Job Posting
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Job posting is an essential part of your hiring process. Online job posting is a more cost-effective alternative to print, extending your reach nationwide through cyberspace. There are several options available.
Use Your Web Site
Job seekers are looking for you, but it’s up to you to sell your company to them. Your home page should have a “Join our team” link prominently displayed, not buried several pages deep. This page should include information on how you value a variety of employees, information about benefit’s your company offers, working conditions and location. Your “Join us” site should emphasize commitments to product or service quality and customer service, and an explanation of what you do and why your company is the industry leader, or an up-and-coming contender.
Make It Easy For candidates To Post
Have your Information Technology (IT) specialist devise a method that will allow candidates to easily post their resumes to your site. Anything that can make the job of securing a job with you easier reflects positively upon you. Anything that impedes the process can make your company look bad. If you use a database, your IT guy can also set up parameters to reject resumes that contain unwanted keywords or lack the ones you‘re looking for.
Set Up A Procedure To Screen Resumes
Talk to your human resources staff and see what they think. You can also check Resume Writing Tip: Screening article for more information on how to do this and what to look for, especially if you lack an HR department, or if you ARE the HR department along with everything else should you be a sole proprietor.
Use An Online Jobs Web Site
Using one of these online jobs posting services can result in a deluge of resumes if you don’t set restrictions. Most of these job Web sites offer methods to reject resumes that contain unwanted keywords. Nearly all offer fill-in-the-blank templates that can make posting fast and easy. Some also offer job ad templates so you don’t have to struggle with job descriptions. Editing and modifying is fairly straightforward. All charge fees for their services and generally you get what you pay for. Posting can result in large numbers of resumes across the spectrum from those with little experience to experienced executives looking to make a change. You’ll have to decide on which type of candidate you’re looking for first.
Online Jobs Web sites
Professional Associations
- Check with association directors of associations you’re affiliated with to see if they have Web sites available where you can post an ad for a fee. These Web sites should offer industry-specific pre-screened candidates or referrals from those who know someone is looking.
- Email: jobs@craigslist.org).
- Phone: 800-664-0633
- Offers job posting by specific city globally for 30-45 days with renewal options.
- Listings for New York City, Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA incur charges from $25-$75 per job. One job posted in two different categories doubles the cost.
- Listings for all other cities are free
- Accepts American Express, MasterCard, or Visa
- Sales Representative: 1-800-MONSTER
- Contact through email and chat onsite
- Largest and most extensive of the online jobs Web sites offering a wide range of services.
- Offers fill-in-the-blank job postings templates allowing quick editing and modifications.
- Offers global job posting for 30 days with renewal options.
- Charges volume scale: 1 ad = $395.00, 2-4 $360.00 each 60-99 $127.00 each
- Provides cover letter templates automatically sent to responders
- Ad writing and other free tutorials (work only with Internet Explorer)
- Accepts American Express, MasterCard, or Visa
- Sales Representative: 877-Fill-A-Job
- Extensive online jobs Web sites offering a wide range of services.
- Offers global job posting for 30 days with renewal options.
- Charges volume package price:1 ad $389, 4 ads $1299
- Provides access to 20 million candidates
- Offers fill-in-the-blank job postings templates allowing quick editing and modifications.
- Accepts American Express, MasterCard, or Visa
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