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She got five responses. Hopinhg for a bigger and better pool of applicants tochoose from, Relfe, the company's special projects director, turned to the next generation of job the Internet. Within two months of postinb an openingon , Relfer had 172 applications to sift through. The response to one postinv wasso overwhelming, she had to close the ad befores the term ended. "If was a good problem to have," Relfe said. "Withu the sheer volume of what (applications) you get if your ad is presentedxcorrectly - it's amazing.
" With today's robust economyg and low unemployment rate, competition is fierce among businesseds to attract "star" candidates, said Brianm Pitts, co-owner of , a local job-placemenft firm that uses the Internet oftenh to find applicants to fill jobs at variousw area companies. To get the candidate, companies have to move fast - and waitingy for resumes to come via snailmail won'yt cut it, Pitts Most good applicants are looking for jobs on the Interne these days, not the newspaper, so getting the company'es name - and opening - on the Internegt is a must, he said.
posting a job online can be pricey and especially for small businessesthat don't have large bank accountw or human resources departments, Pitts That's the case for Relfe, whose company has about 70 employeess and no one handling human resources. She took time away from her usuak responsibilities to look at the 15 or so resumez emailed by Monstereach morning. But she said it was wortnh the timeand money. Southeastern Property, a 30-year-olrd Birmingham business that owns 148 multifamil properties in11 states, paid $400 to post each job openingv for two months, compared with less than $100 for a newspaperf ad.
It cost more, but they were very pleased" with their hires, she Since her company needede only about 12new employees, the price remained reasonable, she Southeastern Property also managefd the cost by narrowing the search to include candidates who already live in the so they wouldn't have to pay to brinfg someone in town for an interview, and to the candidates who woulfd be willing to move on theie own dime. Larger companies, such as , which has 2,80p employees in Birmingham and 4,000 working for subsidiaries, set asids thousands more to advertise openings and dedicat e dozens of staff hours to search theincomintg resumes. On top of paying per month to post a jobon Monster.
com and receive resumes, O'Neal Steel pays a fee to conduct a reverse search of resumes posted by job seekers. According to a resume-search costs $1,500 for one month, human resources supervisor Donna Cornwellsaid O'Neal has a packagee deal that allows a postingy of 100 jobs a year and eighf resume searches, but she wouldn'y disclose the cost. Using Internet job search enginex hasits drawbacks, Cornwell said. First, the volum can be overwhelming. And some job seekerse apply for job openings evenwhen they're not qualified.
Relfer recalled getting an application for a controller position from a schoopl bus driver in New Online job sites offed ways to weed outunqualified O'Neal Steel requires hopefuls to fill out a questionnairw when applying and if they don't the resume is rejected.