There are many job recruiting websites out there; some big, some small, but for the most part all the same. Akhtaboot is different because of the fact that the company’s founders actually saw and researched what was out there and said to themselves, “let’s build something different.”
Akhtaboot went beyond the basic functionality of allowing users to search for and apply to relevant jobs; they grasped the concepts of Web 2.0 (the next generation of the web) early on in the development of the website. They understood that an easy and user-friendly experience was key to the success of any website. They also wanted to build a website that was catering to the market that they were serving, and what better way to serve a recruitment market that is heavily reliant on word-of-mouth than by building “the career network”?
A True Career Network
Put in its simplest form, Akhtaboot allows regular users (or job seekers) to connect to one another. Much like other popular networks like Facebook, Akhtaboot remembers these personal links and helps users build their professional network of contacts. Other networks are used for social and entertainment purposes; however, Akhtaboot’s network is purely professional. This means that your network on Akhtaboot is used for spreading and receiving job announcements through viral word-of-mouth. The larger your network of contacts is, the more likely you are to hear about job opportunities that are posted by companies on Akhtaboot, and when you apply to these “word-of-mouth” jobs, you are applying through what can only be described as a digital “recommendation”!
The best thing about the networking feature for job seekers is that you don’t have to be looking for a job to use the networking functionality. All you would need to do is sign up (which literally takes less than a minute). Akhtaboot also allows you to set your status, and Akhtaboot has one status called “here to network” that makes sure that no company can see your CV and you are left to network without being contacted by potential employers.
Akhtaboot is Built Upon 20 Communities
Communities are sections within Akhtaboot grouped according to job function, and registered users have the option to join up to 3 communities. Joining communities that reflect your fields of interest allows you to receive relevant job recommendations from Akhtaboot, read relevant articles, watch locally-relevant videos, grow your knowledge, and network with fellow users that share similar career aspirations. So even if you are not currently looking for a job, you can benefit from Akhtaboot’s community model!
User Friendly Interface
Let’s say you are looking for a senior, full time job in Jordan in the Marketing and Communications community. Selecting the before mentioned filters on Akhtaboot literally takes less time than it took writing the actual sentence!
Incorporating only the cutting-edge of technology, Akhtaboot is bringing a true web application to the Middle East. When you use Akhtaboot’s filters, your results update on the spot without you having to wait for the page to refresh. This technology, called AJAX, is also used in other places on the website and it makes the user’s experience truly friendly.
Akhtaboot has also spent a lot of time and effort into placing just the right amount of tabs and links so that the website is simple to understand right from the start. No piece of information is more than a couple of clicks away, and users are able to find what they want faster and more efficiently.
Uploading your CV
Unlike other job recruitment websites, Akhtaboot allows job seekers to actually upload their CV. If you have spent a lot of time and effort on your CV, just upload it on your profile and you are ready to apply to any job on the website. Has your CV been updated recently? No problem. Just upload the new one to replace the older one that you already have on Akhtaboot.
Akhtaboot also allows users that don’t have a CV to build one on the website. In a soon to be released feature, Akhtaboot will also allow users that built their CV on the website to export it as a beautifully formatted PDF document for their own use.
The Myers-Briggs© Type Indicator (MBTI)
Recognizing the importance of placing the right person in the right job, Akhtaboot is the only career site in the Middle East that is qualified as a Myers-Briggs© (MBTI) provider. The MBTI is recognized as a global leader in personality tests with over 70 years of extensive research. It is used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide both for hiring and human resource development purposes.
Akhtaboot plans to make this test available online to its users within the next few months. Job seekers will have the opportunity to take this test and receive their results online. The MBTI provides a reliable and valid analysis of a job seeker’s strengths and areas for development in a career context. It also includes suggestions on how the job seeker can capitalize on his/her strengths and compensate for his/her blind spots.
