Today, a lot of companies post "help wanted" notices on the Web as often as they put up signs or classified ads. This allows people who are looking for jobs to find what they need simply with a Web search engine.
"[Web-listing] allows for more focused recruiting. It narrows the search process and is fast becoming the premier tool in job placements," said Kathy Sims, the director of UCLA's career center. "[Employers] can recruit all types of students--not just the techie ones--through the Web."
A 1995 graduate of Boston University named Jason Jenkins had a lot of praise for job-searching on the Web.
"I could have easily found a job without ever doing a mass resume' mailing or looking at a newspaper," Jenkins said. "On the Internet, you're not limited to geographic regions and it eliminates so many steps. It's much faster, and the response time is quicker."
Not only can people look for job openings on the web, Internauts can post their personal data sheets for everyone on the Web, including potential employers, to see. One senior at the University of Virginia, Frank Llosa, said his Web resume' received 2,000 visits and over 100 replies in one month. So far, Llosa's online resume' has gotten him an internship with a Web Publishing company and several job leads.
Even though job-searching through the Web and Internet can be a highly effective means of finding employment, job-seekers should remember that the Web is by definition unpredictable and random. For example, Llosa found out that one of the job leads he took seriously had come from a 16-year old girl using her mother's computer.
(Source: Rush, Colleen. "Job Download," U. Magazine March 1996, pg. 16.)
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