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E-commerce applications of BDjobs.com.

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Course Information Course code: F-404 Course Title: E-commerce and e-banking

Submitted to:

Mr. Md. Sajib Hossain Lecturer Department of Finance University of Dhaka

Group no. 05
Sl. No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 Name Robin Kumar Saha Deepangkar Saha Farhanur Rahman Naim Muhammad Shamim Hossain MD. Anowarul Hoque MD. Omar Faruk ID 16-039 16-089 16-135 16-151 16-253 16-265

Date of Submission: 01. 04. 201

Letter of transmittal
April 01, 2013 Mr. Md. Sajib Hossain Lecturer Department of Finance UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA Subject: Submission of Report. Dear Sir, It gives us immense pleasure to submit the report on A Report on ECommerce Applications of bdjobs.com. This report is submitted as the requirement to fulfill the course E-Commerce and E-Banking (F-404). We are thankful to you as this report was helpful for us to know about the ECommerce applications in Bangladesh and its operations, why it is used and the possible development for this E-Commerce sector in Bangladesh. This was a wonderful opportunity of widening our knowledge from the pages of our book to the field of practice. We hope that the report will meet the standard and will serve its purpose. Thank You. Sincerely Yours Deepangkar Saha Roll no. 16-089 On behalf of group no- 05 Department of Finance University of Dhaka

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Table of contents
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Title Introduction Company overview How is it works? Categorization Services of Bdjobs.com Terms and Conditions 7Cs Framework Users of bdjobs.com Platforms of bdjobs.com Process of Posting Resume Special facilities provided Bdjobs.com Payment process Marketing strategy Challenges Business model of bdjobs.com Conclusion PG no.

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Introduction
As per the course requirement of our BBA Program E-commerce and e-banking (F#404) we have studied the annual reports of bdjobs.com. We have analyzed the process posting advertisement, creating account by the job seekers, training system, recruiting process of bdjobs.com. Actually this is the best recruitment website in Bangladesh. We have compared our theoretical knowledge & our learning from ecommerce system. It will help us to know more about usage of technology mediated communication. It also stretches our domain of knowledge by providing views and ideas on different factors & application of e-commerce and e-recruitment and these are helpful for effectively & efficiently using technology as communication tool. E-commerce is a type of industry where buying and selling of product or service is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction's life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices social media, and telephones as well. Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of business transactions. Some common applications related to electronic commerce are the following: Email
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Enterprise content management Instant messaging Newsgroups Online shopping and order tracking Online banking Online office suites Domestic and international payment systems Shopping cart software Teleconferencing Electronic tickets etc.

Company Overview
BdJobs.com Ltd. is the first and leading career management site in the country. Eight young business and IT professional backed by strong command over e-business and in-depth understanding of the needs of job seekers and employers in the country's context started this venture on July 2000. The vision of the company is to try bringing Internet technology in the mainstream business and economic life of the society. The aim of this site is to explore maximum benefits of the Internet. This site will help the job seekers manage their career more efficiently. This site will also help employers solve many of the problems associated with traditional recruiting methods and allow them to save time and money. Right after its launching, the site has been able to attract the Internet users in the country. The site regularly updates Job Information (on average more than 1800 valid job news are placed at any point of time at the site), provides facility to the job seekers for posting resume and online application. The site has also been able to get good response from a large number of organizations in the country who use online job advertisement facility, online CV bank access and online application receiving and processing facility of www.bdjobs.com. Till now, more than 5500+ employers in the country have
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recruited more than 150,000 professionals at different levels for their organizations through Bdjobs.com service. Here is the overview of the web site: No. of Unique Daily 80,000 Visitors: average) Monthly Page views: 40 million No. of Resumes : 4,50,000 No. of Corporate 5500+ Accounts: (on

How it works
Bdjobs.com is mainly an online based e-commerce site where internet is used for both the job seekers and recruiters. There is a quick search option from which one can find jobs quickly and easily according some specific criteria such as job level and location. But it also provides an offline service which is the training program for the employees.

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Categorization
Business from originating

Business Consumer s Business And selling to...

B2B B2C

C2B

Consum ers

C2C

Bdjobs.com involves in C2C e-commerce. It gives a platform for the job seekers for posting resume and online application. The site also helps the employers to recruit employees by posting job advertisements an alternative to traditional recruiting methods.So, it is involved in C2C e-commerce, if categorizing e-commerce based on the business origination and customer types

Services of Bdjobs.com
Job Seekers
Bdjobs.com provides the job seekers to post their resume at its web site. For this one has to open an account in bdjobs.com. After that one has to fill-up an online application form. Job seekers provide their personal details, academic qualification, training, professional qualification, experience, specialization, language proficiency, reference and photograph for the resume. After posting a resume one can edit or update his or her resume from his perspective account. Bdjobs.com Limited allows one to Post/Submit ones resume in the bdjobs.com websitefree of cost. The resume displayed can be updated free of cost.Jobs in different sectors can be found in bdjobs.com according to the job seekers qualification. Such as:

