Comments on: How Employers are Hiring Online

By: Stephen Tiano

Stephen Tiano — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:54:59 +0000

Since 1998, I’ve obtained all my freelance work online, whether by blind email to every publisher listing an email address in the current year’s Writer’s Market, responding to inquiries made to me via email, or applying for projects I found out about on boards or in forums. Generally, I include my text-only resume and likes to work samples on my website. Sometimes I even attach PDFs of my sample work to those emails.

By: Dan Erwin

Dan Erwin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:03:00 +0000

Ari: My millennial friends and a few of the Gen X (above 35 years old) are using online social networking for their jobs. But my clients at director and above (VP) tend to go through direct face-to-face networking or with a headhunter. What do you know about whether Gen X or even younger Boomers. Is this a job experience issue, or a generational issue? I’m curious for my clients’ sake.
Dan Erwin (member of the so-called Silent Generation)

By: Dear Social Media Manager Search Committee of National Association of Realtors | by Ari Herzog

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:42:43 +0000

[...] Wouldn’t it be neat if NAR could use social media to hire someone in social media? I recently wrote about Hiring 2.0 and how employers are hiring people online, [...]

By: Tom Summit

Tom Summit — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Good post. People do need to be aware of their online identity contained in all the different social networking sites out there.
Right now, resumes and job postings are the standard tools used in online hiring and job change. As the industry continues towards more personalization, other tools will come into play to help match candidates and companies. What will always be important is work history and references.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:55:00 +0000

Jillian: Thanks for your comment, and yeah, I know you're a resume gal for the reasons you state. But can you understand why some organizations are straying away from the one-dimensional resume?

Mark: This is true. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if mega mart cashiers are more knowledgeable about social media than the patrons who wait in the deli line.

Ray: Thanks for your note. Do you edit on about.com?

Aaron: The shout-out wouldn't have happened if you hadn't taken the initiative to change the mindset, as Jacob Morgan wrote the other day. Thanks for coming by and leaving a comment, and I hope to see you again!

By: Adawg

Adawg — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:41:00 +0000

Ari - great post and obviously I couldn't agree more. Using social networks to hire is the wave of the future. One other factoid that I learned the other day from Harvard associate professor, Misiek Piskorski - studies show that people are less likely to exaggerate their accomplishments on LinkedIn than on Monster (apparently knowing that our colleagues can and probably will check out our profile keeps us honest). My guess is that the same holds true with traditional resumes i.e. people are more honest on Linked in than on their resume.

Thanks too for the shout out. Much appreciated.

Best,
Aaron Strout | @astrout

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:36:00 +0000

About.com just added 3 new employment sites to their top 10 list:

http://www.linkedin.com (networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated lists)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to jobs)

Whole Top 10 list here:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/tp/jobbanks.htm