Bypassing the Job Boards
It seems like more companies are bypassing the job boards and either limiting recruiting to industry and/or local job sites or to their own web site. Companies are proactively using social recruiting techniques, as well, to find candidates on sites like Twitter.
How can you take advantage of how employers are hiring? I don't think you should totally bypass Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, and the other mainstream job boards, but they are certainly not the only sites you should use. It is important to proactively seek out job opportunities and a good way to do that is to job search where companies are hiring.
The more active you are in the places where companies are actively recruiting, the better shot you'll have at getting an interview - and getting hired. There's also less competition on the smaller niche sites, and you'll find more jobs that are a good match for your background.
If you're aware of where companies are seeking applicants, you can position yourself to increase your chances of getting found by hiring managers. By accessing company job opportunities directly, you'll avoid spam and scams, and duplicate or triplicate job postings. Instead, you'll be getting right to "real" and current job openings.
Here's more on how to job search where companies are hiring.
More: Finding Jobs at Company Web Sites
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Comments
I love your site, very informative.
I totally agree!! It’s all about creating a personal brand and linking everything to provide consistency.
I recently “joined” joined.com which is a great tool for social networking, personal branding, career searching and analysing. As a recent marketing graduate I loved the social media linking features, file uploading, and professional portfolio appearance.
Job boards certainly seem to be losing their luster, but part of this is that savvy job seekers and hiring managers are realizing that job boards are not the only game in town. “Vertical” job boards are doing what they can to both take market share from the “one size fits all” behemoths like the big three mentioned. They’re also seeking to create a better value and better experience for users on both the job seeker and employer/recruiter side. To a large extent, they’re succeeding. It seems that if job boards continue to evolve by becoming a) more “vertical” in nature (targeting a particular industry or sub-sector) and b) include a number of “social” elements that allow for networking and easy communication, they will perhaps be able to capably “re-invent” themselves to the point of becoming more relevant than they currently are.
These days the avenues of messaging and communicating with each other, on the computer, are many. ,