DISQUS

Bret · 2 years ago

I agree, the online job market (e.g. Monster.com etc) just doesn't work. I haven't tried many of these sites but the few I did just aren't fine tuned enough or get fine tuned too much in the wrong areas. If I'm searching for a job I want the flexibility to select a location from as broad as a region (e.g. Northeast U.S.) or as specific as a town (e.g. Sometown, MA U.S.) but I don't want to get forced into a specific location search unless I want that. After that I want to search based on a ranking of specific skill sets (e.g. Java programming most important skill, C++ programming next important etc). I don't want to find jobs that "mention" Java when I want a Java programming job. Most of the job sites I've seen in the past just seem to lump all listings into a single bucket from which you search and get all matches regardless how appropriate.

The other reason I believe the online job market has failed has to do with the people behind the scenes reviewing a response to a listing: the Human Resource department. I have yet to find a company with a good HR department. They're similar to that recruiter in the video: they just don't understand. And these are the people on the first line of response review which means your chances of getting your resume in the hands of the hiring manager is a complete roll of the dice.

The current online job market has done nothing more than take the old fashioned printed job listing and put it to the web. That is soooooo Web 1.0.

bk · 2 years ago

Well I just got a significant pay raise and responsibility bump through a job posting on dice.com.

I may have to relocate in the near future and I already have two offers in the area I am looking to move.

Goodarticle · 2 years ago

Good article on the whole. When I was doing the job search thing after college and then after law school I found the exact same thing: all the big job sites were worthless and filled with job spam, and temp agencies. The descriptions were meaningless and designed for people to self-select out, to artificially limit the number of resumes they would receive. The two most promising prospects (and the job I am currently working at) were posted on a headhunter's site and on craigslist. I took the job on craigslist. Cragislist seemed to have the most "real" job postings as opposed to Monster which had the fewest. Most were just recruiters/temp agencies looking for suits to stock their stables. NOT what any real job-seeker is looking for. The job website paradigm is definitely broken. This would be a great realm for web2.0 services to intervene I think. Tagging jobs by candidates could really help to weed out the cruft I would imagine.

Jane · 2 years ago

I "ninety-nine percent" agree with this. When I graduated from college, I began the job search with online job boards, including Craigslist. Most of the postings were simply awful. I felt like I was applying for the same thing over and over again, which I probably was.

Things were getting bad, until 2am on a Wednesday when I came across a job post that was obviously written by someone who loved their company and wanted a good person to join their team. The post was about three pages long.

I applied (along with about 100 other people) and ended up getting the job. However, I waded through six thousand tons of crap to get that one good listing.

Nolon · 2 years ago

My problem with the online job market isn't just that. Say for the low income guy who needs to just get by on a job at the local shopping mart. Maybe a job as a cook or just something low income. I find it difficult to do this. You have to manually go through putting out your name,ssn,bd,etc.. Over and over and over again. Then worst of all. You have to fill out those stupid surveys. So do you know a friend who smokes pot ? Agree. Strong Agree,etc. Worst of all this seems to be more of the thing to do by employers as computers become their way of making you apply. The surveys are a waste of time and don't accurately portray the person their hiring anyways because it's a false sense of something your not. You have to give options based on forced answers that they give you to choose instead of allowing you the employee to voice your opinion. But worst of all is this same test is close to the same test ran by every other employer. Lets not forget that the reason more then likely we have to fill out application by application is because of that stupid little agreement to the company you make. Where you sign your name and read their rules. Thats all fine. But just give me those rules to all those companies in one paragraph. Very annoying and there just has to be a more stream lined way someone can make this work. Maybe I fill out one application agree to all these various companies bs. Then fill out one of their lame surveys. Which should however be changed to benefit the employee to his or her best answer choice. Not by their forced choices. I just want something simple. Fortunately I'm going off to drive truck. So though it's a job with a learning curve. I don't have to deal with the bs these low income places make you put up with.

Darren · 2 years ago

That's why business like Vurv Technology (http://www.vurv.com) and Taleo (http://www.taleo.com) are so important.

#1 They provide tools which better equip companies to identify top candidates (internal or external).

#2 The portals (at least with Vurv) are completely customizable allowing the company to truly express their personality in the layout and design.

Steve · 2 years ago

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Jason Kerr · 2 years ago

Your 9 reasons are good, and of course the real question you ask is, why even have job postings at all?

