange of the Federal Employment Agency
- The official job exchange of the Federal Employment Agency is still the largest online job portal in Germany.
- All job ads can be posted online free of charge.
- You can also present your company with a profile and also access targeted applicant profiles.
- The entire application process can be handled directly in the online portal.
- Companies are entitled to a personal consultant. This person answers questions about the job posting and makes a preliminary selection of suitable applicants.
- Support is also offered for the employment of people with a disability or in the placement of skilled workers from abroad.
Job fairs for skilled Tradesmen
One example of a job board exclusively for the HVAC and electrical industry is Powerus.de.
Advantages are for employers:
1. long range
- With the PowerUs company profile, you reach both the members from the PowerUs database, as well as all relevant professionals via social media & co.
2. prequalified employees
- All Tradesmen and craftswomen have a recognized and completed training.
3. focus on technical specialists
- PowerUs focuses exclusively on technical specialists from apprenticed professions (electronics technician, plant mechanic SHK, ...).
- You will be provided with an individual cost offer during a consultation.
Other job exchanges specifically for skilled workers from the skilled trades are Handwerker-Stellenbörse and Fach-digital.
Active recruiting on Xing, for example
- It is not the job seekers who take action, but the companies with vacancies who approach candidates.
- Online, in particular, this works via networks such as Xing or LinkedIn.
- Success: Of the study participants, 36 percent applied to a company through the direct approach that they would not have applied to otherwise.
- Two out of ten candidates have changed their job because of a direct approach, even though they were not looking for a job themselves.
Extra tip
A tool for all channels is offered by join.com.