Free Sites Make It easy
More and more companies and search firms are using tools like Talenthook and Infogist to search the web and job boards for resumes. They do so because these tools allow a company to locate resumes that fit their requirements on multiple job boards and websites concurrently and then send an email to them requesting the individual to contact them This is an enormous time saver for businesses.
But the problem still remains the results of all contacts. The major job boards fill fewer than 10% of available positions! They fail more than 90% of the time! Even if you believe that employment firms who advertise there and fill jobs should be included in the number of jobs filled and add every single position that employment agencies and search firms fill into the job board number, both categories fill no more than one third of all available jobs.
Part of the reason for that is that job boards are so expensive. To purchase access to the resume data base of one the major job boards, a firm must be willing to spend $100000 - $25000. How many small to midsized firms, the place where most of the major job creation has been in the
One way you can get your resume found by these firms is to have your resume posted on the web. If you have your own website, you create a page within your domain, optimize it for search engines, robots and spiders and get yourself found.
If you don’[t have a website, Microsoft and Google, to name a few will provide you with a free website where you can register a domain or an address to have your resume hosted. Microsoft’s service is located at http://www.office.live.com. There you can register a domain of your choosing (as long as it is available) and get your resume online.
Google’s PageCreator will offer you a sub domain of Google (www.yourname.google.com) Neither software they offer is sensational but they will do the job.
Using tools like Talenthook and Infogist, or just searching using The Resume Universe or Google will go a long way toward helping you add choices to your job search and more businesses being able to find you . . . for free!
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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If you would like Jeff and his firm to assist you with hiring staff, or if you would like help with a strategic job change, send an email to him at jeffaltman@cisny.com (If you’re looking for a new position, include your resume).
