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Job Seekers Succeed Online
Newspaper audience is the same but more jobs are found online
By Ben Macklin – Senior Analyst
A new report from the Conference Board hows that over 70% of US job seekers use both the newspaper and the Internet to find jobs. In contrast, networking or using an employment agency is far less popular.
The survey also found that among respondents who received a job offer, 38% felt that their offer resulted from their Internet search, a far higher percentage than those who felt the newspaper resulted in a job offer. Perhaps the more sophisticated search ability of online job sites allows job seekers to more easily match their skills to the jobs available. The efficiency by which online job seekers can search, find and respond to job ads is also likely to be an important factor in the higher success rate of online job sites over alternative sources of job ads.
The two leading online job sites in the US are CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com, with each attracting approximately five million unique visitors each week. Yahoo! HotJobs attracts one-fifth that number of visitors, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.
The Internet has transformed classified advertising, particularly jobs, automobiles and real estate. eMarketer estimates that online classified advertising will grow to $4 billion in 2010, up from $2.1 billion in 2005.
Corra is aware of the convenience of the range of online job search ads. We have come a long way since the old days when you scanned your morning newspaper in search of work. For the job seeker, especially those who are willing to relocate, online job hunting displays positions all over the country and around the world. By listing keywords, you can search your special or seek positions where your skill sets may transfer successfully.
For Human Resources, it means casting a wider net for your job candidates. It means being able to review a detailed resume before you ever need to contact the potential candidate. You can consider them or not, without much fanfare.
Nevertheless, it always pays to run a background check. You can run a criminal check in someone’s home county or the counties where he or she has lived for the past seven years. In certain cases it pays to run a Nationwide or Statewide criminal search as well as a Social Security Trace. Running Credit Reports can be very important.
So, especially when your candidate has found his job on the internet and is considering relocating, run a thorough series of preemployment screenings. As Corra says, check them out before you hire.
