What software is available, and of what quality (reviews, specs at
least) that is specifically designed to run an online job bank?

I manage a professional association and we are looking for job bank
software. The software would need to allow seekers to fill out a tiny
background survey and post their resume (msword or pdf file) and
businesses to fill out a tiney background survey and post their job
listing (msword or pdf file). It must be able to be monitored by a
moderator who can remove or revise listings. It must be searchable by
key components (state, degree, qualifications). Ideally, it would have
a function that allowed candidates and posters to connect with one
another.

We are seeking only software that is specifically designed for this
purpose and that allows for free use. We do not want to use a service
that incorporates advertisements or requires extensive registration.
We do NOT want to generate revenue from this service.

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Request for Question Clarification by xemion-ga on 10 May 2002 13:03 PDT

The software would greatly depend on what type of server and services
you are using.  I'm assuming you want it online.  Do you want to run
it using ASP, PHP or Perl?  If you don't know the answer to that
question, you need to contact your web host and ask them.  Thanks.

Hi. Thanks very much for the question.

Job bank software exists in two forms. One form can be installed in
your systems while in the other; the software resides in the servers
of the manufacturer.

The software products and services from Career Cast answers the
requirements you mentioned above and has a more comprehensive
explanation of its product features. They also have in their website a
list of their clients so it can be inferred that they are very
knowledgeable in this field. The website however does not publish the
specs of its software or any software partners.

For more on Career Cast the following web pages will be of great help.
The Career Cast Home Page
http://www.careercast.com/

Career Cast Products and Services
http://www.careercast.com/services.html

Career Cast clients
http://www.careercast.com/client.html

Another software package worth looking into is Job Manager 2.0
(http://www.iworldinteractive.net/jobmanager/). I like their website
better than Career Cast’s since it has information to their technical
specifications (http://www.iworld.com.sg/jobmanager/00-architecture.php3)
and also showcases their software vendor partners
(http://www.iworld.com.sg/jobmanager/00-partners.php3).

SearchEase (http://www.jobboardsoftware.com/?source=overture) also
provides out of the box and customized solutions regarding job bank
software. It uses Microsoft centric products for its software.

LANS Unlimited (http://www.lansunlimited.com/default.asp) offers a job
bank software for $99. You can buy the software and download it
directly from their web site. Jobs Manager
(http://www2.interactivetools.com/products/jobmanager/) also sells for
$99. It boasts of quick and easy installation plus a user-friendly
interface.

All of the software mentioned above must be installed into your
server.

When the software and database resides in the manufacturer’s servers
there is of course an issue regarding security. Furthermore, it seems
that compared to the two software makers mentioned above, the
functionalities seemed pretty limited as well. The Ron Joblink
software (http://www.recruitersonline.com/about_tools.html) functions
this way. All you do is cut and paste a few html commands (much like
what you do for sample java and cgi scripts).

I don’t recommend looking at the media reviews posted on the company
websites mentioned above since it is bias of course. But maybe a
better alternative is to try the demo or the website of their clients
and see first hand how the software works.

Search Terms Used
online job software

Hope this would be of assistance to you.  Good luck on your job and
future searches.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

Found resources that I hadn't identified (FANTASTIC!) - but most
didn't meet the specifications of the question (had to be able to
upload msword or pdf files of resumes/job listings rather than create
them through the software)

This is not meant to be a comprehensive answer, but for software to
manage resumes/etc, I would check out Personic.com.  Good software,
good people.  Worth a cruise by their site.  Good luck with your
search.

I believe ASP (active server pages) software is the product to best
serve your comprehensive database needs.  If your in-house techs are
not familiar with ASP, send them to http://www.asp101.com/ or search
for web developers in your area  
http://www.webdeveloperdirectory.com/ or try a firm such as
http://www.wcc.nl/ (garnered from Google search
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=online+database+software).

Online database software is all you require and, because there are
many from which to choose, you may find it more cost-effective to
allow an outside firm to handle the building of the database.

We have developed our own databases for online use before - we do NOT
want to do that for this project. We want an out-of-the-box solution.
We don't want to work with a developer (we have development
capabilities in-house even). We want a proven product that will upload
and attach files to searchable forms that is pre-designed for this
purpose - ideally pre-designed specifically to be a job bank. Frankly,
we're tired of the constant maintenance and tweaking involved with
newly developed programs and want something that works consistently,
ideally has regular upgrades, and has functionality that has been
proven appropriate for a job bank. Thanks for thinking of it though.