In this Issue:
Topic of the Month: "Be In Control - Purchase Resume Access"
Now's the Time!
Good Employees Are Found Online
This Issue's Cartoon!
Be In Control - Purchase Resume Access 
Job postings on internet web boards such as EngineeringDesignJobs.com are a great way to put the word out that you have an open position. They can say a lot about who you are looking for and what type of work environment the candidate can expect to find with you.
However, you’re a builder, and more than likely, you prefer to take charge and be proactive rather than passive and reactive, and waiting for that perfect candidate to respond to your ad may take longer than you can afford to wait. If you need someone now, (and when you need someone, isn’t the need always for “now”?) the best way to start searching through all your options is to purchase Resume Access from EngineeringDesignJobs.com.
We have over 70,000 candidates in our database all waiting to hear from you. They’re checking EngineeringDesignJobs.com frequently for that perfect opportunity, but they have to sift through thousands of job postings along the way.
Resume Access allows you to expedite the marriage of perfect opportunity with ideal candidate. It gives you control over the search you need to conduct.
This service of EngineeringDesignJobs.com helps you to search by job title, location, education, skill or even company (it wouldn’t necessarily break your heart to pull some talent away from a competitor, would it?).
There are further advantages to using Resume Access. You can set up candidate alerts to draw in new candidates to your search. You can save your searches to streamline the effort needed every time you login. You can create candidate folders to manage the process as applicants come forward: for example, you can put carpenter resumes in one folder and superintendents in another. You can also rank your candidates’ qualifications from a 0 to 10 to let you know next time whether you want to review them again or not. You can also assign them a status; for example, you can grade a candidate as “Reviewed” or “No interest” or “Phone screen” or even “Scheduled Interview.”
Resume Access gives you control over the search and may let you find the candidate you need before someone else does.
Job postings are certainly beneficial, but unfortunately there is no filter to prevent the wrong candidate or an unqualified candidate or an out of state candidate from applying to your ad. Don’t you want the chance to review our clients and make a decision for yourself as to whom you want to contact rather than maybe having to turn away a raft of candidates who are not qualified to tackle your position?
We are aware that cost is a concern for some companies, and so we offer a month of access for only $700. In that time, you can access the resume of every candidate in our database (remember … that’s 70,000 people, and growing fast!).
And don’t forget I and my colleagues here at EngineeringDesignJobs.com are just a phone call away to answer any questions you may have or to help out in any way. We provide lots of tools to make your search for the perfect candidate the best and most efficient it can be, so please include this service when partnering with us next time.
You want control over every aspect of your responsibilities, including how you find the best candidates to build the best projects. Resume Access gives control back to you.
Article by:
Autumn Cartwright, Regional Account Executive
Southern California, Utah, Hawaii
EngineeringDesignJobs.com
Now's the Time!
If you are going to be looking for new employees over the next few months, now's the time to start searching. More candidates have been applying to jobs in the past two months than anytime over the past year. The reasons for this vary but statistics don’t lie; there has been a 25% increase in applies over the past 60 days. Whatever the case may be, you need to match the excitement and eagerness of the candidates by meeting them halfway. Post solid jobs and update your positions now in order to meet the solid professionals you need to complete the work you want to do. Act now, and you may find more candidates in your apply folder and more new candidates in the resume database.
Good Employees are Found Online
Article by:
Peter Weddle
Recently, we began to explore what kind of results recruiters are actually achieving online. Previous WEDDLE's research revealed that that over half of all employers now fill over a quarter of their openings with candidates sourced on the Internet. But, how good are those hires? How do they stack up against employees acquired from other sources?
The responses below were collected between March 10 and June 20, 2007 for the following question: "How would you rate the caliber of your new hires sourced online?"
- 31.3% said they were among their best employees
- 47.9% said they were above average employees
- 16.7% said they were average employees
- 2.1% said they were below average employees
- 2.0% had no opinion
What the Findings Mean For some years now, there's been a debate about whether the Internet actually delivers new hires. Pundits and bloggers have opined, one way or the other, about the efficacy of online sourcing and recruiting methods, especially job posting, datamining and electronic networking. The issue is important, of course, given the limitations that continue to be imposed on staffing budgets and resources. The key question, however, is not if the Internet delivers, but rather, how well it does so. These results indicate that the Internet is among the most effective methods recruiters now have for acquiring top talent and, ultimately, for winning the War for the Best Talent.
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Happy Recruiting,
The EngineeringDesignJobs Team
