Interview with Stephen O'Donnell, Sales and Marketing with 1Job.co.uk

We caught up with Stephen O'Donnell, Founder AlljobsUK.com, Sales and Marketing with 1Job.co.uk, host of NORAs.

You own and run ‘Alljobs Limited': tell me a little more about the nature of your business and your role within it

I set up AlljobsUK.com in 2000 as a comprehensive online recruitment portal for candidates throughout the UK, with databases of every recruitment agency, Job Board, Newspaper and Trade magazine that advertised vacancies, as well as the top 16,000 UK employers, and links to their websites.

How has it changed over the last few years?

AlljobsUK.com has had to develop with the online recruitment sector, coming through the internet bubble, and remaining centrally placed in an industry that then saw wholesale consolidation through mergers and acquisition, and an ever more sophisticated agency sector. Our National Online Recruitment Awards have reflected this since 2001.

What attracted you to this industry and where did your business idea come from?

I've been in recruitment since 1987, and established AlljobsUK.com as a natural progression after writing the website for my recruitment company.

What would you like to change about the industry?

I would like recruitment agencies to make much more use of their own websites to attract candidates.

Greatest challenge:

Running AlljobsUK.com and a recruitment company at the same time.

Favourite aspect of your work?

Dealing with recruiters and agency owners.

What would you do, as a career, if you weren't working in Recruitment?

Website development

Any recommendations for job-seekers looking at a career in Recruitment?

Join a large company and benefit from the in-house training, find your niche and become an expert in it.