Free or not, job boards simply do not work.

Surely technology is good enough now to deliver a solution that can simply match the right people to the right openings without anyone having to post a wanted ad, search for jobs, or waste any time.

Most of the new generation ‘recruiting’ website we see today, seem to be designed as a popular online ‘trendy’ destination to capture lots of people, and then they try and ‘shoehorn’ recruiting in around them.

Lets face it, the problem of recruiting will only be resolved when someone first builds a solution to attack the problem or recruiting itself. Think in terms of both the job seekers and the employers, and resolve their recruiting problems.

So my job is simple:

1) To provide a way for working people to anonymously keep an eye out for their ideal job offer

2) To implement a technology that objectively measures every candidate equally, globally, for every search, and only connects both parties when there is a high level of mutual interest

3) To make this technology available to every employer, and make it so every employer can access, use and benefit from it to perform knowledgeable, fair and good recruits, without training or expertise

4) To change recruitment globally


QuietAgent.com

A) The Job Seeker sets their ideal job offer and enters a few basic details

B) The job seeker remains totally anonymous

C) The employer picks from thousands of search templates, or creates their own search criteria

D) The search returns a shortlist of anonymous people who are good matches for the job. It never shortlists a job seeker unless they would consider working for the employer

E) The employer invites one or more anonymous job seekers to talk

F) The employer pays a small fee for the job seekers that accepts their invite


There is a lot more to it in the background, but essentially, in this world of Web 2.0 and what we can now do with technology; there is no need for a job classified, a job board or a job search. Surly two parties can simply state what they desire, and be instantly connected if both the party’s needs are met.


Cheers,

Jason Kerr
CEO
QuietAgent.com

Steven Spielberg · 2 years ago

You guys are good.

Wanna be in my movie?

John · 2 years ago

I think the online job market is just a reflection of real life. You've got to work hard to find something that's worth doing. And many high quality people use the internet as a job-searching tool!

Chris LLorca · 2 years ago

I couldn't agree more. I am currently looking for work in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and the Bay Area and all these jobs I've applied to online seem to be staffing agencies. I finally got my first call from a company in Virginia trying to fill a position in San Francisco. Talk about frustrating. The person on the other end only had about 4 questions about my familiarity with open source technologies, and when I expanded on my experience and knowledge she didn't think I was qualified. Its a damn shame that the market has to be like this right now, and since sending my resume to what seems to be 8 million companies, I'm beginning to get very frustrated and am starting to go through my network to see if anyone can help me in my job search.

Personally, I think that all of the online job boards that have popped up all over the internet have created an entirely new market for staffing agencies. I think the best idea for a company looking for potential candidates would simply be on their web site in the "careers" section. This way people who are already interested in their products can potentially work for those very same companies.

Anyhow, great article, and again I couldn't agree more.

Hopefully some employers out in San Francisco / Palo Alto come across my comment and feel like giving me a glance over :D

My resume can be found on my web site http://ChrisLLorca.com/resume

Thanks for the great read!

Chris

Chris Brogan... · 2 years ago

This is a great example of how Internet video can improve the future of job hunting. I'm really excited to see this. With Video On the Net coming in a few weeks to San Jose, California, it's neat to see yet another way that video transported over the broadband Internet will impact our world.

webpodge · 2 years ago

I wholeheartedly agree. Is it just me or does every job board feel like a complete waste of time. Clicking a job link and then submitting your email to an endless blackhole, no thank you. Got something in the works though...=)

Chris LLorca · 2 years ago

webpodge,

I literally spent every waking hour for 72 hours straight sifting through page after page of job opportunities, writing a personalized cover letter to each and every single one of them. After my eyes dried out I would finally pass out. My fiance said I woke her several times because I was literally typing in my sleep.

Oh yeah, and Yahoo!Hot Jobs has 45 pages of Google/Yahoo! job postings before you get to any other companies... and they add about 1000 jobs a day, which is nice, but it would be better if they would read my resume and maybe call once in a while. :D

-Chris

Drew from Zhrodague · 2 years ago

Broken job boards, and low-quality recruiters are some of the reasons that I started the Recruiter-Rater website (http://recruiter-rater.zhrodague.net). Monster.com sends out spam, HR people can't articulate job requirements, and applicants are expected to type every detail into little boxes in a poorly-designed web-form. Rather than an online bitch session, this website is geared towards identifying jobboard spam, phishers, and other scams.

