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“They
don’t keep records of how successful they are. They don’t
have any data to say how many people actually found jobs using Monster.” |
Taking
care of business Job search Web sites like (www.monster.com) and (www.hotjobs.com) are being visited more often, but this new form of employment seeking isn’t necessarily improving the job market, said Maria Eisenman, an assistant director at Career Services. Eisenman
said online searches are a good place to start, but it’s hard
to tell how successful job hunters are when using them. “They don’t keep records of how successful they are,” Eisenman said. “They don’t have any data to say how many people actually found jobs using Monster.” The only statistics that indicate (monster.com) and (hotjobs.com) are the biggest is the fact that they have the most job postings and most résumés, Eisenman said. Monster.com
now hosts more than 14.5 million résumés, more than
doubling their database
of a year ago, according to a recent article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Sophomore social work major Melisa Amen said she found a job through the web postings offered by Career Services. “One woman just wanted résumés, so I sent a résumé and she e-mailed me back saying she wanted to meet me,” Amen said. “It makes everything faster with e-mail. It’s easy.” Eisenman said some job searchers just post their resume on the sites and think that completes their search. “It’s a good idea to put your résumé out there, but if that’s the only thing you’re doing, it’s not going to be beneficial,” Eisenman said. “You need to be more proactive and apply for jobs.” She said good places to search online are Web sites of professional associations. “The sites that we’ve found to be more beneficial than anything else is associations,” Eisenman said. “They tend to be more trustworthy.” Eisenman said another potential problem with the big job post sites is many of the jobs are being advertised through temporary agencies rather than directly from the company. The consensus among employers, job seekers and career center counselors seems to be that there is no substitute for networking when looking for a job. Kathryn Ellis, who graduated in 2001 with a degree in Radio-TV-Film, said she thought the online job market was good, but networking was still the way to go. “Sometimes your best bet is people you know,” Ellis said. Eisenman said newspaper ads used to be the main way to search for jobs, but she said the majority of jobs still aren’t advertised. “It’s been said that 70 percent of jobs are actually never advertised either in newspaper ads or online,” Eisenman said. “The best way to find a job has always been, and will always be, through networking.” Sam
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