FedEx
FedEx was nominated for "Best Corporate Careers Website" in this year’s REA. They didn’t win, losing out to Starbucks. After visiting their site today, I wondered why they fell short. I give them high marks - better than Starbucks.
SITE DETAILS
+ Direct Link on Front Page? Yes
+ Using www.fedex.jobs domain? No
+ Present benefits information? Yes
+ Present Company Culture Information? Yes
+ Present Job Preview Information? Yes
+ Response sent to applicant? Yes – And I got an automatic "thanks but no match" right away.
JOB POSTINGS:
+ ATS Engine: Hodes IQ
+ Postings Dated? No
+ Show Specific Work Site? No. City locations only
+ Show Explicit Travel Amount? Yes – sort of. Shows a vague "Some Travel" on some, others list a percentage
+ Show Salary Information? No
+ Consistent posting formats? No – obviously not a priority
+ Steps to apply: 7
IMPRESSIONS, THOUGHTS AND WHINING:
+ OVERALL: I like the FedEx site. They have a complicated requirement to support 10 different companies, and they carry it off. The images on the site are of real people – they might be models, but they’re wearing, carrying or standing in front of the corporate logo.
+ GOOD: Nice video of a real person at start.
+ GOOD: They make a big deal of the Courier job in their Areas of Talent section. FedEx knows that these are the guys that most people interact with. FedEx doesn’t appear to treat this as a second class job.
+ BAD: Job posting information quality extremely uneven.
After using Hodes IQ, I know I hate the Taleo application engine.