I've been applying for contract jobs online for 7 years now, and I have never secured a gig that way. I still get my jobs from people I know, or people who know of me. Good luck, jobseekers!

Matthew Brandabur · 2 years ago

Great article. Flash forward N years to the next headline - "Video Job Ads Are Broken".
Technology people love to try to use technology to solve problems - but not all of them can be solved that way. Personal networks are still the way most people get hired.

Bill Denham · 2 years ago

I run a niche engineering site, Engineering Central (http://www.engcen.com/) and I agree with many of the problems mentioned above about job boards, including ours. However, how do you fix the problem? For instance, the problem of recruiters or HR people not getting back to applicants - can the job board control that? The idea of job ad tagging would mean that if you were interested in a job everybody and his dog would apply for it too and you would have more competition and would have less chance of getting that good job you wanted.

The applicant screening programs many companies use are an attempt to cut down on the number of unqualified resumes they get. There is a real problem there, but I believe these programs are counter-productive since many of the more qualified candidates will not bother jumping through the hoops and also because the applicant screening program may actually filter out qualified candidates.

I would be interested in any ideas anyone might have for what a job board could do to improve the situation. Obviously, less advertising both on the web and via email would be one of them. I see the point of that, but you also have to remember that job boards are in business to make money, and that advertising may be a vital part of their income. That said, I think there needs to be a balance between the usability of the site for users and the potential income generated by advertising. For us, that means no pop-ups and no email about third-party products or services. However, we do have Google ads and ads for other services on our site.

Michael Bannen · 2 years ago

Job search and recruiting are fundamentally broken. We've spent almost 2 years figuring out, systematically, practically, from the ground up, how to fix the process.

If there are any firebreathing software developers or Web designs in San Diego, Fort Collins or Denver interested in joining the cause, please send your resume and favorite quote to mbannen@yahoo.com (I'll respond with my corporate email account).

Quinn · 2 years ago

There are certainly problems with the process of finding employment online. The comment that many of the best candidates don't even post their resumés online is well-taken. This is where professional recruiters, who have extensive contacts within particular industries, and among job seekers and their own personal networks, can be invaluable.

However, I want to add that except for maybe web startups that exist in a utopia, video job postings and similar methods aren't really going to work. I am a headhunter, and professional recruiters (both internal corporate types and headhunters) can post upwards of dozens of jobs per day, and also need to filter resumés/CVs, contact applicants, screen and interview, negotiate, etc. Few of them would have the time or equipment resources to make video job postings.

Having said that, I'm all for methods that allow job seekers and hiring managers to connect more quickly. In today's working world, professional third-party recruiters are an effective recruitment solution, but I would never stand in the way of progress in this area. If my field becomes obsolete, I will absolutely move on.

Shannon Russell · 2 years ago

Job seeking is hard; I wish more employers would give seekers more feedback; I think that would go a long way to making it more bearable.

For the small businesses out there, PowerHires offers powerful, easy to use applicant tracking so that you you don't have to deal with the resume spam mentioned above and can easily prescreen applicants.

http://www.powerhires.com/solutions.php?s=insti...

And we make it easy to send those rejection notices so that your candidates know where they stand. It might seem odd, but they'll thank you for the rejection.

Sponge Bob · 2 years ago

The broken job web sites made me so irritated that right before reading this article I started thinking of making a free guerrilla website (or just web walking scripts) that filtered out all the "spam" listings from a major job website, i.e. all the recruiters and contract agencies. This because none of these sites let you do this and sometimes you would like just see how many "real" jobs there are out there.

pcwork · 2 years ago

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dave · 2 years ago

This is very true, and it got me thinking about how the whole online job market could be improved. The problem is the flat structure for both employers and job-seekers. The job market should be more like Everquest than MySpace.
Hmmm. I think someone needs to bring some hard core science/technology to the problem...

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

Dave - thanks for the comment.

An Everquest job market eh? Well I imagine companies will get on Second Life eventually and hold virtual job fairs...

I don't think it's a technology issue per se, I think it's an issue of the way people think. We've been hiring and getting hired the same way for so long, no one has stepped up and changed that.

