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The Recession’s Impact on Finding Jobs Online
By admin | February 15, 2008
At this point in time, whether or not Americans should be expecting an economic recession, driven by the mortgage crisis, is till up in the air. Sources backing up both opinions can be found. Some believe that Monster.com’s decrease in job listings during January is a sign that those seeking employment might struggle this year. Other’s blame the smaller number of available online jobs on seasonal issues. According to a new poll conducted by CareerBuilder.com, those looking for work can expect to see many new jobs created in 2008, just not as many as in the prior year.
The poll found that 33 percent of the employers who participated planned on increasing the size of their full-time staff this year. Although this is still a good increase, it certainly lower than the 40 percent in 2007 that said they were looking to add new employees to their payrolls. According to Bureau of Labor statistics, 1.3 million jobs were created in 2007. Matt Ferguson, chief executive of CareerBuilder.com, says that “looking forward, plans for hiring…point to continued job creation.”
Employers are also planning on using the web to work for them even more this year. According to the survey, 45 percent of hiring managers currently use the internet to screen potential employees. This includes googling applicants names and using social networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook to get a better idea of what kind of person they are considering hiring. Employers who post available jobs online are also more likely to conduct such searches, since these individuals are often more comfortable with the internet. Of those polled, 20 percent said that they planned to increase the usage of such resources.
As the use of the internet increase for other things than just job listings, employers are also becoming more open to other technology in the hiring process. Although things have not reached the point where hiring managers are requesting video resumes, a poll conducted by Vault.com found that 90 percent of employers said they would look at those they received. This shows some signs of progress since, in the past, many simply placed video resumes in the trash can.
According to the poll conducted by CareerBuilder.com, employers are also on the look out for more qualified job candidates. The survey found that 40 percent of the companies polled have positions opened that they are struggling to find the right person for. For those who are searching for jobs online, this may mean that a good portion of jobs listings that are more than a week are so old are still open. If one is struggling with the newest results to their search, it might be time to check out such options.
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