How good is online resume posting

The newest and some say the greatest thing to happen to job searching in a long time is the online résumé posting. There are many companies out there that shall remain nameless who base an entire website on posting other people’s résumés. There are many people who do sign up for this service. Some services charge to use their site. The premise is that you post your résumé and then you wait for a company or employers to check it out and become interested in your posting and then they call you.

This service is great if you are looking elsewhere for work, if you are solely putting all of your eggs in one basket then you may be waiting for a long time. Sometimes it takes weeks to get a hit or a lead. Now, it would be a shame if you paid for a service and did not get one hit. You really have a better chance of looking through the newspaper and sending your resume out to 10 jobs. You will at least hear from 7 out of the ten jobs, unless it is not what you applied for.

It is all a hit and miss idea. Unless you have a spectacular résumé where you have exactly what people are looking for. You could be waiting a very long time. What makes this worse is that you may be paying for it by the week or by the month. If you have your heart set on doing this then try to find a service that will post your résumé for free. Then you have nothing to lose except time.

Technology is great and the concept of posting your résumé online is great. It does not guarantee job and some do not claim to do that but for people who need work and are constantly looking then maybe this service is not for you. At least if you do this, look in the newspapers or in penny savers or even on the online classified in your local paper. Just do not let this be your only means of looking for a job.

Some people have had great success with this service and that is great for them but there are just as many if not more that have no success and they only thing they do have is less money for the cost of the service.