I know there are companies that work on matching people with employers through technology but at the end of the day don't we hire people because they're a good fit, after we have a couple conversations with them? (or at least, shouldn't we do it that way?)

Guest · 2 years ago

I've build five companies on my own and spent the last ten years interviewing about 4000 people for one of the fastest growing companies on Wall Street. They are the biggest asset management firms in the world, called BlackRock, Inc. As the founders of BlackRock have said to me, how come you can discover the greatest talent that other's can't Ev? Its because I go beneath the surface.

The truly successful people are team players, driven by the desire for excellence, not by their ego or by the desire just be great...but to be of genuine value. Those that are driven by ego are pompous and become a cancer. 80% of the people looking for a job, generally have interpersonal skill problems...which means they haven't done the necessary internal excavation.

The 20% that are looking are generally good talent in the wrong organization, on other words a bad fit. The truth is great talent isn't looking.

Large search firms business models restrict their profitability goals from ever rendering excellent service....nor do they really know how! They call and say to the candidate, "hi, I have a job at so and so..." I know, they have called me years ago. That's not recruiting. That's stupidity.

Great employees are genuine and authentic in their generosity of human spirit. They are exceedingly passionate in their pursuit of excellence. That’s the true secret of greatness.

supergrover · 2 years ago

I've recently begun looking for a senior level position (VP/CIO) having moved to a new city. I posted on job boards, signed with placement firms like RH, Teksystems, etc. and nothing except idiot HR departments not understanding the value of a seasoned professional. I finally received the phone calls I wanted, but it took over two months of wasted time from recruiters and HR departments calling me asking if I would take a job for 90k. I would usually reply, "so this is part time, right?"

Recruiters are taking 20% and up for placement and they hardly do anything for that money other than clog the system. Meanwhile employers are starving for employees but don't want to pay that silly premium. I have had placement firms send me resumes for developers with only 2 years professional experience asking for over 60 bucks an hour. I told them to get off the crack pipe, learn how to do their job, and find me real candidates.

Daniel R. Sweet · 2 years ago

We spend most of our time talking about resumes, how to interview, how candidates can separate themselves from one another, etc.

But the reality of it is that, as this post points out, the employers have probably less of a clue about the hiring process than the candidates. But, since they're the ones with the money, we let that side of the equation atrophy.

I wholeheartedly agree with all of the above (except for part of #5 - there are plenty of great workers who have no idea how to find a job if they get surprised by a layoff).

The real question is what can really be done to fix the situation? Most employers don't *want* to change, regardless of how much money it's costing them.

There is a slow, below-the-surface revolution going on in the employment space right now. I'm waiting for the company that pops out with something that revolutionizes everything.

It hasn't happened yet (mainly because people are still thinking too much about the old model), but it will.

It's an exciting (and, perhaps, scary) time to be in the employment field!

Dan

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

Dan - thanks for the comment, very much appreciated.

Let's hope Standout Jobs is the company you're looking for!

I think employers will change once they're given great alternatives to what they're doing - stuff that's interesting, effective, fun and low cost vs. reward.

Steve · 2 years ago

@Darren
You ever use the Vurv product? Obviously not, on the outside talk it up good and the marketing is good but it is a waste of alot of time and alot of money from my experience. It is so hard to use you have to pay to get trained and pay more to upgrade and pay even more to convert your data into the system and pay to get it out if you want out. Do yourself a favor and stick with open web based systems.

Emily · 2 years ago

The job market has been messed up for a long time. The most qualified people don't get the jobs, the extroverts who sell themselves get them. Us introverted people who have good skills but are a bit shy get left out in the cold and end up having to go through staffing companies. Maybe when we as a society start to realize that being extroverted and having sales skills do not necessarily equal being skilled in all things, maybe then the job market will actually work.

sites de busca · 2 years ago

Great post Ben. Agree 100% with your 9 reasons. I've used Monster.com, TotalJobs and other big job boards and it is usually a very frustrating experience. Smaller ones that serve niches are usually much better.

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

sites de busca - did you use those sites as an employer or candidate or both?

sites de busca · 2 years ago

Hi Ben,

I've used as a candidate. I believe that niche job boards can provide a more tailored service - consequently better on helping you finding a real potential job.

