Conducting The Job Search Campaign

Featured Article & Resume Writer: Diane Burns

Everywhere you look there are posters that read: "Now Hiring" or "Immediate Employment Opportunities." The major Internet career web sites boast thousands of open positions (monster.com, 310,000, updated daily; careermosiac.com, 135,000 listings, updated daily). Sunday classifieds are full, and job unemployment is a record low. The average American accepts a new job about every 3.6 years; those in dot.coms change jobs about once a year. AT&T receives an average of 3,000 resumes daily, and Microsoft received 1.5 million resumes in 1999. The incredible increase in companies receiving so many resumes is due to the advent of career job boards. When candidates input their resumes to an Internet job board, they are sending them to potentially hundreds of recruiters or companies, depending on matching keywords.

Monster.com conducted a survey of 54,000 people in spring 2000 and 13% reported receiving their last job from the Internet. This number is high, considering most jobs (80-95%) are still obtained through networking. Due to the high number of resumes being received, creating an almost overwhelming task for recruiters and hiring managers who review resumes, job seekers still need to network their way into the Human Resources department of the company they wish to work for. [Continue reading...]

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