REA: Best Career Web Site? (#4 of 4)

Rackspace Managed Hosting

The smallest company on the list, Rackspace was nominated for “Best Corporate Careers Website” in this year’s REA. They didn’t win, losing out to Starbucks. They did a great job. Rackspace runs a separate careers site which is branded differently from their business page. They had the best branding.

SITE DETAILS
+ Direct Link on Front Page? Yes
+ Using www.rackspace.jobs domain? Yes
+ Present benefits information? Yes, “The Super, Duper, Uber-tastic Benefits Package” (TM pending)
+ Present Company Culture Information? Yes – multiple links, including a big button at the top
+ Present Job Preview Information? Yes and no
+ Response sent to applicant? Don’t know. Nothing in the area, couldn’t apply.

JOB POSTINGS:
+ ATS Engine: HRsmart
+ Postings Dated? No
+ Show Specific Work Site? No. City locations only
+ Show Explicit Travel Amount? No
+ Show Salary Information? No
+ Consistent posting formats? No – widely variable
+ Steps to apply: everything is on one screen

IMPRESSIONS, THOUGHTS AND WHINING:
+ OVERALL: My People! These are my people! Very well done! Provides a consistent message, great visuals, and real people.
+ GOOD: Strong branding, theme carries over all pages.
+ GOOD: Great navigation, well organized.
+ BAD: The monospaced Courier font is a bit hard to read at times.
+ BAD: Job postings are vague, don’t show travel, salary or location.

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After looking at HRsmart, I’m sure I hate the Taleo application engine.