THE ONLINE SEARCH

Most aspects of the job search-with the exclusion of in- person interviews-are occurring with growing frequency online. As with many subjects, the Internet is a fantastic source of data on industries, individual organizations, executives, economic trends, and virtually any business-related subjects. Additionally, it's an invaluable area to find for recent job opportunities.  Commercial web pages have "career opportunity" links devoted to listing existing positions. Moreover, the Internet gives you real-time access to all of this data.

Employers like the Internet because it gives them with greater access to a wider candidacy pool. Job seekers like it because it's fast, inexpensive, and readily existing per day. A current poll conducted by Lee Hecht Harrison revealed that 40 percent of job finder who used the Internet to post their resume or retrieve job listings got interviews as a final result. Even more telling, 96 percent used the Internet to find job openings, and 76 percent posted their resume on the Internet.