» What is mobiJOBS? mobiJOBS™ is a break through service designed for Job Seekers to help them find jobs easily. mobiJOBS™ lets job seekers find jobs via its unique multi-access channel which spans over Mobile Phone (Mobile Web & SMS), Desktop PC based Web, RSS Feeds, and many more, ensuring that Job Seekers find Jobs in the most accessible and cost-effective way by far! mobiJOBS™ service mandate is to provide YOU the Job Seeker with the easier means to find an employment opportunity in the South African job market! » The Information Access Challenge for Job Seekers The major problem that most Job Seekers often encounter in South Africa is basically a way cost-effective for them to find Job Vacancy information. The means available to them are usually newspapers, notice boards, and internet cafés. • Job Seekers in townships and rural areas incur daily travelling costs to get to a shop to buy the daily newspaper. • And then they have to purchase usually two whole newspapers, when they are basically interested only in the classifieds section of the newspaper. • Newspapers are usually regional meaning a newspaper available in one area may actually not be available in another area depriving Job Seekers in that area of crucial Job Vacancy information. • The actual medium, paper, is naturally costly and thus the number of jobs that newspapers showcase is limited. » Our Solution The current means of access to Job Vacancy information are clearly inaccessible to your average Job Seeker – thus most Job Seekers are disadvantaged and robbed of an opportunity to find employment because of lack access to information or access being expensive. mobiJOBS™ is a designed with the Job Seeker in mind ensuring that Job Seekers are able to gain access to Job Vacancy information in the most accessible and cost-effective way by far for them. More than 80% of South Africans have access to the mobile phone. Job Seekers now can find Job Vacancy information using the most accessible means available to them – the mobile phone! » mobiJOBS Benefits • Find 100s of Job Vacancies the most accessible and cost-effective way via your mobile phone and the information is FREE! No need for Job Seekers in the rural areas to incur travelling and whole newspaper costs, job vacancy information is right in the pocket of the Job Seeker via their mobile phone and the Job Vacancy information is absolutely FREE. No need to travel to the internet café, with the benefits of mobile internet the Job Seeker whether in the rural area or township is able to access the benefits of internet technology as much as the city Job Seeker is able. The tool to search for Jobs is now right in the pocket – your mobile phone. Job Seekers Save Massively on Travelling Costs, Actual Job Vacancy information costs, and Time! Our jobs become available FREE of charge via electronic means such as Mobiles Phones and as research has indicated this is becoming the preferred method through which Job Seekers wish to access information as it’s the most accessible and most cost-effective way by far! FREE Email Job Alert Service! Job Seekers set alarms for Jobs they want to be alerted when become avail able on the mobiJOBS service, we then send them FREE job alerts of jobs matching their Job preferences on a daily basis via e-mail! Quick Job Search Facility! Searching for a job on the classified section of your favourite newspaper is very time-consuming and strenuous on the eyes. mobiJOBS makes it easy for Job Seekers to find the information they are interested in quick using search criteria such as province, job category, and search keyword! Save the Environment! Electronic means of dissemination information means a reduction on the usage of paper, thus less trees are cut which saves the environment! » How do I access mobiJOBS™ Jobs then? via Mobile Phone This is the preferred method for the Job Seeker without PC internet access. Just SMS ‘mobijobs’ to the shortcode number 34xxx the SMS will cost you R2 once off.* There after click the URL or link provided in the returning SMS to start browsing hundreds of Job Vacancies, it’ recommended you save the link as a bookmark on your mobile phone. * Your mobile phone must support GPRS internet and have it enabled as well. If your mobile phone hasn’t got it enabled contact your Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, or Virgin Mobile customer care. via PC Just point your browser to: http://www.mobijobs.co.za via RSS Feeds Just point your browser to: http://www.mobijobs.co.za/rssfeeds.php