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1. Accounting/Finance 2.Bank/Insurance/Leasing 3.It&Telecommunication 4. Garments &Textiles 5.Design/Creative 6.Data entry/Operator 7. NGO/Development 8.Customer support/Call

center 9.Research/Consultancy 10. Gen MGT/Admn 11.Engineer/Architects 12.Education/Training 13. Marketing/sales 14.Advertisements 15.Commercial/supply chain

Bdjobs.com also provides some additional service for the job seekers. These include: 1. Interview tips 2. Resume writing tips 3. Tips to make a strong cover letter 4. Tips for dream job 5. Career management 6. Information about recent job markets and its reality 7. Career counseling 8. Job search tips 9. Education guide 10. Training programs

Job recruiters
Job recruiters also need to open an account in bdjobs.com. For this one has to fill-up an online application form. Job recruiters provide their account information, company details, business types and primary contact details. This information should be a valid one. Job recruiters must pay for their job circulation. Payment method for the posting of job circulation: Pay order/Check favoring "Bdjobs.com Limited"

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Service benefits
Bdjobs.com provides a great number of service benefits for the job recruiters. Large number of visitors This is the largest and most popular career management site in Bangladesh. This site is being hit by over 8, 00, 000 (on average) visitors every month, and this number is increasing rapidly. Visited by Target Consumers Educated, young and modern people with an outward looking attitude visited this site who can be the target consumers. Cost Effectiveness The rates for advertisements are very low. At the same time, communications will be directed specifically to consumers, without any distortion. So the effective cost for reaching each consumer becomes very low. In return it creates the top of the mind awareness. Enter the Age of E-Commerce The Internet is already taking over business activities worldwide. It is now knocking the door of Bangladesh. Time has come for us also to enter the age of e-commerce.

Terms and condition


Bdjobs.Com Limited assumes no liability for the quality and genuineness of
responses. Bdjobs.Com Limited is not liable for any information provided my any individual. The individual/company would have to conduct its own background checks on the bonafide nature of all responses. Bdjobs.Com Limited will not be liable on account of any inaccuracy of information on this web site. It is the responsibility of the visitor to further research the information on the site. Any breach of privacy or of the information provided by the consumer to Bdjobs.Com Limited to be placed on the website by technical or any other means is not the responsibility of Bdjobs.Com Limited. Bdjobs.Com Limited does not guarantee confidentiality of information provided to it by any person acquiring/using all/any information displayed on the bdjobs.com website.

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RESUME DISPLAY 1. Bdjobs.Com Limited allows you to Post/Submit your resume in the bdjobs.com website free of cost. 2. The resume displayed can be updated free of cost. 3. Bdjobs.Com Limited offers no guarantee n (or) warranties that there would be a satisfactory response or any response once the resume is put on display. 4. Bdjobs.Com Limited neither guarantees nor offers any warranty about the credentials of the prospective employer/organization which down loads the information and uses it to contact the prospective employee. 5. Bdjobs.Com Limited would not be held liable for loss of any data technical or otherwise, information, particulars supplied by customers due to reasons beyond its control like corruption of data or delay or failure to perform as a result of any causes or conditions that are beyond Bdjobs.Com Limited's reasonable control including but not limited to strikes, riots, civil unrest, Govt. policies, tampering of data by unauthorized persons like hackers, war and natural calamities. 6. It shall be sole prerogative and responsibility of the individual to check the authenticity of all or any response received pursuant to the resume being displayed by Bdjobs.Com Limited for going out of station or in station for any job, interview and Bdjobs.Com Limited assumes no responsibility in respect thereof 7. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason. 8. This subscription is not transferable i.e. it is for the same person throughout whole period. 9. Bdjobs.Com Limited has the right to make all modifications/editing of resume in order to fit resume in database. such

RESUME FLASH 1. Bdjobs.Com Limited offers neither guarantee nor warranties that there would be a satisfactory response or any response once the resume is zapped. 2. Bdjobs.Com Limited neither guarantees nor offers any warranty about the credentials of the prospective employer/organization which receives the information and uses it to contact the prospective employee. 3. It shall be sole prerogative and responsibility of the individual to check the authenticity of all or any response received pursuant to the resume being zapped by Bdjobs.Com Limited for going out of station or in

