Resource Alert: WSA Capsules On-Line Job Boards With all the TV ads, e-mail spam and the general dot-com-o-rama going on right now, it can be tough to make heads or tails of the on-line job search and employee search tools available out there in the ether. WSA takes a brief look this month at some of the biggest and brightest job boards on the web to help make your recruitment decisions easier and to help you stretch those recruitment dollars as far as possible. We list the majors here in alphabetical order: America's Job Bank (www.jobsearch.com) This site is free to employers and is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and various state employment agencies. It is vastly improved, since having come on line some years ago. It's now well-built and easily understood. It sports a resume database of 1.3 million and offers links to many other job search sites. Career Builder Network (www.careerbuilder.com) While there is no resumé database, this job board gives you the chance to post listings on more than 25 major career sites including USA Today, NBC, and others. The cost for a listing runs from $35 to $150 per month. CareerPath (www.careerpath.com) This web site combines listings from various employers' web sites as well as help wanted listings from newspapers across the country. The cost to post an ad is $200/month, and $3,000/year to search the database. No listing of a single ad appears on the site for more than two weeks. HeadHunter.net (www.headhunter.net) Linked, among other sites, to jobsearch.com (see below), HeadHunter.net is becoming quite popular among employers on a budget due to its $20 job posting fee. The site's best feature may be its geographical search capabilities, which allow it to recognize over 250,000 locales worldwide. The cost to peruse the 160,000-entry database ranges from $0 to $1,500 yearly. HotJobs.com (www.hotjobs.com) This site has a "no headhunters" policy, which, along with souped-up graphics and a hot national image and reputation, serves to make it among the web's most popular sites for job seekers. It has some screening tools built in to the job search categories for prospective employees, making your screening task that much simpler. The database has in excess of 300,000 resumes and the costs are $150 to post ads and $600 to search the resumés. JobOptions (www.joboptions.com) An employment website for all fields and categories, the prime attraction of JobOptions may be the ease of submitting job postings (via e-mail) and the opportunity to describe at length your position. Employers can even post their own ads and links on the site. Costs are $395 to place an ad and $2,250/year for access to the resumé database of 227,000. Jobs.com (www.jobs.com) This fast and user-friendly site focuses each job searcher to major cities and geographical areas across the U.S. Employers can seek out employees close to their hub of operations, as well. Jobs.com offers software that can help you sort resumés as well as track the hiring process. Resumés are updated and new postings appear daily. There is no resume older than three months on the site--no finding a candidate only to discover that he or she has held a new job for half a year already. The costs to search their 1.5-million resumé database depend on the your needs. The cost to post a job listing is $99 per month. Jobs Online (www.getajob.com) This job board seems to be aimed at a group of potential employees who are perhaps a bit lower on the experience ladder, but upbeat graphics and text make the site user friendly. There is no cost to post job listings; the site makes money via advertising. Screening tools including a Job Aptitude Test make this site worth looking at. Jobtrak (www.jobtrak.com) Jobtrak is the largest job listing/resume posting service targeted specifically to college students and recent graduates. The site and database are passworded and can only be accessed by the students and alumni of partnered institutions. This is in fact a benefit to you and not necessarily the drawback it might seem; you can target specific colleges and universities and even specific departments should you so choose. As well, you can narrow your search without letting your competitors in on your employment needs and wants, thereby lowering the possibility of poaching. The cost to post an opportunity begins at $18 and can extend towards $400; the cost to search the Jobtrak database depends on your need. Jobtrak currently boasts a resumé database in excess of 150,000. Monster.com (www.monster.com) Monster is easily one of the biggest (if not the biggest) job board on the web. It's also one of the hippest. Flashy graphics and quick linking times make this site appealing to users. It offers employers a large slate of useful features such as resumé routing, quick resumé database searches, screening tools, the opportunity to publish your company profile, and high name recognition among visitors. The focus is primarily on tech jobs, though it is expanding. The resumé database size is 1 million, and the cost to post an employment advertisement is $225. You can lease the opportunity to search the Moster.com resume database for $2,000 (this lease will give you a three month window). Coming Soon to Your Computer: N2Hiring (www.n2hiring.com) This tool for recruiters is destined to take the market by storm. Founded by a group of hip, young entrepreneurs with mucho experience in capacity building and recruiting, this new product leaves no stone unturned to support busy recruiters. They will also send additional applicants to your website from theirs. From the prospects point of view, signing onto N2Hiring is les risky than other sites, because they do not have to divulge their real names and addresses until they actually locate a company and opening of intense interest. And don't forget. . . (www.your home town, www.search engines) Look to the on-line arms of local and regional newspapers and magazines where you live. They may have links to local and national job boards, and qualified candidates may look there before looking anywhere else. Other good places to consider include major search engines like Lycos, Yahoo, and HotBot, which may have their own employment listings or at least links to job boards. Keep in mind that a job board is only as good as the people and organizations using it, and each is focused slightly differently. Spend a few minutes looking at a few of the above that seem to suit you--look at what other companies are advertising and look at the quality of the resumés (if possible). Good luck and happy surfing!

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