If you're looking for a job, you probably see hundreds of job postings online every day. Considering people continue to lose their jobs every day as well, this doesn't make much sense. If you've submitted your resume to many of these postings, I'm sure you share the sentiment that many of my candidates do. "Should I really even mess with submitting my resume to online job postings?"The answer to this question is yes, but there are some important things to keep in mind before you do:
- Many postings are automatically populated to the web from staffing firm web sites, or corporate web sites. What this means is, some of the positions may be closed or "dummy postings" for companies to network with candidates for jobs they see on a regular basis.
- Some companies are required, by law, to pursue every avenue available to hire a qualified candidate. This means they must internally post a job and post it for the public to view, before they can hire anyone for a specific position. Consequently, a hiring manager may have to post a job for a required amount of time, even though they have already identified someone to hire for a newly created opening.
Many companies hire directly off the postings they post online, and many staffing companies do in fact have the positions that they post as well, so don't be completely discouraged by postings online. This info is useful to explain why you might not hear anything back from those countless submissions.
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Will says: (2:20PM on Jun 30th 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2/5
Hmm, I don't think you go far enough. Should you search job-boards, yes. But do it only about 10% of your job search time because it is one of the most ineffective use of time you can have on the job-search.
Furthermore, with the amount of resumes being 'thrown around' in this economy, even if you are by-far the most qualified candidate, if you respond online you will be put into a stack of 1000 resumes. Assuming most people have the basic qualifications, HR will likely screen about the first 50-100 to find candidates that meet their requirements. Are you in that sample of 50 or 100? The answer is 'only if you are lucky'. My advice is not to make luck the cornerstone of your job search.
Regards,
Will at virtualjobcoach.com
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Alex Rudloff says: (2:51PM on Jun 30th 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2/5
Spot on post.
Job hunting online is just one portion of the job hunt and folks should keep that in mind. It's easy to get fooled into thinking all you need to do is post strictly to online job boards but it helps tremendously to back it up with offline actions. Organization, following up, and like Will suggested above, you have to do the other things as well. Networking, pinging old contacts, etc.
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Sarah says: (12:54PM on Jul 3rd 2009) Vote Up Vote DownReport2/5
Wall street journal wrote an interesting article and talked about technologies which are repalcing monster and careerbuilder -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204475004574126832685403014.html
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