station for any job interview and Bdjobs.Com Limited assumes no responsibility in respect thereof. 4. The user shall have no right to demand any information regarding the organizations to which the resume has been sent and Bdjobs.Com Limited would be in no legal or other obligation to disclose/reveal the particulars of the organizations. 5. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason. But in such an eventuality, any amount so paid for, shall be refunded to the user on pro-rata basis. RESUME DEVELOPMENT 1. The user shall certify that the information/data supplied by it to Bdjobs.Com Limited is accurate and correct. The user shall give a reasonable time to Bdjobs.Com Limited for development of resume. 3. Bdjobs.Com Limited would not be held liable for loss of any data technical or otherwise, information, particulars supplied by customers due to reasons beyond its control like corruption of data or delay or failure to perform as a result of any causes or conditions that are beyond Bdjobs.Com Limited's reasonable control including but not limited to strikes, riots, civil unrest, Govt. policies, tampering of data by unauthorized persons like hackers, war and natural calamities. 4. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason. CLASSIFIED JOB LISTING (SINGLE) 1. Bdjobs.Com Limited will allow the Subscriber/Recruiter to place the information only in classified section of the site bdjobs.com. 2. The insertion so displayed in the classified section of bdjobs.com will be for a period of maximum 30 days, which period is subject to change without notice. 3. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason. In such an eventuality, any amount so paid for, shall be refunded to the user on a pro-rata basis. 4. Bdjobs.Com Limited has the right to make all such modifications/editing of the vacancy details in order to fit in database. 5. The Subscriber/Recruiter may use up to a maximum of 2 email id's for vacancies posted on bdjobs.com in the Classified section to collect response.

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6. Bdjobs.Com Limited may at its sole discretion include the vacancy intimated by client for display on bdjobs.com in the print media through various media alliances in other print vehicles with no extra costs to the client. However, if a client wishes not to have its vacancies/requirement from appearing in print media, then the client shall specifically inform Bdjobs.Com Limited in writing accordingly at the time of intimating of the vacancy. 7. Bdjobs.Com Limited offers neither guarantee nor warrantee that there would be a satisfactory response or any response once the job is put on display. 8. Bdjobs.Com Limited shall in no way be held liable for any information provided by the applicant to the subscriber and it shall be the sole responsibility of the user to check, authenticate and verify the information/response received at its own cost and expense. 9. Bdjobs.Com Limited would not be held liable for any loss of data, technical or otherwise, information, particulars supplied by the customers, due the reasons beyond its control like corruption of data or delay or failure to perform as a result of any causes or conditions that are beyond Bdjobs.Com Limited's reasonable control including but not limited to strike, riots, civil unrest, Govt. policies, tampering of data by unauthorized persons like hackers, war and natural calamities. 10. The subscriber/Recruiter must give an undertaking to Bdjobs.Com Limited that the jobs sought to be advertised on the classified section of bdjobs.com are in existence, are genuine and that the subscriber has the authority to list the jobs. 11. The subscriber/Recruiter must give an undertaking to Bdjobs.Com Limited that there will be no fee charged from an applicant who responds to jobs advertised on the classified section of bdjobs.com for processing of the application. 12. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to change the look, feel, design, prominence, and depiction, classification of the classified section of bdjobs.com at any time without assigning any reason and without giving any notice.

7Cs Framework
7Cs e-Commerce Customer Interface
7Cs e-Commerce Customer Interface is a set of design principles for ecommerce websites.
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Rayport and Jawarski's principles, known as the 7C's, are as follows: Context: Site's layout and design Content: Text, pictures, sound and video, that the web pages contain Community: The ways sites enable user to user communication Customization: Site's ability to self-tailor to different users or to allow users to personalize the site Communication: The ways sites enable site-to-user communication or two way communication Connection: Degree site is linked to other sites. Commerce: Site's capabilities to enable commercial transaction

Context
This refers to the site's look and feel. The site may be Functionality Oriented: Where the enabling of the function of the site is the prime objective of the site Aesthetic Oriented: The aesthetic aspect of the web pages is given priority Hybrid: The site is to be both aesthetically pleasing and functionally efficient BDJOBS.COM sites look and feel are both functionality oriented with easy of navigation, having advanced search tools and speedy and aesthetic oriented with pictures, graphics, colors and visually appealing.

Content
This is the offered mix of product and services on the site. This can be images, videos, documents, links and/or downloadable items about the product and services. It is also about the promotion and communication messaging offered. Some of the contents may be time sensitive that is they have an appeal only for a limited time. For example, a news site needs to constantly update its content to remain relevant. BDJOBS.COM sites content are job postings classified job postings and hot job postings, announcements of different types of training, links to the employers email/website/address, career counseling, career resources, posting resumes.

Community
This refers to the way the site enables user-to-user interaction. Non-existent: sites that have no community offer no way for users to interact with one another, on either a one-to-one basis or oneto-many basis. Limited: sites that offer features such as reading and posting information, stories, or opinions.

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Strong: sites that offer interactive community functions such as chat rooms and message boards. BDJOBS.COM user interaction is one to many. A employer can contact many job seeker based on his choice and options. A job seeker can apply for many jobs of employers he likes based on his preference.

