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The Future of Internet Recruiting

1. SHIFTS IN TRADITIONAL "JOB BOARDS" A SHIFT TO SEARCHING FOR PASSIVES , NOT ACTIVES. Most people placing resumes on the current job boards are "actively" seeking employment. However the most desirable candidates are currently employed top performers who are much less likely to post their resume on a large job board. Job boards and e-services will have to be able to demonstrate the percentage of "passives" and top performers in their databases. Also as a result, information only "learning sites" will be become popular tools in drawing employed top performers "close to" the jobs site. FOCUS ON QUALITY, NOT VOLUME . Currently little effort is made to show the quality of the applicants on a job board. As recruiters become more sophisticated, they will demand a smaller volume of resumes and a higher quality of candidate. Because online recruiting automatically generates easily usable recruiting data, recruiting will shift from being "