Version 3.0 of Jobs Portal is already available!

You may find below information about the main new features ...

New improved front site layout The new version comes now with an improved and more user and information friendly layout. It has new search form, new sections (to browse jobs by location and company), icons for sharing the content in facebook and twitter, see the rss and atom feeds and google +1 button. As always the front site is template based, so it's up to the administrator to customize it or change the design with another one he prefers.

Facebook Connect The facebook connect and sign up feature allows the jobseekers to create their accounts by skipping the default registration procedure - they just need to confirm their password. The other information is taken from their facebook profile after clicking on the Facebook Login button and authorize the application. The easier registration means more users and more possibilities for the employers to find the right candidate for their job openings ...

New search form A new main search form has been added having 3 main sections - simple search, advanced search and a history of the recent searches. The users can switch quickly between them by just clicking on the links and without reloading of the page. The simple search is more user friendly, now having also with predictive location search. The "recent searches" allows to repeat quickly again previously done searches.

Indexing of the content of the uploaded files by the jobseekers One main disadvantage in the previous versions was that the content of the files uploaded by the jobseekers weren't indexed - this means that it wasn't possible for the employers to search in them when using the Search function on the Jobseekers tab in their admin space. With the new functionality added, the content of the uploaded PDF, DOCX (Microsoft Word), ODT (Open Office) and RTF is indexed and searchable, this allowing the employers to find easily the right candidates.

Video resumes This new feature allows the jobseekers to upload a video resume. The video resumes are shown after when an employer opens the jobseeker's profile, using the search functionality on the Jobseekers tab in the employers admin panel. The video resume offers an additional possibility for the jobseekers to better describe their profile and the type of role they are seeking ...

Home page with new sections on it The home page in the new version has been redone to make the searching and browsing the job offers easier. The home page has now 3 main job browse sections - jobs by category, by location and by company. The users may switch between them by simply clicking on the corresponding tabs and without reloading of the entire page. Also there is a new section shows the latest jobs and 2 others, the featured jobs and featured employers.

Improvements in the jobseekers resume database browse and search The layout of the browse page shows now more information for the jobseeker, so the employer can easily take a decision if he would like to see (or save) the full resume of the jobseeker (and be charged for that, according to the pricing set by the administrator).

Multi level locations In previous versions, the location field was just one level, so it was possible for example to put just the list of cities in one country. Many of our customers wanted to be able to define multi level locations like different countries with different cities etc. , so we added this feature in the new version. The new functionality allows now to define multi level locations, like Country -> State -> City -> Neighborhood. AJAX location select field with predictive writing on the front site.

Video presentations for the companies This new feature allows the employers to upload a video presenting their company - the videos can be seen after on the page showing the jobs posted by the company. The video presentation could be also an additional way to better present the company and the type of employees it may need.

Improved banners functionality The banners are now automatically re-sized to fit the banner size as set by the administrator for the selected banner area. So the users are free to upload whatever banner sizes they wish which will fit then in the correct size (in difference of the previous version where the user has to upload his banners in the exact size as set for the banner area).

Easier configuration In previous versions a lot of our customers had troubles to configure their portals and edit the configuration file (to change for example the currency shown on their website or the paypal account they would like to use to accept payment etc.) That's why in the new version, we made possible all these settings to be managed directly from the admin panel and the new "Configuration Options" page there.

Possibility to add directly a resume by uploading a file In previous versions there was a possibility for the jobseeker to create his resume online by using a rich text editor or to use the resume editor with which he was supposed to fill different fields (like previous employers, education etc.).

Functionality to charge the jobseekers We had customers who wanted instead of charging the employers, to allow them to post jobs for fee, but charge the jobseekers when applying for jobs. This wasn't possible with the previous version, so we added the new feature in the latest version. So it's up to the administrator to choose which group of users he would like to charge or run an entirely free website.

New layout of the admin panel The layout of the admin panel has been improved - it's now wider, with new icons and some changes in the pages in order to better structure the user interface for the administrator.

Alertpay A new payment option - alertpay has been added. The payment options coming by default are already paypal, 2checkout, authorize.net, alertpay, cheques and bank wire. We are available to add also other payment options on request.

New admin panel features Some new pages have been added in the admin panel like pages to monitor the jobs applications and uploaded files. Also pages allowing to export and import job ads directly from the admin panel (previously this was possible only from the employers admin space).

Major new features added in v2.0!