Customization
This is the site's ability to allow the users to personalize the site. The different types of communities that the site offers fall under a few different categories Bdjobs.Com Limited allows you to Post/Submit your resume in the bdjobs.com website free of cost. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason. Bdjobs.Com Limited has the right to make all such modifications/editing of resume in order to fit resume in database. Bdjobs.Com Limited will allow the Subscriber/Recruiter to place the information only in classified section of the site bdjobs.com. Bdjobs.Com Limited has the right to make all such modifications/editing of the vacancy details in order to fit in database. Bdjobs.Com Limited reserves its right to change the look, feel, design, prominence, depiction, classification of the classified section of bdjobs.com at any time without assigning any reason and without giving any notice. Bdjobs.Com Limited will display banners on the home page on a rotation basis, wherein banners from different subscribers are displayed in a sequential manner, managed by smart software. An employer can choose the options of job to be posted in classified job posting (Instant Job Posting from your office, Job Announcements displayed at the category/ classified section. Job will be live for max. 30 days, Online Application Facility for candidates, Online Control Panel for Searching right candidate from the applicant pool, or hot job posting (Job Announcements (with company logo) displayed at the homepage for max. 10 days (with 30 days display facility at category section), Customized job detail page (linked with home page) designed by Bdjobs.com, Special Job notification to prospective qualified candidates through e-mail. A job seeker can store jobs ad in his MYBDJOBS CART.

Communication
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This is the site-to-user communication. Ways that the site can communicate include: Broadcast: This is where the site communicates the same message to a large group of users through portals such as mailings, news feeds, marketing material, or content update notification Interactive: This involved more of a one-on-one interaction between the site and the user through user input, e-commerce dialogue and customer-service. Hybrid: A combination of the above. An example can be a news site where their news is broadcasted but the user's reply to the news would be interactive. User can contact with the site in different ways like phone call, email sending, and providing online feedback by choosing feedback option.

Connection
How the site links to other sites. Sites' content can link to other sites. This new content can be placed in the same site to retain attention on site or be a path way out of the site. Example can be referrals, web rings and affiliate programs. BDJOBS.COM has connections to its trusted employer or companys site. A user can go to that site by clicking the companies name or banners. BDJOBS.COM has links with many social networking sites like face book, linked in, twitter etc. it also connected with some training firms and organizations.

Commerce
This allows for the users to trade online. Typically, e-commerce sites have a registration procedure to store information, user preferences, a shopping cart to hold items, security features, instant credit card approval, order tracking, and delivery options. BDJOBS.COM allows user to participate different types of offline training. User can register for training and can pay the training fees via cash, account payee cheque or credit card.

Users of bdjobs.com
1. Job seekers

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2. Job recruiters 3. Training agency

Platform of bdjobs.com
Jobseekers and recruiters can post resume and job circulation at bdjobs.com by using internet through desktops, laptops even tabs. The service is also available at mobile. Bdjobs services are available under the domain of http://www.ClickBD.com. For mobile connection one can go to http://m.bdjobs.com. If someone has any questions, he/she can refer the problem to email at info@bdjobs.com. One can communicate with them through mobile at 01811410852-6

Process of Posting Resume


BdJobs.com Ltd. is the first and leading career management site in the country. As you know, it has started its venture since July 2000 with the aim to facilitate the job seekers manage their career more efficiently. This site also helps employers to manage many of their tasks associated with traditional recruiting process more efficiently and allow them to save time and money. In this section of the report we will focus on the process of submitting resume as well as posting job circulation.

How to submit your resume?


The process of submitting your resume at bdjobs.com is relatively very easy. First of all, you have to create an account, which will keep record of your activities in this website, at the website. This is named MY BDJOBSaccount by the website. Simply click the create new account link or post resume option at home page. Then you have to go through five consecutive steps to submit your resume. The bdjobs.com site will guide you to submit your resume through five consecutive steps.
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The five steps are-

Submissi on of resume

You have to fill up at least first two steps to submit your resume. Details of these steps are given below1. Personal: Here you have to give information on personal detail, career and application information,preferred job category, preferred job location(s), preferred organization type(s),other relevant information. Personal detail includes name, parents name, date of birth, address both present and permanent, nationality, gender, contact number, email etc. In the next section you have to give detail about your objective, experience, present and expected salary and you also have to specify the type of job you prefer. Freshers leave or skip this option blank or enter 0. Preferred job category represents your desired sector(s) to work. You can select maximum 2 job categories. In the next section preferred job location defines the geographical place where you prefer to work. In case of Bangladseh you can choose upto maximum 15 districts. If you prefer abraod, you can select maximum 10 countries. Preferred organization defines your desired organization type where you want your job.You can select maximum 12 organization types. In other relevant information you have to give keyword. Keywords that will enhance your CV Searched by the Employers. Now you can go to next step by giving the user name and password. 2. Education: Education field must be filled up with latest information about the academic life. Here last level of education must be filled. Exam details also to be mentioned e. g. degree title, institution name, year of passing, CGPA etc. Mentioning achievements is not mandatory but it carries some extra advantage. There is also another field named training. If you take part in any special training either academic or professional, you can mention it with title, training session, institution etc.

