Making Job Search More Efficient
By Nick at 24 January, 2007, 11:51 am
Many people search for their career position using primarily online sources. These methods have proven ineffective. I use my professional associations’ websites and my alma mater to no avail. I have determined that there is inefficiency in the current system of HR. I am now making it my objective to streamline HR processes. I understand that there are different systems for searching for candidates. I do not see the value of the system of outsourced HR, which I believe to be called headhunting if the firm is paid by the company and scam if they are paid by the job seeker before services are renderred. Job seekers should NEVER have to pay anything to work for an employer. This part of HR will be superfluous when I have finished this project, so improvements in this area do not seem to be necessary.
I believe that the online job search can be reasonably improved to facilitate cost effective searches for both HR and the job seeker. Setting up a job search engine that standardizes the resume through the use of forms for filtering out “unqualified” applicants will save HR time by reducing unnecessary resume reading. Jobs determined to be pyramid schemes or scams, such as those for data entry or work at home typing jobs, would be filtered out and efforts will be directed at preventing future postings from these sources. It is an annoying pain to have to view job postings that don’t offer any compensation, or you have to pay money to a PayPal account. I would like to see a system that would charge per-position-filled and not per-position-posted to ensure effectiveness. It would be possible to have a system not only automatically block applications from unqualified applicants, but also block unqualified applicants from finding/viewing positions they have been determined “unqualified” for. This would benefit both parties by reducing excess volume.
As an HR professional, I am looking to find out how the online systems work or don’t work from the HR perspective. I already know which sites I don’t go to and why.
I would like to include individual company websites dedicated to handling applications because many of these require that the applicant search all of the available jobs at the company and apply to each individually. Many of these companies do not advertise their jobs, except for on their website. There has to be a better way to find these jobs. However, if the applicant finds 5 jobs at a company website, the company then has to read the same resume 5 times. This is unnecessary.
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