Jobhunting on the internet- Why does it inspire such sloppiness ? Is it because it makes us twice removed and distant from human interaction ?
Ever since the PC became an integral part of the job hunting process, a certain element of sloppiness has crept in.
Look at the care we take to camouflage our resume in the brief-case. In contrast, it is with such a devil may care attitude that we flaunt it on the www worldwide. How indignantly we demand the headhunter’s client list before giving him our resume, but not care two hoots about hosting it on every available job website. And oops! The trail blaze of cc’s (carbon copies for the uninitiated) that some of us do…
What Jobseekers in India need to truly define is what that www. stands for?
Perhaps addressing needs is a better beginning.
The job websites are waiting for a definition. Are they supposed to be an information base for jobs available, or an advertising platform for resumes or an electronic placement service? Today, it is a rudimentary service trying to survive by the strength of its hit counter, knowing, that the day the hit counter becomes an obsolete measurement of utility, it would be a beginning to leading somewhere.
How much more time is needed before we understand about the loops of vacancy advertising that never gets a resume reached anywhere.
Duplication of vacancy content that has no relevence to anyone but the website owners.
What about the services aimed to make you pretty in the eyes of the beholder ? Resume writing, social media promotion, resume blasting, resume showcasing, purple resume borders over blue ones, and the list goes on...
The net savvy job seeker must use the same spit and polish that goes to shining shoes. Just because the PC offers the option of job hunting in your underwear, that is no reason to discard the outerwear.
(The only dilemma being whether to keep (the) Windows open or shut- pun intended.)
But watch out – the virtual world is getting real.
Copyright © 2013,Lima Sehgal
Republication or dissemination of the contents of this article are expressly prohibited without the written consent of the publishers of Jobnet magazine & the Author
Ever since the PC became an integral part of the job hunting process, a certain element of sloppiness has crept in.
Look at the care we take to camouflage our resume in the brief-case. In contrast, it is with such a devil may care attitude that we flaunt it on the www worldwide. How indignantly we demand the headhunter’s client list before giving him our resume, but not care two hoots about hosting it on every available job website. And oops! The trail blaze of cc’s (carbon copies for the uninitiated) that some of us do…
What Jobseekers in India need to truly define is what that www. stands for?
Perhaps addressing needs is a better beginning.
The job websites are waiting for a definition. Are they supposed to be an information base for jobs available, or an advertising platform for resumes or an electronic placement service? Today, it is a rudimentary service trying to survive by the strength of its hit counter, knowing, that the day the hit counter becomes an obsolete measurement of utility, it would be a beginning to leading somewhere.
How much more time is needed before we understand about the loops of vacancy advertising that never gets a resume reached anywhere.
Duplication of vacancy content that has no relevence to anyone but the website owners.
What about the services aimed to make you pretty in the eyes of the beholder ? Resume writing, social media promotion, resume blasting, resume showcasing, purple resume borders over blue ones, and the list goes on...
The net savvy job seeker must use the same spit and polish that goes to shining shoes. Just because the PC offers the option of job hunting in your underwear, that is no reason to discard the outerwear.
(The only dilemma being whether to keep (the) Windows open or shut- pun intended.)
But watch out – the virtual world is getting real.
Copyright © 2013,Lima Sehgal
Republication or dissemination of the contents of this article are expressly prohibited without the written consent of the publishers of Jobnet magazine & the Author
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