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Chapter 20, Online Career Services

Outline20.1 Introduction20.2 Resources for the Job Seeker20.3 Online Opportunities for Employers

20.3.1 Posting Jobs Online20.3.2 Problems with Recruiting on the Web20.3.3 Diversity in the Workplace20.3.4 Recruiting Services20.3.5 Testing Potential Employees Online

20.4 Online Career Sites20.4.1 Comprehensive Career Sites20.4.2 Technical Positions20.4.3 Contracting Online20.4.4 Executive Positions20.4.5 Students and Young Professionals20.4.6 Other Online Career Services

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20.1 Introduction

• Large, comprehensive job sites • Interest-specific job sites • Online recruiting services streamline the hiring

process • Allow job seekers to concentrate their energies in

careers that are of interest to them • Entry-level positions

– Positions commonly sought by individuals who are entering a specific field or the job market for the first time

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20.2 Resources for the Job Seeker

• Reduces the amount of time spent applying for a position

• Job seekers can request a specific position in a specific industry through a search engine

• Intelligent agents– Designed by the job seeker to find positions that match their

requirements

• Resume submission and storage• Employment networks

– Vault.com– Wetfeet.com

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20.2 Resources for the Job Seeker

The Monster.com home page. (Courtesy of Monster.com.)

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20.3 Online Opportunities for Employers

• Potentially large pool of applicants• Cost of posting• Maintaining human-to-human contact in addition

to online recruiting efforts• Increasing office diversity • Enhancing the corporate culture

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20.3 Online Opportunities for Employers

FlipDog.com job search. (Courtesy of FlipDog.com)

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20.3.1 Posting Jobs Online

• Requires careful planning• Fee-based postings

– $100-$200

– Postings typically remain on the Web site for 30–60 days

– Be careful to post to sites that are most likely to be visited by eligible candidates

• Consider the vast number of postings already on the Web

• Define what makes your position unique

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20.3.1 Posting Jobs Online

• Online career sites– Monster.com– JobFind.com– HotJobs.com– CareerPath.com– America’s Job Bank

– CareerWeb

– Jobs.com– Career.com

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20.3.2 Problems with Recruiting on the Web

• Resume filtering software– Scans a pool of resumes for keywords that match the job

description

– Increases the number of resumes that receive some attention

– Might overlook someone with similar skills to those listed in the job description

– Digital transmissions can also create problems as certain software platforms are not always acceptable by the recruiting software

– Confidentiality is an issue for job seekers

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20.3.3 Diversity in the Workplace

• Corporate culture– Responsibilities, employees, schedules, deadlines and

projects that contribute to the working environment

• Enhances creativity and enthusiasm• Demographic-specific career sites

– Blackvoices.com– Hirediversity.com – The Diversity Directory

– BilingualJobs.com

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20.3.3 Diversity in the Workplace

Career opportunities at BlackVoices. (Courtesy ofBlackVoices.com.)

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20.3.4 Recruiting Services

• Match individuals to positions• Time saving• Making the best match possible• Recruiting services and software

– Advantage Hiring, Inc.

– Recruitsoft.com– Peoplescape.com – SkillsVillage.com– Hire.com– MorganWorks.com– Futurestep.com

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20.3.4 Recruiting Services

Advantage Hiring, Inc.’s Net-Interview™ service. (Courtesy ofAdvantage Hiring, Inc.)

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20.3.5 Testing Potential Employees Online

• Decision making, problem solving and personality• Reduce the cost of in-house testing and to make

the interview process more effective • eTest

– Skills assessment

– Tips for interviewing the candidate

• Career placement exercises

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20.4.1 Comprehensive Career Sites

• Comprehensive career sites– Monster.com– JobsOnline.com– HotJobs.com– Jobtrak.com – Headhunter.net– CruelWorld

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20.4.1 Comprehensive Career Sites

Cruel World online career services. (Courtesy of Cruel World, Inc.)

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20.4.2 Technical Positions

• Technical positions– Technical positions are among the most widely available

– Limited job loyalty and high turnover rates

– Dice.com– JustComputerJobs.com – HireAbility.com– Bid4Geeks.com– HotDispatch.com

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20.4.3 Contracting Online

• Allows businesses to post positions for which they want to hire outside resources, and individuals can identify projects that best suit their interests, schedules and skills on a project-by-project basis

• Contracting sites– Guru.com– Monster.com’s Talent Market– eLance.com– FreeAgent

– eWork Exchange

– MBAFreeAgent.com

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20.4.3 Contracting Online

eLance.com request for proposal (RFP) example. (Courtesy of eLance, Inc.)

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20.4.4 Executive Positions

• Extensive process• Must exercise a higher level of caution• Requires more specific criteria• Executive sites

– SixFigureJobs

– Execunet.com– Monster.com’s ChiefMonster

– Nationjob.com

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20.4.5 Students and Young Professionals

• Individuals still in school and seeking internships, college graduates and young professionals

• Review previous intern experiences• Matching positions to college or university major• Young professional Web sites

– Experience.com– Internshipprograms.com– The Princeton Review

– Campuscareercenter.com– Brassringcampus.com

– Collegegrads.com

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20.4.6 Other Online Career Services

• Resume design• Calculating relocation expenses• Calculating expected income

– Salary.com

• Career matching services– CareerPower.com

• Interviewing techniques and training