Comments on: The Internet has Free Resumes – SO WHAT? http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/01/the-internet-has-free-resumes-so-what/ Leveraging social networks, resume databases, and the Internet for sourcing and recruiting Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:21:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: How to Find Resumes on the Internet with Google | Boolean Black Belt http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/01/the-internet-has-free-resumes-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 How to Find Resumes on the Internet with Google | Boolean Black Belt Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:26:53 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=512#comment-2875 [...] in when hunting for resumes in Google land - if you have not already, please read these 2 posts: The Internet has Free Resumes - So What?and Boolean search does not = Internet [...] [...] in when hunting for resumes in Google land – if you have not already, please read these 2 posts: The Internet has Free Resumes – So What?and Boolean search does not = Internet [...]

]]> By: Boolean Black Belt http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/01/the-internet-has-free-resumes-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Boolean Black Belt Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:14:27 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=512#comment-2418 Kameron, I'm glad you agree - I'm not much of a blind follower, and when I see so much positive press and interest around using the Internet for sourcing talent, I'm the guy who says, "wait a minute," and decides to pause and look at it from another angle...without the hype and the rose colored glasses. You raise an excellent point with the trend of job seekers being able easily and more conveniently use job search aggregators like Indeed instead of hitting the major job boards directly - I am not exactly sure how that will affect the resume databases of the big job boards. One would think though, that there is definitely a group of people who want to be FOUND (like my eBay analogy), and not just look through job postings. Hard to say if a decrease in direct job ad traffic to the big boards will lower the number of people entering resumes online. Will be interesting to see. Personally, I am not a big fan of posting jobs. It's a necessary evil, but it's a passive method of finding people, and I am a little bit of a control freak. I like to be able to control who I find. Every once in a while I have had the magic candidate respond to a job posting, but more often than not (I'd say 90%+) I get people responding who are anywhere from partially to totally unqualified. I've been meaning to put a post together about posting jobs online vs running searches on resume databases - you've prompted me to get my rear in gear and get moving on the topic. Thanks Kameron! Kameron,
I’m glad you agree – I’m not much of a blind follower, and when I see so much positive press and interest around using the Internet for sourcing talent, I’m the guy who says, “wait a minute,” and decides to pause and look at it from another angle…without the hype and the rose colored glasses.

You raise an excellent point with the trend of job seekers being able easily and more conveniently use job search aggregators like Indeed instead of hitting the major job boards directly – I am not exactly sure how that will affect the resume databases of the big job boards. One would think though, that there is definitely a group of people who want to be FOUND (like my eBay analogy), and not just look through job postings. Hard to say if a decrease in direct job ad traffic to the big boards will lower the number of people entering resumes online. Will be interesting to see.

Personally, I am not a big fan of posting jobs. It’s a necessary evil, but it’s a passive method of finding people, and I am a little bit of a control freak. I like to be able to control who I find. Every once in a while I have had the magic candidate respond to a job posting, but more often than not (I’d say 90%+) I get people responding who are anywhere from partially to totally unqualified.

I’ve been meaning to put a post together about posting jobs online vs running searches on resume databases – you’ve prompted me to get my rear in gear and get moving on the topic.

Thanks Kameron!

]]> By: kameronswinton http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/01/the-internet-has-free-resumes-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2406 kameronswinton Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:05 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=512#comment-2406 Amen! I completely agree. The internet doesn't index the high volume of resumes and it's simply not built to store and search them like a Monster, CB or your internal ATS. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on how the shift to (and corresponding traffic spike) job aggregators like Indeed will affect the resume databases of the big 3 job boards. Job seekers can now search jobs posted on corporate job sites and apply directly without a middleman or the need to store their resume in a central location. This would seem to place even more importance on SMB/Enterprise ATS systems, along with the sourcer's ability to leverage those systems to find top talent. Kameron Swinton Amen! I completely agree. The internet doesn’t index the high volume of resumes and it’s simply not built to store and search them like a Monster, CB or your internal ATS.

I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on how the shift to (and corresponding traffic spike) job aggregators like Indeed will affect the resume databases of the big 3 job boards. Job seekers can now search jobs posted on corporate job sites and apply directly without a middleman or the need to store their resume in a central location. This would seem to place even more importance on SMB/Enterprise ATS systems, along with the sourcer’s ability to leverage those systems to find top talent.

Kameron Swinton

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