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What's New in the World of Job Boards by Libby Boniface.I don't generally review job web sites, to me their scope is fairly limited- post your resume if you are a job seeker, or post job openings if you are a recruiter or HR professional, and that's just about it. I was urged, however, to take a look at a new job site by an associate, not so much because the content is different, but because of the novel approach. This new site ( http://www.jobinformationexchange.com/ ) departs significantly from the traditional in that it charges no fees to the users. Job seekers can post resumes for free (like the others), but no attempt is made to charge additional fees for resume placement "upgrades" (the norm with other job sites). Indeed, such fee based services are not even offered.Most unusual is the fact that resumes are offered to recruiters without charge and without restriction. After browsing the site, I noticed that most of the persons posting their resumes on this site have included contact information- mailing addresses, email addresses, etc.I was intrigued by this approach- if the recruiter can contact the job applicants directly, no involvement with JIE, how can the site owners make money? Don't most job sites sell resumes to recruiters?I decided to take a closer look.I spoke first to Mr. Robert Forrest, the Marketing Director of Job Information Exchange. Mr. Forrest, incidentally,, has been instrumental in the turn-around of several failing commercial web sites, and as I soon saw, his talent for squeezing profits from formerly disorganized ventures is becoming key to the success of Job Information Exchange.According to Mr. Forrest "The site is rapidly gaining in popularity.Click here for rest of the article. |
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