Yet studies show that, at best,
of all the jobs posted on the Internet only 5% are filled that way,
leaving a myriad of hopeful job seekers disappointed and angry.
Why such a low percentage of hits? Here are some of the reasons:
Low exposure to job openings.
Most job openings are not posted on the Internet. Part of the reason why is that over 80% of U.S. companies have fewer than 100 employees. Thus, the likelihood that these smaller companies use the Internet to post job openings or to seek employees is correspondingly small.
A glut of submittals for each job.
For example, a recent report noted that monster.com, which has
at least 15 million r?sum?s
posted on it at any one time, receives
over 4 million new r?sum?s a day. Thus, the likelihood that your r?sum? will be pulled up by a potential employer?who may be deluged with hundreds of r?sum?s in answer to a single posting?is slim at best.
An over-fed Monster.
Monster.com, the “Big Daddy” of all search engines, pulls a disproportionate number of job seekers who use only it. Thus, once again,
too many submittals to too few jobs.
Ambiguous job titles.
What you call a “CFO,” another company may term a “Senior Financial Executive.” If you don?t enter appropriate search parameters, you may
never know of openings that match your background
in all other respects.
User ignorance.
Among those jobseekers with access to the vast and complicated Internet,
few know how to use it to its full advantage to seek jobs.
Even for the initiated, applying to online jobs can be a time-consuming, frustrating experience.
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