New jobsite in BD: Prothom Alo Jobs (inspired by BDJobs???!!!)
On the 23rd of December, one new jobsite was launched in BD – the prothom alo jobsite (http://www.prothom-alojobs.com). When I saw the ad in the newspaper, I was exctied because I highly regard Prothom Alo and most of its activites. My expectation for the jobsite was high and I was sure that it will be great, until tonight when I visited the site first-time!
First of all, the site looks too clumsy to me – too many information cramped in the front-page along with lots of dull colors – you can hardly understand any functionality at the first sight. Font size is less than average normal font size on the web – not very good for veteran people who is likely to be in the HR department of large corporations.
I tried to create an account as a jobseeker, and it was pretty quick and user-friendly! But that good impression didn’t last long when I was asked to fill the basic information form – a long form with most of the fields marked as required. The most irritating part is that I could not find any way to change my Basic Information again after the initial fillup!!! And you cannot even go back to the initial screen that you see after loggin in!!!
If you’re thinking about the ???!!! in the title of the post, that part is yet to come. While I was browsing through different sections, I found the following tip in the job posting screen (as an Employer):
Now, you are thinking that whats the big deal if they have a misspelling? Wait, take a look at the following screen (also match the order of the keywords):
This one is taken from BDJobs’s signup form. What is your feeling about it? This website’s reputation in my mind is lost for good. They are saying that this is a test run, but is there any solid ground behind such copying of contents from other site?
One thing they did better, they have just 1 flash banner in the whole page – compared to many successful jobsites in the country who are also successful in irrititating people at their first visit with 20+ flashes on their front-page!
All that said, the brand name of Prothom Alo is not reflected in their site. I hope they will be collecting feedback from the users and will try to shape their site’s functionality accordingly. After all, its the visitors who keep the site alive.
Hello, this is Emran. This is my blog where I (ir) regularly express my ideas and views regarding programming, life, work, and so on. 
26/12/2006 at 1:38 pm Permalink
OMG, Is it a site?? Does this people have any sense of usability and accessibility? Purely frustrating!!!
26/12/2006 at 8:55 pm Permalink
hi emran,
go to have a ‘jalamoyi’ post from you. we need some devils advocate here and its good to know one is coming up
28/12/2006 at 5:17 pm Permalink
that’s really horrifying …:(
Thanks that u cover it up
great job 
07/01/2007 at 12:21 pm Permalink
Thank you all to show us the mistake in our bdjobs.com site. We do apologies for this mistake to all visitors of our job site http://www.bdjobs.com. We hope in coming days, we will be able to shape our site according to your convenience.
Thanks
Ashek Mahmud
Software Engineer
(BDJOBS.COM)
13/01/2007 at 6:55 pm Permalink
manushar janu fundation
23/01/2007 at 11:54 pm Permalink
I checked that and I sent an e-mail to The Daily Prothom-alo. I hope they will take care of it….
25/01/2007 at 1:15 pm Permalink
I just checked their website. Seems like they are revamping their website. This error is not there now.
I guess such user feedback helps maintain standards.
04/03/2007 at 3:32 pm Permalink
i hope the web site feed back to our new generation
09/05/2007 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Prothom alo may be the best daily news paper in Bangladesh. i have kept my support to prothom alo. May Allah bless u Mr. Motiur Rahman. Amin.
18/05/2007 at 3:04 am Permalink
prothom alo is the best newspaper in bng
31/05/2007 at 4:51 pm Permalink
prothom aio is one of the best daily news papers. Like that I hope, this web site will be one of the best popular web sites in bangladesh.
07/04/2008 at 9:46 pm Permalink
Prothom alo is one of the best daily newspaper no doubt about it.ButI am a job seeker.This is why I and my friends are trying to visit your website prothomalo-alojobs.com for more than two weeks.But we can’t.So I want it becomes easier for searching and i also wish the web site’s good luck.
13/04/2008 at 3:30 pm Permalink
I think this job site authority will be a doer than speaker.
26/05/2008 at 4:50 pm Permalink
Ohh Great!!! Prothom alo is one of the best daily newspaper no doubt about it.ButI am a job seeker.This is why I and my friends are trying to visit your website prothomalo-alojobs.com for more than two weeks.But we can’t.So I want it becomes easier for searching and i also wish the web site’s good luck.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 12:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
08/11/2008 at 3:59 am Permalink
It is very important task for job finder.
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 2:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
27/02/2009 at 10:09 am Permalink
its a good site for any student for searching update job
30/07/2010 at 7:56 pm Permalink
Its really good for us…… it can help us for build up our career……….. wishing luck ..