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3. Employment: Previous employment details can be mentioned here. Employment details must be mentioned with company name, company business, location, position, department, responsibilities. Area of experience must be mentioned. 4. Others:This portion has three fields. At first, area of specialization must be mentioned with specific field and skills gathered. Then language proficiency should be mentioned with reading, writing and speaking skills. At last, referrence should be mentioned with name, organization, designation, address, mobile number, relation etc. 5. Photograph: CV holder may upload a picure of his or her own in JPEG format which size should be 15 or under 15 kilobyte. Applying to a Job: To apply a job you must have your resume account in bdjobs.com web site. Follow the steps to apply any job: 1. Click apply onlinebutton. 2. You will be asked to type your user name and password. After typing those click on apply online button. 3. Now the system will ask you to put your expected salary. Then type the figure and click on proceed to apply button Editing and Deleting: After submitting the resume you may need to edit the resume. To edit your resume follow the steps: 1. Login to your MY BDJOBS account using your user name and password. 2. After successful login, click edit resume option. 3. Now, choose any part of your resume to edit. 4. After modifying information click on Submit button. After login to your MY BDJOBS account click on the option Delete Resume. You are then ask to type your User Name and Password. After typing those click on the Delete button. Your resume will be deleted from bdjobs.com. You dont have to pay any cost to submit your resume at bdjobs.com. It is absolutely free.

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Special facilities provided by Bdjobs.com


Keyword search It is a special job searching option with a specific word. Go to the Keyword search section and type the desired word(s) in the box (e.g., 'oracle', 'financial analyst' etc.) and click on the search button. You will be directed to a job list page with job ads carrying that particular word. Block Employer You may not want your current employer or some specific employers to have access to your resume.Follow the steps to block any/specific employer to access your resume: 1. Login to your MY BDJOBS account. 2. Click Block Employer option. 3. Select the option Block Employer from the list. 4. Now, select employers name from the list at left and click Block button. Your selectedemployers name will be shifted to the right blocked employer list. 5. Click on Submit button. The selected employer will not be able to subscribe your resume. Job Agent The Job Agent is a special facility designed for the job seekers to let them inform about prospective jobs published in bdjobs.com website. The agent will pick up all the matching jobs according to stipulated criteria and return them in MY BDJOBS account. Thus, it reduces hassle by figuring out suitable jobs from a huge job listing. You can create more than one Job Agent. Follow the steps to create a Job Agent: 1. Login to your MY BDJOBS account. 2. Click on Manage Agent. 3. Now, click Create New Job Agent button. 4. Provide a name for job agent in Agent Name field. 5. Select Category.

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6. Put Experience (Minimum and Maximum experience). 7. Select Organization Business Type and also Work Area from the list. 8. Click Finish button.

Tracking visitors You can also track those who has viewed your resume. Login to your MY BDJOBS account and there you will find an option total number of companies viewed my resume and a numeric figure next to it. The numeric figure represents the number of employers viewed your resume. To get their list click on the number. Keep in track of applied job You can keep track of job(s) you have applied so far.Login to your MY BDJOBS account and you will find an option number of jobs applied inlast six months and a numeric figure next to it. Click on the numeric figure and you will haveyour last six months applied job listing. Sending resume through e-mail You can e-mail your resume from your MY BDJOBS account. Just login to your MY BDJOBS account and click e-mail resume option. E-mail notification E-mail Notification is a process to inform you about the services of bdjobs.com through e-mail. Taking printout of resume You can take printout of your submitted resume. Go through the steps to take print out of your submitted resume: 1. Login to your MY BDJOBS account. 2. Click View Resume option. 3. The printable version of your resume will appear. 4. Click on File menu, and then click Print option.

