Reasons the Internet Stops Job Seekers From Being Successful!

By: JoAnn Nix

If this sounds familiar, “I’ve posted my resume on countless job boards but no one has ever called me,” this article will explain why the Internet is not a good way to land interviews.

There are two reasons why job seekers who respond to job ads on monster.com, careerbuilders.com, dice.com, and other job boards rarely receive interviews.

Reason #1

First, when job seekers apply for positions through the Internet they are not one of 10 or 20 people sending in their resume – in fact, there may be thousands of candidates applying for the same position. Hence, competition is extraordinarily tough! So, where does that leave the job seeker? More than likely, frustrated! The competition is so great the odds of a resume getting noticed is very, very slim.

Also, here’s something to consider… if a company posted a job on monster.com and received 500, 1,000 or as many as 5,000 resumes the company would never have the time to print each resume, review each one, and then decide who to contact for interviews. The project would be far too overwhelming and the company would not invest human capital resources nor pay employees to print and review each resume

Managers realize the best candidate’s resume may be in the stack of “left behind” resumes, but the project is too huge. This is one of the primary reasons job seekers depending on the Internet experience frustration.

Reason #2

The second reason job seekers fail to get responses from Internet postings is based on the fact they simply push their resume through technology – meaning through the e-mail gateway.

• Hence, the job seeker hasn’t established any relationship with any person. Job seekers are hired by forming relationships with contacts and hiring decision makers. People hire people, computers do not.
  

E-mailing a resume in response to a website posting doesn’t enable a job seeker to form a relationship with the right decision makers.

Summary

These are the two key reasons why the Internet rarely produces results for most job seekers; the Internet does help a few people get interviews – but the majority of job seekers are not successful using this method. If a job seeker decides to use the Internet as a method of pursuing interview opportunities, he shouldn’t use this avenue as a primary way of generating interviews. If a job seeker does use the Internet as the number one resource, frustration is just around the corner.

• I recommend only spending one or two hours a day searching for Internet job opportunities IF a job seeker desires to use this method. In my professional opinion as a job search coach, it’s really not worth the time. I highly recommend a job seeker invest all his time and energy networking and directly interacting with people, one-on-one. I’m sure they will be delighted with your results! It beats Internet searching any day!