It
has been a while since we have reviewed a large Internet based resume and job
order service but this venerable institution has been around since the early
days and has been reviewed in this column before. With a name like ComputerJobs
you would have to think this is a service that would appeal to exclusively to
MIS/IT recruiters but even those generalists that work an IT job from time to
time might benefit from this information.
On
logging onto the ComputerJobs homepage you can see their jobs are divided up
into geographic regions, 20 of the country's most active metropolitan areas.
They also state they have over 270,000 pre-screened IT candidates and over one
million users.
Also, they have reported some impressive statistics from last year, despite the downturn. From their marketing materials:
For
this review, I was granted full access to their resume database and actually
posted several jobs, something I normally do not have time to do in the course
of writing a review. I spent several evenings and a good part of one weekend
pouring over search results and collecting statistics in order to provide a
comprehensive description of their levels of service. I was very pleased to find
that the results were excellent and consisted of new fresh candidates being
added daily to the database. They have a daily mailer stating all the new
submissions to the database from the prior day and I can tell you for the week
of 4/14 - 4/18 there were 108 new candidates willing to work in the St. Louis
area added to the database. Maybe not as many as the larger career hubs but keep
in mind these are all professional, experience IT'ers, not a bunch of blue
collar workers, something one of the big boards is going after recently.
Of
note is the fact that their current resume database reaches candidates back
through November of 2002. These are fresh, pre-qualified technology
professionals who are ready to go to work. Also, I ran my searches filtering out
anyone without citizenship or a green card. By 6/1/2003 I am told the resume
database will allow filtering going back 365 days. This would be expected to
potentially double the number of responses I received. I went through the
current resume database as thoroughly as I could in the time allotted and here
is what I came up with:
|
Skill |
St.
Louis |
National |
|
|
|
|
|
Java |
117 |
12,077 |
|
Oracle |
144 |
15,576 |
|
Cisco |
86 |
8.851 |
|
MVS |
56 |
4,550 |
|
LAN |
134 |
14,008 |
|
UNIX |
198 |
20,285 |
Their
search interface was very easy to use and effective, allowing me to zero in on
my geographic hometown, or, search a large national talent pool for harder to
find skills.
There
were a total of 544 candidates listed within a 50-mile radius of downtown St.
Louis...a good starting point for any of my searches. For a broader view, I
counted 4273 resumes for the Chicago area, 281 for Kansas City, 4239 for Dallas,
102 for Las Vegas and, to be an Atlanta recruiter...7243 total for that
city...the hometown of ComputerJobs, Inc. I also noted a new area for candidates with Security Clearances.
An up and coming niche marketplace I believe.
They
have listed 183 jobs open in the St. Louis area. A number close to some of the
larger services. On perusal I noticed a continuing trend. Although there were
large corporations listing requirements, many of the listing were placed by
agency types including many consulting firm entries. A good sign that we would
not be competing with our clients for these candidates.
They
have had the honor of being listed in the 2003 edition of CareerXroads and
have been named "Most Recruiter Friendly Specialty Site"
award by Weddle's. They have also been featured in Yahoo! Internet
Life's 100 Best Sites.
Any
with any interest in this type of service can visit their website http://www.computerjobs.com.
I also want to thank my contact for this review, Lisa Watson,
Regional
Account Manager for ComputerJobs.com who can be reached via email at lisa.watson@computerjobs.com
or via voice at 800-850-0045, x2531.
Senior
Success
Bill
Vick, formerly in charge of Recruiters Online and current CEO of
XtremeRecruiting has launched a non-profit site for senior citizens at www.seniorsuccess.net.
The focus of this website is to interview those who have approached the age wall
and discovered it has doors that lead to success and fulfillment.
SeniorSuccess.net
is a free site aimed at showcasing successful seniors. Those individuals over 50
who have bounced back in their career and not only survived but thrived. Bill
will interview them, record the interviews and present them to the
world-at-large online as living examples and inspiration to others of people who
have achieved and succeeded in spite of their age, or perhaps because of it.
Bill is working with national senior's organizations and a best selling author
who will feature some of these individuals in an upcoming book about success
after 50. If you know of anybody Bill should be talking to, he can be reached
toll free at 800-3634-8425. This is a great opportunity for you to give a
payback to our industry and the many seniors who are scrambling about looking
for a job but loosing faith in themselves.
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For
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Again,
I am happy to say, this month’s tip is provided by Barbara Ling, who’s work
has appeared many times in this column. A solid Google.com tip to find resumes
on the Internet…for free. Here it is:
“Sure,
you might know about searching for the word ‘resume’ in the title tags of
web pages but were you also aware that you could search for words or phrases
that were hyperlinked? Phrases such as .....
view
resumes
Think
about it! If a site has resumes
stored, what’s the most common phrase used to tell visitors where to find
them? “view resumes.”
Revealing
these gems can accomplished in various ways...using the ‘anchor’ tag at
Altavista or the advanced search at Google, to name two.
Go now to Google at http://www.google.com
and click on their Advanced Search at
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en.
Put in the first text field (which is denoted by “with all of the words”)
view
resumes
then scroll down to the word
occurrences
and
select in links to the page. You’ll be returned a long involved google string
but some of the pages listed include: