Comments on: Changes to Online Job Hunting http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jose http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Jose Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:39:52 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=851#comment-1766 I think that if you use targeted job hunting tactics, these rules will not hurt you that badly. I would like to suggest visiting my new side blog on <a href="http://findNewJob.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Find New Job</a> I think that if you use targeted job hunting tactics, these rules will not hurt you that badly.

I would like to suggest visiting my new side blog on Find New Job

]]> By: Tom http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Tom Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:55:41 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=851#comment-1765 In my experience, 'online job ads' are a crock of bullshit. They always have been. Well, maybe not in the BEGINNING of the internet. If you go to sites like www.monster.com, it's obvious, as orangutans have red butts, that many of the job ads are auto-generated. Or, worse, generated by HR folks who have nothing better to do than gather the typical specs for the job they're hiring for, and requiring just a wee bit more from the applicant in the way of qualifications. So, pretty much everyone is eliminated from applying for positions. I know, I know, that's not a benefit for employees. So, then, why do job sites still exist? They exist because employers get to stockpile the best resumes of the best out there. By listing hopeless-reachable needed qualifications in job ads, employers weed out many applicants who would just sit there and apply for as many jobs as they can apply for in a 8-to-10 hour period in a day. A total waste of time in the end for employers. Plus, these job sites make A LOT of money from employers. There was something I read last year, that while Careerbuilder generates alot of response from applicants, only a fraction of those applicants are ever actually seen by employers. These few applicants are the ones that pay a fee to get seen by employers. Pretty sick, huh? In my experience, ‘online job ads’ are a crock of bullshit. They always have been. Well, maybe not in the BEGINNING of the internet. If you go to sites like http://www.monster.com, it’s obvious, as orangutans have red butts, that many of the job ads are auto-generated. Or, worse, generated by HR folks who have nothing better to do than gather the typical specs for the job they’re hiring for, and requiring just a wee bit more from the applicant in the way of qualifications. So, pretty much everyone is eliminated from applying for positions. I know, I know, that’s not a benefit for employees. So, then, why do job sites still exist? They exist because employers get to stockpile the best resumes of the best out there. By listing hopeless-reachable needed qualifications in job ads, employers weed out many applicants who would just sit there and apply for as many jobs as they can apply for in a 8-to-10 hour period in a day. A total waste of time in the end for employers. Plus, these job sites make A LOT of money from employers. There was something I read last year, that while Careerbuilder generates alot of response from applicants, only a fraction of those applicants are ever actually seen by employers. These few applicants are the ones that pay a fee to get seen by employers. Pretty sick, huh?

]]> By: retireat30 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 retireat30 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:25:42 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=851#comment-1764 I agree with caitlin. What problem does this regulation solve? How is a republican administration and congress allowing this kind of bs to happen? I agree with caitlin. What problem does this regulation solve?

How is a republican administration and congress allowing this kind of bs to happen?

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 Caitlin Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:59:50 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=851#comment-1763 What was the motivation for the feds to make these regulations? This seems totally weird...but I guess that's mostly because I am used to tech jobs which are often advertised with superhuman capabilities or some that are downright impossible (like requiring 10 year of java experience when it was only 8 years old etc). I suppose it will force companies to actually get more precise about what they really need or no one will be able to apply (my faves are the ones for webdesigners that also require all these highly technical stuff like sysadmin, and apache config...totally unrelated skillsets for most folks) I just find this whole thing absurd...so maybe I am just missing something... What was the motivation for the feds to make these regulations? This seems totally weird…but I guess that’s mostly because I am used to tech jobs which are often advertised with superhuman capabilities or some that are downright impossible (like requiring 10 year of java experience when it was only 8 years old etc). I suppose it will force companies to actually get more precise about what they really need or no one will be able to apply (my faves are the ones for webdesigners that also require all these highly technical stuff like sysadmin, and apache config…totally unrelated skillsets for most folks)

I just find this whole thing absurd…so maybe I am just missing something…

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/changes-to-online-job-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Jonathan Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:47:53 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=851#comment-1762 Ugh, I do not look forward to my next job search. Ugh, I do not look forward to my next job search.

]]>