Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Maximize Your Job Board Usage

Job boards are extremely popular for searching for jobs, but a much smaller percentage of people who search for jobs actually post a resume. Posted resumes allow recruiters to be active in a search rather than waiting for a reply to a job posting.

Job board packages are sold based on the number of seats that can search for jobs and the number of job postings. Job postings are the most expensive part of contract agreements and as a result, some recruiters may choose to search for resumes before putting a posting out to see if they can get any results. By choosing to put your resume on a job board, you are making yourself available to a group of recruiters who may not have seen you before.

Resume posting tips:
  1. Use keywords or buzzwords that will be picked up in a recruiter's search
  2. Update youre resume daily - it will show up as a new resume on the top of the list in the next recruiter's search. You don't have to make major changes, just a little character here or there to make the system think your resume is fresh.
  3. Treat your online profile as a marketing piece - sell yourself
  4. Never post anonymously. Confidential resume postings with blinded contact information and contact strictly through the job board's system are simply annoying to recruiters. You have to be a really good match for the recruiter to even bother with this.

posted by Jason Roberts @ 7:30 PM Comments: 0