: For Recruiters & Employers
Recruiting On-Line:
Using the Internet to Find New Employees
Questions to ask any Online Job Bank before posting in their pages
Employers, especially small to medium-sized businesses may find these resources to be
their best "bang for a buck" options, especially the professional associations. Many
operate their own online career centers and will post jobs and /or allow you access to their
resume databases for a very reasonable fee. You will also be speaking with a much smaller yet more highly-qualified candidate pool.
Sites like this can be found all over The
Riley Guide.
Once you add your jobs to your page, you must get the word out.
Talk with your IS personnel about using Forms via the Web for receiving
resumes. These provide a set format to be filled in, and will allow cut-and-paste from an applicant's
resume.However, still give applicants the option to email a plain-text resume in lieu of the
form.
Here's the really good news for those of you who are still leaning towards Fax
receipt of resumes. It's possible to allow both the email and form applications to load
directly into your resume management system. Many have already developed this capability,
so talk to your
vendor and your favorite, most helpful IS staff member.
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Online Job Banks ||
Targeted Specialty Sites ||
Your Company Web Pages ||
Marketing Your Listings
These are similar to the Sunday Help Wanted sections in major
newspapers. These services include the Careerbuilder.com,
Monster.com, and
US.Jobs (was JobCentral)
among many others. You can also use some of the multi-board posting services available, such as ZipRecruiter.
These include industry and association trade journals
(ComputerWorld),
sites dedicated to a specific audience, (Black Collegian),
targeted locations (CTJobs.com),or even supported groups of
professionals and similar services offered by the outplacement firms like
DBM, Lee Hecht Harrison,
Right Management Consultants, and other outplacement firms.
Many companies are adding their job openings to their corporate web pages,
and it is paying off.
On the Internet, it's not who you know, it's who
knows about you!
Resume Databases ||
Professional & Trade Associations ||
College Placement Centers & Alumni Associations ||
Diversity Candidates & Global Recruiting
You can find potential employees all over the Internet. Many will use
one of the several Resume Database and distribution services available through the major Job Banks
along with most of
the Industry or Occupational specialty sites.
And, of course, Mailing Lists offer networking
opportunities.
Many associations are now on-line and can
put you in contact with members who are looking for new opportunities.
The Scholarly
Societies Project is one way to locate these associations, and Yahoo
is another. The Riley Guide has many listed throughout the site.
Locate and connect with many of these through The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
or just check with your local colleges! Check the
College Alumni Association for more experienced candidates.
Look for Professional and Trade Associations dedicated to particular groups,
like the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Check collegiate web pages for the various Student Organizations on
campuses and look for Internet sites dedicated to diversity and
affinity groups. You may also find non-profit associations
just waiting to help you out.
When you start advertising jobs on-line, you should be prepared to accept
applications and resumes via Email. Always specify that the resume and letter/application
are plain text and are included in the body of the message unless you can handle attachments.
1. Managing the Mail
When you start letting folks email you their resume, expect a good response. So, a
few tips to control the incoming deluge.
2. Legal Implications of On-Line Recruiting
If you decide you are only going to recruit online from now on, you may be
lining yourself up for trouble down the road. While no one has yet been
hauled into court for violating any recruiting regulations in online recruiting,
today's lawsuit-filled atmosphere is keeping most HR legal counsel leaning
towards the side of extreme caution. All I can say is keep up with your
professional reading and follow any article talking about this issue with
extreme interest. SHRM
is keeping a close eye on this and other online issues, so if you aren't a
member you might consider the membership cost worth the information
investment.
3. Want a Consultant to Help You Out?
Mark Mehler and Gerry Crispin of CareerXRoads,
Pete Weddle, and Bill Vick are all experts in this area and are available to help you and your organization learn more about online recruiting and to create a strategy to best fit your needs.
4. Want to Know Who's Out There?
Interested in some demographics for the Internet? Trends and information
on users of the Internet can be found through a variety of sources.