Whether to include a salary range in a job posting is an issue that has been the subject of heated debate among human resources professionals for a long time, and the debate continues when it comes to electronic job postings. One recent study of recruiting Web sites, however, indicated that including the pay rate or range resulted in a higher response rate. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re recruiting a computer programmer, you might enter the specific languages needed in the position.
Job title.
This entry seems obvious, but it can be tricky. If you make the title too general, your posting will never find its way into the proper hands; if you make it too specific and technical, the position may sound too specialized even to appropriate candidates. Read the rest of this entry »
Your first step is to create an electronic job posting. The format and the method for submitting a job posting depend on the site, and you’ll typically find instructions by clicking Help or perhaps a Post A Job link. Regardless of how you post a job or even where, the most important aspect is the posting’s content.
According to professionals in the human resources field, a good electronic job posting will contain most, if not all, of the following information. Read the rest of this entry »
Why recruit on the Internet? Because it’s cost-effective, it’s fast, and it’s far-reaching.
· Placing a large ad in a major metropolitan newspaper can cost thousands of dollars; posting a job opening at CareerSite.com Recruiter (http://www.careersite.com) is free for small- to medium-size businesses. Even the sites that charge employers a fee are usually more cost-effective than advertising in print media. But the trade-off is probably time, which is also money. Read the rest of this entry »
· Recruiting on the Internet
· Job Searching on the Internet
If you’re looking for employees in the traditional way, that is, by posting job openings in newspapers, in trade magazines, in print newsletters, and so on, these days you’re going to still be searching long after the best candidates are working away in their new positions. Read the rest of this entry »


