FINAL WORD ON JOB BOARDS There are few, if any, good books written about using the Internet to search for jobs. I believe that like many things, (fishing seems easy until you compete in a Bass Pro Tournament) searching for a job on the Internet looks easy so why take time to read a book on recruiting on the Internet. Barnes and Nobles has an in-house paperback job book on how to conduct a job search in general but like so many it seems to concentrate on resumes and traditional job search methods. There is a book written for third party and corporate recruiters called RECRUITING ON THE WEB by Michael Foster (he is the CEO of AIRS, the largest Internet recruitment training company world wide). AIRS charges recruiters at least a thousand dollars to attend a training session that is covered in each chapter and there are 16 chapters (do the math) so becoming the complete Internet recruiter is not cheep compared to the book price. But again, I come not to bury Caesar but to praise him.
By purchasing RECRUITING ON THE WEB for a mere $24.95 plus tax and shipping (most book stores do not have the book so you'll probably have to go to Amazon) you too can learn how to be an Internet Recruiter. You are probably asking yourself why do I want to be an Internet Recruiter (actually you're probably asking why I am I reading this and is he associated with AIRS? - NO). By reading a book on Internet Recruiting (or at least browsing it) you can learn the tricks the recruiters are using and through reverse engineering the recruitment process you can become a very marketable and savvy candidate. In chapter ten of his book, Michael Foster lists the big three job boards; Monster.com, Yahoo! HotJobs, and CareerBuilder, and then comments "Pricing: It's becoming expensive to post lots of job on the big boards even after negotiating volume-rate posting contracts. As a result many large companies are rationing job postings to fewer than 25 percent of their open jobs -and that delta is liable to be even wider for cash-constrained smaller companies who pay retail." He goes on to tell the recruiters, and indirectly the job seekers, how to take advantage of the major job boards. In the next chapter he talks about utilizing niche job boards, which is a good thing for all candidates to understand. In chapter 13 he discusses Resumes and Home Pages on the Web. Finally, don't fool yourself into believing all you need to do is place your resume on one of the big three job boards and wait. You may be waiting a long time. Just using the Internet effectively in you job search, and it definitely should be used, can require some serious research and time.
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