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

sites de busca - thanks for the input. I agree that niche job boards are better, but I still think they do very little to truly differentiate companies.

busybutlistening · 2 years ago

I definitely agree. I waste so much time posting jobs to monster, craigslist, facebook, etc and nothing works well. I still have the most success with recruiters who reduce the noise of terrible applicants. Its 2007-we don't need a human 3rd party anymore!

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

@busybutlistening - Good recruiters can definitely reduce the noise but they're also very expensive which can be prohibitive for a lot of companies, especially if they're hiring quite a few people / growing quickly.

What's your take on that aspect of the recruiting business?

El Yanqui · 2 years ago

I have become completely disenchanted with the online job recruiting boards. It becomes a full time job simply to avoid the spam and somehow make your own CV noticeable in a sea of spam. I've gone back to the old fashioned way of using the Yellow Pages and sending my CV out to everyone in my field.

hans gieskes · 2 years ago

your comments make sense, principal reason for both resume spam and job-swamp is technology: stupid search engines match people and jobs by search algorithms and thus can be fooled easily by both job seeker and employer.

People cannot be fooled so easily,they search & screen way better: referrals yield more than twice the number of hires than 40,000 job boards. (careerxroads.com survey)

Still thousands of people do find a job or a new hire through job boards, so they will not go away. The economics will get worse though with job posting becoming a commodity with facebook and Craigs list. Same for resume search. Monster revolutionized the world with thousands of people a day submitting resumes online as of 1999 - but look at facebook et al: 150,000 people a day join social networks, posting a public profile...

Stugatz · 2 years ago

Online job boards are fine in their current state. My last two employers found me via monster. In regards to number six in the original post, the easier the better. Its a waste of time to craft a cover letter and resume for EVERY job you apply to. If you do that you are lucky to get four resumes out a day and in reality your hand crafted resume ends up in the pile at the HR office. Its pointless. Its all about volume. You get enough resumes out there, and you get a hit. You send out 20-30 a day and you will get something. Thats EXACTLY what I did and it worked every time. The only time I will write custom resumes is when I find a job I really might like, other than that its point and click. Job hunting is a pain as it is, so why not make is less of a pain.

Dave Nofmeister · 2 years ago

As far as any experience that I've had, online job postings rarely work. I'm in IT, and typically I will see a posting on a site, and go after it, just to not get the job. Often I will be registered with a staffing service, and will get the same job I couldn't apply for directly 3 weeks later.

I've had the same job for the past 5 years, so fortunately, this hasn't been a problem for a while.

Marek · 2 years ago

I don't think it's that bad. In my opinion the major sites will survive for the very simple reason, lots of ppl get jobs through online job sites.

Derek Todom · 2 years ago

I don't even bother responding to job ads online anymore. It's going back to the old days. You gotta find a number and pick up the phone.

tramseyer · 2 years ago

Thanks Emily, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I could bore you with a list of reasons why I didn't learn many of the skills discussed here - networking, etc. - early on, but I didn't. I am an introvert, sometimes strongly.

Now I have a good beginning educational background, having finished my Masters in February, and I am learning/catching up on these soft skills.

But I have been unemployed for a very long time too, even with the temporary agencies.

I am disenheartened reading most of these comments; it is nice to know that I am not alone.

Quinn · 2 years ago

Theresa, your comment brings up another point worth considering - are the job boards broken, or are there just so many applications on them that recruiters have a glut of resumes to go through? Maybe you're the reason you can't find a job, not the job board.

tramseyer · 2 years ago

Quinn

I can see your point on your first question, especially around here, and would like more specifics on your second.

I am open for constructive suggestions, as mentioned above, I know I have much to learn (don't we all); and when you stop learning is when you really start losing it.

Have a good weekend.
Theresa

Travel Guy · 2 years ago

Ben, this was a good summary of why the whole internet job market doesn't work. It's completely saturated and everyone looks the same.

Also, most employers, HR departments and candidates lack the skills to accurately describe what they want, so everything sort of runs together and differentiation is hopelessly missing.

I think this video was an excellent attempt at trying to stand out. But only because I actually watched it. This approach will work for a while, but once everyone is doing it, things will be worse than they were before.

Main reason is you can't quickly scan through audio and video, so if they don't get indexed accurately, no one will ever listen or view them.

The indexing will require folks to do what they can't do anyway, which is describe what they want, so we're back to where we started.