Employer/Job recruiter
To avail any facilities for corporate offered by Bdjobs.com Ltd. it is the primary requirement for an organization to have a corporate account at this
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website. The corporate account is a facility at this website that ensures a unique and secure access to a corporate space at bdjobs.com for posting jobs and subscription of resumes. Bdjobs.com provide the following online recruitment services: 1. Online Job Posting 2. Online CV Database Access 3. Hot Job Announcement 4. Corporate Membership (JobPosting) 5. On Demand CV/ResumeSupply 6. Executive Search Service They provide service for both local and foreign employer. They also have different pricing strategy for local and foreign employer. 1. Online Job Posting: It provides instant job posting from empoter office. The announced/posted job vacancies will be displayed (for max. 30days) in a particular job category (chosen by the employer at the timeof job posting) at website. It also provides online application facility for candidates.Employer can use online control panel for searching right candidate from the applicant pool5,00,000 job seekers. For employer it is at least 10 times less costly than newspaper job advertisement. Price for local employer: Tk. 1,900 + VAT Tk. 86 for each job position (applicable VAT rate - 4.5%, applicable VAT head - weblisting). Price for forign employer: USD 45 for each job position. 2. Online CV Database Access: It will give instant direct access to the largestonline CV database of 4,50,000 professionals. It will also give advanced searching tools for locating right candidate easily. One can search for the right candidates by professional group, age group, years of experience, educational or professional qualification, specificjob sector/industry, special skills or open 'keywords'. One can also contact directly without the help of any kind of intermediary. Price for local employer:For 1 Year: Tk. 25,000 + VAT Tk. 1,000; For 6 months: Tk.15,000 + VAT Tk. 600; For 3 months: Tk. 9,000 +
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VAT Tk. 360; For 1 month: Tk. 5,000 + VAT Tk. 200.(applicable VAT rate - 4.5%). Price for forign employer:For 1 month USD 100 (Upto 5,000 CVs can be accessed within the period); For 3 months USD 200; For 6 months USD 300; For 1 Year USD 400 3. Hot Job Announcement: Vacancy announcement for an organization is featured at the hot jobs section at BDJOBS.COM home page or front page. Here organization logo and the list of jobs are placed with links with a customized job detail page. Maximum display time at home page is 10 days with with 30 daysdisplay facility at category section. Customized job detail page (linked with home page) can contain requirements, job responsibilities, a brief company profile, organization logo, corporate slogan/message etc. Bdjobs.com designs this page without additional fee. Special job notification to prospective qualified candidates will be send through e-mail. Price for local employer:1 Job Position: Tk. 7,500 + VAT Tk. 338**; 2 Job Positions* : Tk. 5,250 + VAT Tk. 236 (for each job position); 3 - 5 Job Positions* : 4,250 + VAT Tk. 191 (for each job position); More than 5 Job Positions* : Tk. 3,550 + VAT Tk. 160 (for each job position) Posted at a time, for each job position ** Applicable VAT rate - 4.5%, applicable VAT head -web-listing Price for forign employer: 1 Job Posting : USD 130**; 2 Job Postings* - USD 95 (for each Job Posting); 3 - 5 Job Postings* - USD 80 (for each Job position); More tan 5 Job Postings* - USD 70 (for each JobPosting) 4. Corporate Membership (Job Posting): There are two pacakages. Package I: Employers will be able to post jobs as and when needed @bdjobs.com category jobs section for 1 year. Package II: Employers will be able to post jobs as and when needed @ bdjobs.com category jobs section for1 year.Employer will get instant direct access to theonline CV Bank of Bdjobs.com. o Price for local: Package I:Single Business Unit- Tk. 25,000 + VATTk. 1,000; MultipleBusiness Unit for Tk. 31,500 + VAT TK. 1,260. (applicable VAT rate - 4.5%).
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o Price for foreign: Package - I : Single Business Unit- USD 400; Package - II : Single Business Unit- USD 600 for. On Demand CV/Resume Supply: As a part of this service, Bdjobs.com recruitment experts will sort andshort-list a pool of CV's from Bdjobs.com Online CV Bank (hosting4,50,000 + CVs) on the basis of specific job requirements specified byclient company. This premium service is especially helpful in situationswhere an organization needs to fill a position at very short notice. This service is only available for foreign employer. It costs USD 150 for each job position.
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6. Executive Search Service:The recruitment related tasks (job announcement, applicationreceiving, candidate short-listing and contact, interview etc.) makes therecruitment and selection process very lengthy for organizations with asmall HR Department. Bdjobs.com take the responsiblity of doing the tiresome recruitment tasks on behalf of the organisation. They can locate for employer the best talents in themarket. With the largest active network across the job market (more than 4,50,000 CVs hosted online) and a panel of recruitment experts,Bdjobs.com offers the best professional executive search service inthe market.Their tasks regarding this service: They They They They They They define candidate profile according to employer need. advertise at bdjobs.com & receiveapplications. search from online CV Bank & contactcandidates. short-list from the prospective candidates. take interview & written test. select best 3-10 candidates for finalselection.

This service is only available for foreign employer. Service charges will be fixed up basedon the requirement of the employer.

Payment Status
To know about your payment status, follow the steps: 1. Login to your corporate control panel. 2. Click on Payment Status option.

