StepStone

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Jobboard Finder’s opinion

Summary: Founded in 1996 in Germany, StepStone is a generalist job boards, which has spread around the world so it is accessible in many countries. It specializes in creating customized solutions according to the objectives of different private markets. In Germany, it attracts 11.10 million views a month, which has dropped a fair bit since last year but remains high. On social media, it has a good following, even if social media is not the most success outlet for the German market: 985 followers on YouTube, 741 on Instagram, 7 081 on Twitter and 150 475 on Facebook. The LinkedIn page has 11 104 followers.

Design: The homepage is particularly simple. There is a search engine (keywords and the location) and you can tick whether you are looking for full-time or part-time work. The rest of the homepage promotes featured job offers, lists of categories and other services from StepStone (which includes the blog articles). Once in the job listing, the filters (the publication date, the language, the skills, the profession, the sector, the region, the city, the experience, the type of employment and full time or part time) appear on the left-hand side and the number of offers per subcategory are visible. The company pages can include job offers, an introduction, a logo and other images, a map and even ratings from users. The comment section on the pages really explains the culture and breakdown of the company in detail.

The job board objective: StepStone has the same goal in all of the countries where it is present: it aims to help businesses grow and find the best talent on the market.

Recruiter observations: Prices are available on the website. It’s easy to create an account through the site.

Jobseeker observations: It’s easy to create an account. To apply to offer, you must include a cover letter and a CV.

The job offers: There are over 90 000 job offers. Most of them are for engineers, IT professionals and sales people.

Reactivity: The team answers quickly (within 24 hours) and you can also contact them through chat support.

Special features: The names of the team members (and photos of management); the press section; the whitepapers; the partner websites (in the footer); the blog (in different sections); job alerts; the app; the webinars & events; the chat support; company ratings; the comment section on the company pages.

Verdict: In Germany, StepStone is the obvious choice. It is a practical job board, which gets to the point.

Written by Ali Neill

As the job board tester and blog editor for the Jobboard Finder, Ali works on job boards from all around the world and keeps a close eye on the recruitment trends thanks to a number of sources, including the website's social media pages.