Ben Yoskovitz · 2 years ago

@Travel Guy: Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I don't worry about "everyone doing it" because unlike text ads which are all the same, videos can be wildly different. Companies can take completely different approaches - be they longer, shorter, about a specific job, about the company, etc. So there's plenty of variety.

As well, I don't want candidates "quickly scanning" through anything - that's what leads to them randomly applying for jobs that might be fits, without really evaluating whether they want to work at that company. I want candidates taking the time to look into a company, and decide whether that company has done enough to attract them...

Steven · 2 years ago

I agree 110%,and have been urging the FTC to do something about some if not all of them.
I've never heard of anyone getting a job in this fashion.
I myself am seeking my last career as Iam 53,and I have found nothing but smoke and mirrors on these so called job search sites.
all the best

Michael · 2 years ago

We started bonfirejobs.com as an attempt to correct some of the problems in online recruitment.

Employers can search the resume database free of charge and only pay (the **candidate**) upon receiving results from the candidate they contact within 24-hours.

It is our belief that job seekers who post their resumes on a website should be compensated for their time.

Matthew · 1 year ago

The job market in general looks bleak. The best bet is to focus on developing your skills and education. There are professional career management companies you can consult so you can gain an extra competitive edge.

Phet · 1 year ago

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Dominic Roberts · 1 year ago

Do people really want to post video resumes of themselves on the web. i have worked with some good developers who were too shy to muster more than a couple of sentences at an interview but were good coders. I know that is industry specific and in many cases they wouldn't have got anywhere near an interview but it is the same for many people. It takes a lot more time and effort to put together a video resume of yourself than to do it on paper, and how are agencies going to search for your skills when they are in video format.
Web sites that tie your skills right in to you ronline profile will help agencies find the people faster and more effectively. Social Recruitment offers this and is as much the way forward as video resumes and video Ads will ever be.

Ben Yoskovitz · 1 year ago

@Dominic: I'm not a big fan of video resumes. I've said that before, and continue to say that because of the issues you bring up, and the legal issues as well. I DO think video job ads will become the norm for most companies. But video is just one tool, not THE tool that solves all recruiting problems.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Adam Right · 1 year ago

Having played the Monster game (as an Employer) and failed miserably to get enquiries from the kind of people with the experience and skills I require I agree totally that they make the application process way to easy.

Laveranues Pedigree · 1 year ago

I've used career building to great success. I definitely see how spammy everything has gotten for online jobs but it's still the best way in my mind to find a job without question.

Lorraine in NJ · 1 year ago

I more than have my answer now as to why most internet job postings (especially those by recruiters) are WORTHLESS. I was beginning to suspect something when after a month of applying for jobs I was "spot on" qualified for as the Brits would say, my phone wasn't ringing the next day, as it should have been.

These recruiters are really doing a disservice by scamming the public. Note to recruiters: If you advertise for a position and get a resume from someone doing exactly the same job AND they are a SUMMA CUM LAUDE graduate, RUN don't WALK to the phone and get them in front of your client! You get what you pay for, and this caliber deserves a higher pay rate. It's as simple as that. Want to impress your client ? Send them "top of the class" candidates.

If you can't walk the walk, (i.e. follow through with your posting) don't play games with people by wasting their time !!!

Doria · 1 year ago

Found this from Digg

Nicely done video and I think this is a good way to do marketing :)
Maybe I will tweak this idea a little bit and come up with something for our service.

Umm, about the job part.. well, join them or beat them.

Nadeesha Cabral · 1 year ago

Well, since you've put it that way, I believe that freelancers stand a good chance in capitalizing on this. But then again, I see HR in big companies slowly gaining momentum again. But, I could be wrong...

Santosh Koshy · 5 months ago

Nice article .. there are are job boards which are different from the classic you talked about.
www.jobsindubai.com for instance has a different technique all together - you might want to check it out ..

Ozgur · 5 months ago

Yeah, this sounds like my experience with online job boards. It took forever for me to get interviews from online job postings, and far too many of them are put out there by temp agencies, so once you interview with THEM, you're pretty much right back where you started until and unless they post you somewhere. At THAT point, you still have to interview with some other place anyway. I just make a living now working from home (see listed website), but I remember the annoyance that is the ever-deteriorating resource of online job boards.

morren · 3 weeks ago

Thank you for such a nice and good post. But I don't think online Job market is broken,even now a days also the job seekers going to job portals for Jobs.