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3. A page will appear containing information about invoices that are issued against your posted jobs. 4. Click any invoice number to see its details. Publishinga Job Circulation: To publish a job circulation requires you to have a corporate account at bdjobs.com website. Follow the steps to publish yourjob if you already have a corporate account: 1. Login to your corporate control panel. 2. Click Post a New Job Info option available at Main Menu section. 3. The first step of the job posting panel will appear. Fill up all necessary fields. 4. Click on Continue button. The system will take you to the second (final) step of the job posting panel. 5. Fill up all the necessary fields and click Submit button. One may want to publish a job circulation without disclosing his or her organizations identity. To do this, follow the steps: 1. Go to the first step of job posting panel. 2. Look at the field In this job do you want to display where you have to select Other option then the field Enter textto be displayed as Company Name will be enabled and put the alternate company name on that field. Continue thejob posting process, your organization's identity will not appear in the job circulation. But you have to keep in mind that you cannot post your job circulation in more then one category.There is also no option to delete any job circulation from your corporate panel

Subscribing Resumes Submitted Against a Circulated Job


There are three ways to subscribe resume through your posted jobs. Details of these are stated bellow: Online CV/Resume: This option allows job seekers to apply your job through online. A button captioned ApplyOnline will always appear in your job circulation page. Job seekers will use it to apply in your job. You can subscriberesumes which are submitted through this option by login to your corporate panel. E-Mail Attachment: The resumes will be submitted into your provided email address. Job seekers will be asked tosend their resumes as an attachment in that email address. Hard Copy: Applicant will be asked to send their hard copy resume in your provided corporate address.

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You can also subscribe resumes without publishing job circulation. In that case, you have to purchase our package OnlineCV Database Access which provides you advance searching tools to search resumes in our database. To get the figure of resume submitted against my posted job, login to your corporate panel, there is a column applied next to the job title contains the number of submitted resumes against your job (excluding Email Attachment and Hard Copy resume). Access Submitted Resumes: In order to access submitted resumes follow the steps: 1. Login to your corporate control panel. 2. Click on the number belongs to the column Applied next to the job title. 3. System will provide you the list of resumes (20 resumes in each page) submitted against you job circulation. 4. To view the detailed resume click on the applicants name. One may want to figure out how many times an applicant apply to your organization. And yes it is possible to know following the steps: 1. Login to your corporate control panel. 2. Click on the number belongs to the column Applied next to the job title. 3. System will provide you the list of resumes (20 resumes in each page) submitted against you job circulation. 4. In each row there is a caption No. of job Applied at Name/Comments column where a number shows how many times that particular applicant apply to you company in various position. To see more details just click on that number link. Job display time and application deadline: The job will remain at category section for maximum 30 days from the posting date. However you can settle the applicationdeadline of your posted job in any date within this 30 days boundary. It is possible to extend the application deadline of your already posted job if the date not exceed 30 days period from theposting of that job circulation.

Short Listing and Rejecting Resume


One can mark resumes as short listed or rejected. To do this, follow the steps: 1. Login to your corporate control panel. 2. Click on the number belongs to the column applied next to the job title.

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3. System will provide you the list of resumes (20 resumes in each page) submitted against you job circulation. 4. Tick the box belongs to the action column of a resume. 5. At the end of the page there are two buttons Short List and Reject. Click Short List button to short list the resume or click Reject button otherwise. One may want to see separately which resumes he or she have short listed, rejected and viewed separately. It is possible. Just go to the resume listing page and you will find links Short Listed, Viewed and also Rejected. To see click any of the link of your choice.

The differences between hot jobs and category jobs Hot jobs are publish in the home page at hot jobs section with company logo, and also in the category jobs section but an ordinary category job is published only in category section without company logo. A hot job contains its own customized designed page with company logo to show the job details whereas a category job show its details in the general designed page to show its details and company logo is not displayed on that page. Customized Inbox Registered Employer will be given a customizedinbox at bdjobs.com's site from where theemployer will be able to exclusively view,scrutinize and print applications and resumes. Add-on Support (Optional for Employer ) This service is available for hot job announcement. Prospective candidates will be located from the Bdjobs.com online CV Bank (hosting 4,50,000 CVs) and notified them about the vacancythrough e-mail. Panel of recruitment expert of Bdjobs.com willshortlist a pool of CVs from online applications(if employer specifies to receive onlineapplication) according to the specifiedrecruitment criteria in the announced jobposition. Application/CVs received through online will beprovided (in Compact Disk media) at the end ofapplication deadline. Bdjobs.com will provideprinted hard copy of short listed CVs ofapplicants those will apply online. Local employer has added Tk. 2,500 for application short listing by recruitment expert whereas foreign employer has to add USD 45 for add-on support. Discount
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If any payment is made online (Debt/Credit card) he or she will get a discount of 5%.

