WEST COUNTRY COMPANY CHALLENGES WEBSITE TOP SLOT

WEST COUNTRY COMPANY CHALLENGES WEBSITE TOP SLOT
A WEST COUNTRY company which started from scratch just 18 months ago is celebrating new figures showing it has become the UK’s second most popular legal recruitment website.
Managing director Michelle Jones founded simplylawjobs.com in April 2004, initially trading from her bedroom. She only moved into serviced offices in Bath and took on an additional member of staff six months ago.
Now the site, which currently carries more than 5,000 vacancies at every level in the legal sector, has fought off fierce competition to become the UK’s second biggest law jobs website.
It registered 142,200 visitor sessions in the 30 days to October 31, more than 20,000 ahead of its closest rival and just 24,000 behind the long-established marketleader.
"I am thrilled. These are very encouraging figures which more than justify the blood, sweat and tears – and sheer hard work - of establishing a business in what has to be one of the most competitive sectors in which to work," said Michelle, 33.
"Amazingly simplylawjobs.com has gone from nothing to among the 50,000 most visited websites in the world in the space of just 18 months.
"With the site’s increasing popularity, it can only be a matter of time before we are officially the market leader," she added.
Vacancies on simplylawjobs.com, which range from receptionists to senior partners, are accessed by a fast search facility according to location, area of law and salary.
According to Michelle, one of the main reasons why simplylawjobs.com has proved such a hit with users is that it concentrates on legal vacancies in the regions instead of taking a ‘Londoncentric’ approach.
Editor’s Note: The source for the number of visitor sessions quoted above is metricsmarket.com, the internet competitor intelligence reporting company.
For more information, please contact:
Michelle Jones, Managing Director, simplylawjobs.com
Tel: 0870 766 7650