Sitecore fills Web CMS vacancy at Totaljobs Group

Jan 05, 2010 | Europe

Category: Events and press releases

London, UK, 5 January 2010 – Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET Web Content Management Systems (CMS), today announced that its CMS platform has been selected by Totaljobs Group - the largest and fastest growing online recruitment business in the UK -  to underpin their strategy for becoming the UK’s leading online recruitment company. 

Totaljobs Group, a part of Reed Elsevier, a FTSE 100 company, is responsible for seven of the UK’s busiest job-seeking websites.  Between them they carry over 130,000 jobs, attract over 4 million jobseekers and handle 2.5 million applications every month.  The prosperity of the business relies heavily on its online web software platform being able to efficiently process large volumes of user transactions.  Sitecore was selected after Totaljobs Group’s previous web solution became too inefficient and cumbersome to manage.  Sitecore’s .Net heritage and rich content management interfaces were perfectly suited to Totaljobs Group’s system architecture and fully met their specifications in terms of scalability, connectivity and performance.

The introduction of Sitecore’s feature-rich Web CMS will allow Totaljobs Group to ensure content is managed by the most appropriate parts of the business and to empower them to provide up-to-date, high-quality job vacancy information for a discerning employment market while maintaining a consistent brand identity across all of the group’s websites.   Users benefit from improved access to Totaljobs Group’s valuable resources while the constant adding of engaging new content leads to enhanced visitor browsing time and an increase in return visits.

Nigel Sterndale, chief product officer, Totaljobs Group, explains:
 “Under the previous system rollout of new products and content was costly whilst the overall end user experience was not helped by the inconsistent look and feel of our brand identity. The advanced Web content management features in Sitecore will enable us to better manage brand identity, increase user engagement and improve access to valuable resources. 

Additionally, Sitecore’s ability to keep content separate from presentation helps us avoid development issues by enabling non-technical staff to quickly introduce better targeted content and provide a much more rounded and rewarding experience for our audiences,” he added

Laust Sondergaard, chairman, Sitecore UK stated:

“We are delighted that Totaljobs Group selected Sitecore to help fulfil their ambitions in the extremely competitive online recruitment business.  Sourcing the right Web content management system is vital to the future of a business like Totaljobs Group.  Our selection is no small testimony to their confidence in Sitecore’s strategy, track record and future growth.”

About Totaljobs Group
Totaljobs Group Ltd the UK's largest and fastest growing online recruitment company. Its seven job boards carry a combined average of 130,000 jobs a month. These job boards are CareerStructure.com, Caterer.com, CatererGlobal.com, CWJobs.co.uk, RetailChoice.com, Salestarget.co.uk, and Totaljobs.com. Totaljobs Group Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reed Elsevier Group plc, a FTSE 100 company and one of the world's largest online information companies.