Payment process

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Marketing Strategies
Marketing strategy is a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of increasing sales and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage .The site has a strong and growing community of users who trade in a wide range of item categories. They have an Internet marketing plan to achieve sustained growth for e-Commerce business. To go in line with the marketing strategies now bdjobs.com is busy with the following lines: 1. Going Where Customers Are bdjobs.com is now giving importance to this source of customers. So, from Face book to Twitter to LinkedIn to YouTube, theres no limit to the number of social networking channels available, where they post their Ad. 2. Monitoring What Competitors Are Doing Competitive intelligence can be very useful. bdjobs.com spends some time by conducting a competitive audit of top five competitors on the social web. Include: The social sites in which they are active
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The type of content they publish on the social web The number of followers/fans/views they have on each site How they promote specific products, programs or events via social media 3. Promoting Exclusive Offers through Social Media In order for their e-commerce business to gain a following on whatever social channel they choose, entice customers with something they cant get anywhere else. Alternately, they offer an exclusive item to social media followers or fans, such as free shipping or a weekly coupon. They also offer breaking news that does not appear anywhere else, like pre-product release announcements.Bdjobs.com also uses other different marketing tools. Such as: 1. Display & rich media ads (Banners, Flash Ads, Flash Games, Online videos) 2. Sponsorship ads 3. E-mail marketing 4. Online catalogs 5. Blog advertising 6. Web site design & development 7. Public relations

Challenges
BdJobs.com is the first and leading career management site in the country. Eight young business and IT professional backed by strong command over e-business and in-depth understanding of the needs of job
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seekers and employers in the country's context started this venture on July 2000. Right after its launching, the site has been able to attract the Internet users in the country. The site regularly updates Job Information (on average more than 1800 valid job news are placed at any point of time at the site), provides facility to the job seekers for posting resume and online application. The site has also been able to get good response from a large number of organizations in the country who use online job advertisement facility, online CV bank access and online application receiving and processing facility of www.bdjobs.com. . For this target they are trying to make their site operation process easier. Till now, more than 5500+ employers in the country have recruited more than 150,000 professionals at different levels for their organizations through Bdjobs.com service.Bdjobs.com is planning to expand to neighboring countries which is their topmost priority now days.

Business models of bdjobs.com


1. Value Proposition/Cluster:
Bdjobs.com primarily targets job seekers who want to post resume and online application for job and organizations those want to use online job advertisement facility, online CV bank access and online application receiving and processing facility for recruitment. This site also target individuals who seek for professional training services. BDjobs.com aims to explore maximum benefits of the Internet. Their site helps the job seekers manage their career more efficiently. This site also helps employers solve many of the problems associated with traditional recruiting methods and allow them to save time and money.Bdjob.com has large number of professional personnel having strong command over e-business and in-depth understanding of the needs of job seekers and employers in the country's context and it has largest online CV bank which enables it to provide superior value to customers by efficient matching of employers and job seekers.

2. Market Place Offering:

Bdjobs.com regularly updates Job Information (on average more than 1800 valid job news are placed at any point of time at the site), provides facility to the job seekers for posting resume and online application. The site has also provides assistance to a large number of organizations in the country in their recruitment process by enabling them to use online job advertisement facility, online CV bank access and online application receiving and processing facility of www.bdjobs.com. Specific services which are provide by this site to employers includes online job
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posting/announcement, hot job announcement, corporate membership, online CV bank access, executive search service etc. They also offer training on a variety of job position. Till now, more than 5500+ employers in the country have recruited more than 150,000 professionals at different levels for their organizations through Bdjobs.com service.

3. Financial Model
a. Revenue Models: Revenues are mainly generated from advertising, different type of service fees such as corporate membership fee, job announcement fee, online cv access fee, executive search service fee etc. and offline training fees etc. b .Value Model: Profits are generated mainly from bdjobs.com establishing themselves as the best matcher of job seeker and employer at lowest cost. They also provide best customization of consumer experience by enabling employer to choose from variety of packages. c. Growth Model: bdJobs.com is the largest and most popular career management site in Bangladesh. This site is being hit by over 800000(on average) visitors every month, and this number is increasing rapidly which will enrich its performance and enrich the growth of shareholders value. Bdjobs.com is also planning to establish new training centers which will provide training on new and specialized job positions.

4. Resource System
This shows how a company must align its internal systems to deliver the benefits of the value cluster, Resource system of bdjobs.com

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Conclusion
Now-a-days we get everything in the palm of our hand. Technology and innovation make our life smooth and easy. E-commerce is a blessing which develop our civilization beyond our imagination. Now we depend much on online shopping because e-commerce makes buy and sell lofty. Developed countries reap up the benefit of e-commerce than the developing country like ours. In Bangladesh there is little scope and application of ecommerce. As most of the people are living under the poverty line, they are not quit familiar with e-commerce. The success and achievement of bdjobs.com is impressive and it develops the online recruitment system of Bangladesh in many ways. So in fine we can conclude that the role of bdjobs.com in developing the online recruitment system of Bangladesh will be continued like the previous years.

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