It can be extremely daunting when looking for a new job. I’m about to graduate this year in Computer Science and have spent hours scrolling through job posts online. So when I heard about this new recruitment platform, Otta, I was very intrigued.
It is a tech startup launched in 2020 that claims to ‘help you find your perfect job’ in tech. They have an extensive number of companies hiring on the platform, all of which have been vetted by the team at Otta. They say they only have the ‘most exciting, innovative and fast-moving companies’. ‘From startups to tech giants, you’ll find over 3,500 top companies and 70,000+ live jobs on Otta’.
According to Otta, they are more transparent about job opportunities than other recruitment platforms and include unbiased reviews, salary insights, diversity, and their honest take on every company.
The aim of the company is to help you be ‘picky’ and find your dream job. We tested it out to see if it was as good as it claimed to be.
Creating an account
Firstly, you have to create an account to view any job posts. To do this, you have to complete a quiz to assess the type of job you are looking for. This will allow Otta to only show you relevant job posts.
It asked questions such as what type of roles would you like to see, where would you like to work, when do you want to start, your preferred company size and your minimum expected salary.
Then it moved on to more tech-based questions, such as what industry you would like it work in, where you could select options such as AI, Security, eCommerce etc. As well as your favourite technologies to use, where you could select options such as Python, Java, AWS, SQL and many more.
I found it really useful that Otta asked these more technical questions, as most recruitment platforms, that are not tech-specific, do not include filters for these options. This seems like it will help you find roles that are more suited to your skills in tech as it is such a varying industry.
It was also just fun to complete this questionnaire and start thinking about exactly what you want to do as a career, rather than just choosing a position that is available.
View your roles
After creating an account, Otta showed me ten roles to swipe through that were suited to me from my questionnaire. You could either save or apply to any of these jobs and after going through the ten, could generate new results. It was easy to use and all of the roles interested me.
However, my favourite part was the description of each job. It included what the job involved, the company mission, insight into the company, company benefits, links to articles about the company and the people at the company. It was much more in-depth than on any other recruitment platform I have seen and allowed me to easily learn about the company I was applying for. I particularly liked the transparency of the description, including the salary benchmarks and statistics included by Otta such as growth rate and diversity.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I really enjoyed using Otta. I believe it is perfect for people wanting to find graduate jobs or internships in tech. However, it is probably not as suitable for people in other industries. Overall, I found it a lot easier to use than traditional recruitment platforms and found relevant roles were much quicker to find.
My favourite part of the platform was the availability of information and the transparency for each job. It gave me more insight into each company and helped me better understand if I would be a suitable fit for a role. I hope this is something other recruitment platforms will do in the future.
I will definitely be using this platform again, alongside other tools, such as the NU Careers service and LinkedIn, to find my next job. Find the website here.