The Skinny on Online Job Posting Sites

Wired News reports that Traffic and revenue are up at the Web's major job hunting/job listing sites. While this is good news for the companies that run them, this does not necessarily mean good news for job seekers. As John A. Challenger, of Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, puts it:

The company wants a haystack and the candidate is the needle. When you apply for a job online, your resume just goes into the void. You feel like you're accomplishing something, but you're probably just spinning your wheels.

Last month I quoted an article from Reuter's that states that the ease of posting one's resume on the internet now appears to be a job-seeker's greatest obstacle. I also provided some links to some helpful advice from Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is My Parachute? Go back and check it out now to get the real skinny. And let me know what you think.