The former chief operating officer of TotalJobs, Keith Robinson, is launching a new website.

CareerSiteAdvisor.com aims to make it easier for jobseekers to find the site that best suits their needs, whether that be a generalist or specialist job board or employer careers site.

Although still in beta, the site already links to 650 job boards, 1,200 corporate careers sites (including local authorities) and 100 recruitment consultancy sites. It also gives jobseekers the opportunity to provide feedback on their candidate experience.

Robinson, who has a wealth of experience in the recruitment sector and is also co-founder of the Recruitment Community Europe etwork with Alan Whitford, got the idea for CareerSiteAdvisor after his 17- year-old son was set a career exercise at school on how to find a job. Many of his classmates had difficulty knowing the best steps to take.

“They got frustrated when they keyed in jobs and a company name, and had to scroll through three or four pages of actual job listings before they found the careers site for that company,” said Robinson. “Everyone is aggregating jobs and the aggregators are so sophisticated that online recruitment has become a software science. Our aim is to create a simple directory of career sites to help the jobseeker.”

The site provides a link to every site; for employers’ sites, this is to the actual careers area not the home page. By the end of 2010, Robinson aims to have every employer with more than 1,500 people indexed. “Organisations can’t compete by clever search engine optimisation because they are indexed by occupation, industry or location,” he said.

Richard Tyrie, founder of public sector jobs board Jobsgopublic, told Recruiter: “It’s a good thing for both employers and talent. As we see the barriers to entry continue to lower [in online recruitment], the number of websites will increase exponentially, making it tougher for both employers and talent to navigate through the various options.”

Candidates provide feedback on how easy it is to find and apply for a job, set up a jobs by email, upload a CV or perform other tasks on a
particular site. Feedback could extend to a review of the recruitment process.

CareerSiteAdvisor will also be inviting recruiters to help form a panel of recruitment professionals adding and writing reviews. Recruiters can have a free basic listing or pay for an enhanced listing, which can include features such as a link to a YouTube video. The site will also carry careers advice aggregated from other sources and will run regular career casts.

www.careersiteadvisor.com