• Bulk import / export job ads functionality for the employers - makes possible to bulk import and list job ads stored in an external file. System for charging the employers when they bulk import / list new ads
• Employers sub accounts - advanced functionality allowing the employers to define multiple sub accounts under their account and assign them different access permissions. For example the employer can create a separate sub account for a person in the company dealing with the job applications, another person responsible for the billing and invoices etc.
• Functionality to define custom fields for the job ads - it makes possible to add new fields directly from the admin panel, no modification of php sources is required. This allows to customize faster the website by adding new and specific for a given country or industry sector job fields.
• Invoices generation for the employer purchases (the invoices are exported in .pdf format)
• Front site pages caching system - the content of the pages is exported and stored as static html files on the server. The next time a visitor of the website opens the same page, the content is directly taken from the file, no sql queries are executed - this allows to decrease a lot the number of mysql queries being executed and increase considerably the performance of heavy loaded websites. The cache expire time can be set by the administrator in the configuration file.
• More advanced and improved templating system, possibility to define templates for the home page, login form and others - this makes easier the integration of custom and more complex website templates.
• SEO improvements - keywords in the pages title and meta tags, page urls looking like static html pages
• Security improvements - new security techniques used to protect the web application and users data
• Possibility for forwarding the private messages exchanged by the users to their emails
• Adding new languages has been made easier from the back end
• New employers credits purchase history in the employers admin space
• Functionality to define custom fields for the employers and jobseekers profiles - no need already to make modifications in the php sources, the new fields can be added with ease from the back end.
• Jobseekers application history - the jobseekers can see already their application history (status of the application, reply of the employer and others) from their admin space.
• Easier to use and improved interface for the administrators to manage the website structure
• Improvements of the job alerts functionality, job category field added
• Parameterization of multiple fields like job type, education level and others - makes possible to easily modify the possible values or add new ones by modifying an external file holding the current values.
• Save the jobseekers resumes in .pdf - when using the resumes search functionality in the employers admin space
• Improved RSS job feeds, better multi language support
• ATOM job feeds added
• Employers admin interface improvements - notification on new job applications on the home page and others
• Optimization of the jobseekers file and pictures uploads performance
• Functionality for the jobseekers to set their profile as public or private - the private profiles aren't available on the page allowing the employers to search jobseekers in their admin space and allow the jobseekers to protect the privacy of their data
• More translations of the language file available
• New options for accepting payments from the employers, Authorize.net AIM method added

Functionalities added in version 1.3

1. Statistics for the employer (employer can see how many times his ad has been consulted, as well as more detailed report including the date, ip, username of the user consulted the ad)
2. PayPal, 2checkout, cheques and bank wire transfers supported for accepting payments by the employers for posting job ads
3. ZIP based search functionality (for searching for jobs located not far as selected distance from the jobseeker ZIP)
4. Statistics for the jobseeker (in order to see how many times his profile has been consulted) 5. Many new features added for the administrators, please check out our demos for details
6. Employers can upload their logo (visible on their ads)
7. Jobseekers can add a photo to their profile 8. Improved jobseeker profile, added date of birth, job preferences, nationality and other fields
9. "Send to a friend" functionality for the job offers
10. Simple/Advanced search (in previous versions there was just Simple search)
11. Better control for the administrator over the ads expiration
12. Employers see their expired ads on a special page , they can choose to renew them (if they do so, they are charged for this in a similar way as when posting a new ad - one credit from their package)
13. Featured jobs (administrator can select featured job which are shown then on the home page)
14. Newsletter, Photo Albums, Links management functionalities
15. Improved news functionality

Overview of the main features and functionalities offered to the registered Jobseekers

	View and edit your pofile online from your personal administration space
	Create your CV from your administration space
	Edit your cv with a powerful WYSIWYG editor
	Publish your CV online, make it visible to everyone on the web and get contacted from people outside this website
	Make your CV visible to the employers in order that they are able to find it and contact you directly
	Upload pdf or doc files (references, certificates etc.) and use them to empower your jobseeker profile
	Manage these files and attach them when appliyng for a job listed on the website
	Receive email notification when there are new postings matching your searching criteria
	Define multiple rules for email notification in order to help you monitor the new job ads on the website which may interest you
	Consult the private messages received which have been sent you by the other users
	Reply to private messages and send messages to the users
	Apply online to the job ads on the website and contact directly the employers

Overview of the main features and functionalities offered to the registered Employers

	view and edit your company profile online from your personal administration space
	Define multiple contact persons for your company, responsible for the different job postings of your company
	Manage and add different job packages to your account
	Use these job packages to post job ads on the website
	Manage and edit your job ads at any time from your personal administration space
	Consult the list with the jobseekers applied to a specified job ad of yours
	Job application management tool, allowing you to use this website for your online and offlline job marketing campaings - usrers may apply directly using the "Quick Apply" option on the home page. You may then either approve or reject these application after that from the back office
	Consult and search the database with the jobseekers resumes
	Consult the private messages received which have been sent you by the other users
	Reply to private messages and send messages to the users

Overview of the main features and functionalities offered to the Administrators:

Manage the Jobs Portal Settings + the standard available in WebSiteAdmin Developer Edition for management of the front site:

	powerful working environment for managing websites with ease
	run Multilanguage websites
	add new pages to the website (and delete/activate/deactivate them)
	edit the content of the pages with a powerful WYSIWYG editor
	set custom extensions to be executed for selected pages
	unique interactive help functionality, right click on a page or element and get immediately help information for it
	use different templates for the website and a powerful templates functionality
	extend the application with ease with new Backoffice modules and application extensions written by yourself
	use standard, multiple levels and customized predefined menus, which are automatically generated according to the website structure
	set music files to played (for example in .mp3 format) on the pages of the website
	manage the URLs of the pages of your website, setup for example search engines friendly URLs to be used
	cross browser WYSIWYG editor to edit the website pages content
	define custom template tags and set custom extensions to be executed for them
	create custom server side forms, like Contact pages or product information request forms, with and integrated WYSIWYG forms designer
	consult the data sent by users through the published forms on the site
	see statistics and charts for the visits of the website
	optimize the site for search engines, set custom titles, meta keywords and description for the pages, check the queries that the visitors used in Google to find your website
	submit your website to the major crawler based search engines, like Google and Alltheweb for example
	check search engines index report
	see search engines popularity report for a selected page
	consult history for your login/logouts to the Backoffice application
	great security features to protect your website and the Backoffice application
	define custom welcome messages for the Backoffice users
	detailed security reports for the Backoffice
	define multiple groups and users for the Backoffice and assign them different access settings for the resources of the application
	consult history reports for the different users
	customize the interface of the Backoffice application (individually for every user)