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Whose Fault? (February 12, 2003) -- The still standard complaint amongst our peers is that some job boards deliver too many resumes in response to an ad. We imagine that these same voices will be crying about the resume shortage in the not too distant future. We got to thinking about the general problem of resume flow and were more than a little surprised by our conclusions. We realized that the lack of coherent content in a job description is at the root of the problem. With no real discriminating information in the posting, you can expect that almost anyone might apply. Read this one:
With no particular skills or education required and no way to really tell what doesn't work, the job posting begs for volumes of resumes. It wouldn't be all that hard to describe the company itself (it's one with a fairly peculiar culture) in a way that discouraged applicants. The point we're making is that Recruiters CAN control the output of a job board. When economic times are tough and there are lots of candidates, tighten the requirements. When the labor market is tight, make the company and the job more attractive. After nearly a decade of automated data flowing, it's really a surprise that the job boards don't teach their customers how to use the tools any better than they do. Expect this to be a topic at the ERExpo Job Board Panel.
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