Five Reasons You Should Post Your Resume Online

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Which is the best online approach for finding a better job? Posting a resume? Or searching and applying online? The answer is, "BOTH!" You need to be doing both.

It's time to get with the program.

Even though POSTING A RESUME has been possible since mid 1990s, it remains a relatively "new" job search tool to many job seekers. Maybe this is because there's no pre-Internet precedent for it. Searching and applying online is basically a the same process as answering newspaper help wanted ads ---albeit, on steroids. It's rooted in the way we used to things.

POSTING is an Internet thing. Your grandfather would call resume POSTING "new-fangled" and he'd probably avoid it. But you can't afford that luxury. You have to get with the program and post your resume. Because it's part of looking for job in the Internet Age and employers expect it.

Posting wins the numbers game.

Posting your resume expands your network big time. In the olden days you could "blast" your resume, by snail mail, to a handful of decision-makers. With POSTING, in a few mouse clicks, you can put your resume on the desktops of thousands of hiring managers and recruiters. Try to duplicate that kind of coverage in the old days and you'd be deathly ill from licking the postage stamps.

It's as easy as...

Posting is a snap. As we already pointed out, posting takes a few mouse-clicks and you're done. It's fast, easy to do, and free. It's also easy for anyone who searches views and downloads your resume, to send it to a colleague looking for just your set of skills. It's Internet marketing at it's best and YOU are the product.

Look for a job without looking for a job.

A lot of job seekers have an interest in changing jobs but enough time to search and apply. Posting lets them "announce their candidacy" without hitting the campaign trail. With posting, employers search for the candidates!

Test the effectiveness of your resume.

How's your resume doing? Do you know for sure? Posting gives you a chance to do some sophisticated market research. Because you can post multiple resumes, (on CareerBuilder it's five) you can actually target them to different audiences or test your messaging on the same audience. Then, you can make meaningful adjustments to your overall resume approach that can improve your results tremendously.