Comments on: Career Site vs. Corporate Site: Should You Have Both?

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By: Kes Thygesen

Kes Thygesen — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:11:56 +0000

Good analysis of this topic. I’d say it’s essential for companies with any type of career site (central or otherwise) to have an easy to use referral system within their public website and their internal websites. But to answer the question in your headline: companies should have only one central place to house careers. Where you go from there is up to you.

By: Jason Ginsburg

Jason Ginsburg — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:40:49 +0000

At Brandemix, we find that separate careers sites more effectively and efficiently convey a brand’s culture and story to job-seekers. You’re right that corporate sites can make it difficult for job-seekers to find what they’re looking for; from the other direction, an organization might not want to put, say, a musical culture video on its front page. Thus, separate sites, with multiple links to each other for clarity, offer the best of both worlds.

Brands are sometimes reluctant to commit to such a project, but the examples you show illustrate how effective a site with a single focus can be.