Business owners or recruiters who have the task of looking for and hiring qualified employees have normally gone to the local paper or go online for their employer job posting. Businesses looking for job seekers have also gone to free job posting sites to cut costs. Savvy business owners have done their searches by using these free online resume databases. Searching online resume databases present plenty of advantages, compared to other methods of finding job seekers.
Searching online databases have the advantages of being easy to search and being able to filter unqualified applicants more easily. Online resume databases are presented in different formats, depending on the website. Some sites let the user access the CVs which are in the websites own database, whilst other sites function as search engines and troll the internet for resumes. Whatever the system used, these websites have enabled search functions based on keywords, job titles, post codes and other pertinent data to show only the CVs that meet the specified criteria. Filtering CVs this way shows fewer results for unqualified candidates. Some sites also post qualifying questions for job seekers uploading their resumes so that employers can more easily search the site based on categories.
When an employer posts a job listing, there is always the risk of being inundated with thousands of resumes. This occurrence has become known to job boards and employers as resume spam. Wading through this electronic flood of data is a task that even the most meticulous person will find taxing. A lot of job seekers, often through desperation, will apply for any job they can find, even if they do not meet the requirements posted by the employer. Not surprisingly, a significant number of applications are made up of these unqualified applicants. Just as technology has made it easier for employers to look for applicants, so has this very same technology allowed job seekers to submit their CVs to hundreds of job sites. Fortunately, well designed sites can automatically weed out these unqualified applicants by working on the keyword phrases the user has been asked to input. Based on these keywords, the job posting and the qualified applicant are easily matched.
The better free job posting sites let a recruiter or employer register in just a few steps. There is no need to fill out multi part forms to advertise your listing. These job sites also make it very easy for job seekers to submit their CVs and offer search by keywords, geographical location or industry sectors. By making it easy for job seekers to upload their resumes, these free job posting sites are assured of an extensive database, which benefits the recruiter or employer. The fact that you are able to post your job opening for at least a week without paying for anything gives the employer a significant advantage compared to pay per click sites which have upfront fees.
With a little research, the recruiter can decide which free sites offer the best employer job posting resources. Free job posting sites are very helpful and cost effective, especially for companies with budgetary constraints. Recruiters or employers, on the other hand, need to be aware of some habits that they may have developed over time which negatively impact the employee search. One of these is in reading emails and putting off action on what to do about the email. There may be a need to answer a question, schedule an interview or reject somebody outright. Delaying action on an email can waste a significant amount of time and resources when required action is deferred for several days due to procrastination. It is good office practice to take action on an email once it is read, even if the action to take is just to delete the email. When a recruiter allows personal biases to intrude on his decision making, poor decisions will be made. A recruiter who gives in to biases may reject well qualified job seekers due to misguided judgments brought about by personal biases. A recruiter must be made aware of this possibility and good recruiters will always consult colleagues when in doubt.
