We were asked by msg to build a industry-level recruitment and career portal. Shortly after completion of the project, the site placed 3rd out of 100 companies in a online study of IT career portals, which was a great finish to what was a challenging project with tight deadlines.
What did the client want?
We were asked to build a industry-level recruitment and career portal for the IT solutions provider msg systems. We were asked to plan on typically 300-400 vacancies being listed/available at any one time.
Visually and functionally the website should be cutting edge, with a seamless integration of vacancy details from multiple data sources, and a dedicated intuitive backend for msg subsidiaries to enter details of job positions.
Job-seekers should be able to search, filter and apply for jobs. They should also be able learn about msg as a potential employer, with information about career prospects, office locations, company values and personal statements from current msg employees.
Our role in the project
Once the requirements for the portal were finalised, an external screen designer created mockups for the main page layouts. For this site we implemented a custom visual framework of layouts, CSS and JS which later formed the basis for many further msg websites.
Individual page content was realised primarily using a page builder, with specialised layouts programmed e.g. to render job positions together with contextual info tiles drawn from elsewhere within the site.
We used an existing Joomla extension to develop a solution to manage job vacancy information, with an external database and a dedicated import workflow to combine local and external job data.
Project highlights
1. Job search with filter
The main job search allows website visitors to search and filter all existing job openings, read more about relevant vacancies and submit a job application directly online.
2. External data import
Vacancy details are both imported from an external source (SAP E-Recruiting) and entered directly into Joomla by the client. This combined data pool forms the basis for the job search and feeds.
3. Multiple backends
The portal features three separate login areas: the 'normal' Joomla backend, a login for msg subsidiaries and HR staff to add/edit job vacancy data, and a login for job applicants to download employment documents.
4. Lots of layouts
The site features 15+ separate page layouts, which are editable directly by the client. This was made possible thanks to clear styleguides and a extensive visual framework.
5. Dynamic contextual job feeds
Throughout the site you can find context-dependent job feeds in the right-hand sidebar which are filtered to display relevant job openings in connection with that particular page.
Our conclusion
The client themselves received overwhelmingly positive feedback for the idea and execution of the portal. Shortly after the site was launched, the msg Career Portal placed 3rd out of 100 companies tested in a study of the online career websites of German IT companies carried out by Index Research.
For our team the career portal was challenging and deadlines were tight – this external and internal acknowledgement of the success of the project was an excellent and motivating way to complete this project.
What the client said ...
"We have been relying on the competence of joom.team for several years, be it with the relaunch of existing websites, the development of new requirements, or the implementation of multilingual websites. In the last 2 years we worked together with joom.team to realise a web toolbox system with centralised and decentralised components that is now used on almost 20 individual msg websites. [...] In addition to the professional implementation of our requirements, we value their quick reaction times and open, proactive communication with us as clients."
Holger Suerken, Lead Website Digital, msg systems ag
About the client
msg systems ag is an independent, internationally active group of autonomous companies with more than 8.500 employees, based near Munich in Germany. Their core competency lies in intelligent IT and industry solutions.