Many companies are experiencing resume overload from
traditional job boards.
Tinton Falls, NJ – (October 19th, 2006) – One of
the biggest complaints that employers have regarding traditional online job
boards like Monster and Careerbuilder is that they receive far too many
unqualified resumes. GetTheJob.com, a
vertical search engine that gathers job postings directly from tens of
thousands of company websites is helping to solve this problem.
“Online job boards were originally intended to make the task
of finding a job to apply for easier,” said Bob Etheridge, Director of
Marketing at GetTheJob.com. “Instead of spending hours searching through
newspapers, jobseekers could now search on a website. Then came the resume
database, which made it easier to apply to jobs. Simply post your resume and
click apply…your done. Job boards have made it almost too easy to apply for jobs….helping
to create The Serial Applicant.”
GetTheJob.com is helping to end the problem of the Serial
Applicant, jobseekers that apply to hundreds of jobs whether or not they are
qualified.“Many companies are looking
for quality over quantity when it comes to resumes,” according to Chris Amato, CEO of GetTheJob.com. Our Direct Connect Technology links interested job seekers directly to the posting on
the hiring company’s website. “To apply, a candidate must utilize that
companies’ application process; which usually takes a little more work then
just clicking an apply button. Jobseekers must put some thought into the
application and a candidate who takes the time to fill out the companies’
application is usually a higher quality candidate. It may take a little longer
for the jobseeker, but overall it increases their chance of getting hired,’
added Amato.
Searchable resume databases actually increase the
competition for qualified candidates.
“When a candidate applies to a clients’ job posting, they
utilize that companies’ preferred application process, diminishing the
competition for that candidate caused by large searchable resume databases.”
said Rick Fulton, COO of GetTheJob.com. “Companies can communicate with that
candidate one-on-one without other companies and search firms finding the
resume and getting in the way.”
Companies that utilize GetTheJob.com to attract candidates
to their postings typically set a monthly budget that is related to the number
of postings they have. If more traffic is desired on a certain month, companies
can increase their budget. Client jobs are highlighted as enhanced results at the top of each search results pages and
typically receive 5 to 10 times more traffic than organic results.
The site is a vertical search
engine or aggregator that gathers job postings directly from tens of thousands
of company websites and organizes them into a searchable database.
GetTheJob.com has over 2 million jobs from direct hire companies only, not
headhunters or third party recruiters.For jobseekers, GetTheJob.com exposes the
hidden job market as 70% of the postings on GetTheJob are not found on traditional
job boards.
Contact: Bob
Etheridge, GetTheJob.com
Ph: 732-746-2552
Email:
betheridge@getthejob.com
