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I am the director of career services at a major internet portal that caters to the military audience. We have recently launched a job posting/recruitment service for employers and the attitude among e
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Perceptions of Job Boards
posted at 3/27/2001 8:34 PM EDT
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I am the director of career services at a major internet portal that caters to the military audience. We have recently launched a job posting/recruitment service for employers and the attitude among employers is wait and see because of past experiences with other job boards/services. My question to this community is:
1) What is the number one complaint among staffing professionals when using internet job boards? 2) How do you recommend we mitigate fears among staffing professionals? (be advised that giving materials away free diminishes the perceived value) 3) How is success ultimately measured? Thanks for your thoughts! |
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Perceptions of Job Boards
posted at 3/29/2001 4:03 AM EDT
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First: 6/14/1999 Last: 4/25/2001 |
If my experiences mirror those of other staffing folks, then the biggest complaint about job boards is that there's so many of them out there that are pretty much worthless. Even boards that seem specific for a particular industry need often don't produce resumes.
Pardon our skepticism, but I get at least 2 calls per week about one board or another that promises to fulfill our staffing fantasies but, when theyr'e actually checked out, there's nothing there. Number two complaint is that most of us have probably signed up for more resume databases that we can use anyway. I subscribe to monster, headhunter and hotjobs but use monster almost exclusively - it's bigger, more targetted to high tech engineers and I'm getting over 80% of our hires off it. 2) Mitigating fears? We're a cynical bunch, I think. I suspect that you'll be much more effective if you target companies most likely to want ex military. Texas Instruments used to love ex-military folks when they did defense; possibly companies like General Dynamics, Litton, Lockheed, Raytheon would be good prospects. 3. Easy. Number of hires off the service. That's really the only measure of success. |
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Perceptions of Job Boards
posted at 4/2/2001 6:39 AM EDT
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1. the biggest complaint I hear from my recruiting staff is the volume of resumes received--most of which are untargeted
2. good question--there are so many job boards out there, most companies are all set...perhaps just targeting first the employers who most likely would hire those folks you are placing... 3. the success is measured by hire or interview rates...we have had great success with two major job boards and do not need others at this time... good luck! |
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Perceptions of Job Boards
posted at 4/22/2001 7:01 PM EDT
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First: 9/30/2000 Last: 8/19/2011 |
Job boards attract more individuals, no doubt, but isn't that what you ultimately want to do?
Sure, you could place an ad in the paper, and you'd still be going through a number of resumes that don't meet your qualifications. So now you've broadened your horizons. A paper can only reach so many people. Isn't your ultimate goal to get the best? Does that not mean you want to reach out to a large group so you can make your selection? Your criteria for selection does not change, so don't belittle the source. The only question may be your ability to sucessfully screen. Give the world out there a chance! We recently advertised a job in the career section of our paper, and ventured out into the wild world web. We tallied where the resumes came from, and how many from where were selected for an interview. The web wone! Put your fears to rest, and do the best recruiting that you can. |
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Perceptions of Job Boards
posted at 5/1/2001 12:49 AM EDT
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1. Job boards, such as Monster, are helpful if you use the feature to narrow your search.
2. Biggest problem are folks who don't meet requirements as stated in the ad, but have the "it can't hurt to try" attitude. 3. I would say the success rate is measured by not only the cost to hire, but also retention. |
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