Instead of pounding the pavement, you can surf the Internet to help find a job, via online help-wanted ads and resumes. To discuss the possibilities, Business Week's Sept. 29 guests were Bill Warren, president of the Online Career Center (which claims to be the largest recruitment site on the Net), and Edward Baig, Personal Business editor of BW and author of a Sept. 30 BW story on Net job-hunting.
Here's a sample from the transcript:
JackBW: PIPPDX has another question. The second part is particularly interesting.
Question: What are the guidelines for employers finding staff via the Internet? What type of businesses are having the best results?
Online Ctr: At this point, the Net is an unbelievable resource for technical personnel. However, this is changing very quickly, and we are seeing more and more occupations in all fields being advertised. In January, 1995, OCC had 96% "technical" jobs, and that number is now only a little over 60%.
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Transcript of Sept. 29, 1996, conference
FINDING A JOB VIA THE NET
Instead of pounding the pavement, you can surf the Internet to help find a job, via online help-wanted ads and resumes. To discuss the possibilities, Business Week's Sept. 29 guests were Bill Warren, president of the Online Career Center (which claims to be the largest recruitment site on the Net), and Edward Baig, Personal Business editor of BW and author of a Sept. 30 BW story on Net job-hunting.
Here's a sample from the transcript:
JackBW: PIPPDX has another question. The second part is particularly interesting.
Question: What are the guidelines for employers finding staff via the Internet? What type of businesses are having the best results?
Online Ctr: At this point, the Net is an unbelievable resource for technical personnel. However, this is changing very quickly, and we are seeing more and more occupations in all fields being advertised. In January, 1995, OCC had 96% "technical" jobs, and that number is now only a little over 60%.