INTERNET JOB SEARCHING
SITES
Jobcentral.com
CareerJournal.com
Monster.com
Hot jobs.com
Investigate all large and small job boards
we use careerbuilder.com as an
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Agenda
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The Current Job Market
College Hiring
Maximizing Your Visibility
Online Job Search
Q&A
Current Job Market:
Job Creation
What is the Market for Someone with Your Talents?
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Job Market:
Projected Employment Growth
• Total employment will increase
• Hiring managers will recruit
more workers.
College Hiring
• hiring managers say they plan to increase
their headcounts
• recent college graduates to comprise
much of the new hires
• hiring managers say they will increase
salaries offered to new college grads.
What Are The Top Industries Hiring
College Graduates?
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Healthcare
Sales
Accounting/Finance
Professional & Business Services
Engineering
Retail
Hospitality
Question…
What five
characteristics do
recruiters look for in
potential candidates?
What Characteristics Do
Recruiters Look For?
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4.
5.
Self-Starter
Critical Thinker
Energetic
Excellent Communication Skills
Motivated
Survey Data:
Question…
What do hiring
managers say are
their biggest pet
peeves when
receiving resumes for
an open position?
Biggest Resume Pet Peeves
40%
35%
30%
37%
25%
20%
15%
18%
10%
13%
5%
11%
0%
Spelling Mistakes
Too Wordy
Not Customized
Source: CareerBuilder.com
Irrelevant Personal
Information
Survey Data:
Question…
What do hiring
managers say are the
most influential factors
in hiring college
graduates?
Top Factors Considered When
Hiring College Graduates
30%
25%
28%
20%
15%
10%
12%
11%
10%
Fit with
company's
culture
Educational
backgroud
5%
9%
0%
Experience
Performance
during
interview
Source: CareerBuilder.com
Level of
enthusiasm
How Do Employers Find
Candidates?
• Online Career Sites
• Newspaper Classifieds
• Career Fairs
• Staffing Firms
• Company Web Sites
• Internal & External
Referrals
Hiring Trends
75 percent of new hires
are attributed to the
Internet and employee
referrals.
Source:
CareerXroads Source of Hires Study, January 2004
History of Online Recruitment
Evolution of Internet Recruiting
Print
Education
Legal
Laborers
Online
Cust. Svc.
Marketing
Healthcare
Admin
Hospitality
Transportation
Management
Acct/Finance
Sales
I.T.
Staffing
Firms
Increasing Online Recruitment
Market
Worldwide Employment Growth
Projected
Source: Morgan Stanley Research, December 2005
Online Traffic
Unduplicated Unique Visitors (in millions)
24,000
22,000
20,000
CareerBuilder
Network
18,000
Yahoo! HotJobs
Career Network
16,000
14,000
Monster.com
Careers Only
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
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Undisputed Leader in Job
Postings
1,800,000
Over 1.4 mil jobs
in February ‘06
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
CB
Monster
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400,000
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Source: Corzen Data
CBcampus.com
New job site tailor-made for college
students and alumni
• Job matching to major,
experience level, skills and
interests
• Provides information on local
career fairs and campus events
• News on leading companies
and industries
• Advice for everything from
building compelling resumes to
moving ahead in the real world
Posting a Job:
The Employer Perspective
Posting a Job includes:
• Job Title
• Job Type/Industry
• Compensation (optional)
• Job Location
• Job Description
• Job Requirements
• Contact Information
Posting Your Resume Online
 Simply fill out
the information
requested.
 Cut and paste
your resume in
the text box
below, and you
are on your way!
You can post up
to 5 resumes!
Set Up a Job Alert
A Job Alert will
email you jobs
that match the
criteria you set!
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