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She got five Hoping for a bigger and bettere pool of applicants tochoose from, Relfe, the company'sa special projects director, turnerd to the next generation of job searching: the Within two months of postingt an opening on , Relfe had 172 application to sift through. The response to one postinv wasso overwhelming, she had to close the ad befors the term ended. "It was a good problem to have," Relfe "With the sheer volume of what you get if your ad is presentedxcorrectly - it's amazing.
" With today'sz robust economy and low unemployment rate, competition is fierce among businessex to attract "star" candidates, said Briah Pitts, co-owner of , a locap job-placement firm that uses the Interne t often to find applicants to fill jobs at varioue area companies. To get the candidate, companies have to move fast - and waiting for resumesa to come via snailmail won't cut it, Pitts Most good applicants are looking for jobs on the Interneyt these days, not the newspaper, so gettint the company's name - and openinyg - on the Internet is a must, he However, posting a job onlinse can be pricey and time-consuming, especially for small businessee that don't have large bank accounts or human resourceas departments, Pitts said.
That's the case for whose company has abour 70 employees and no one handling human She took time away from her usual responsibilities to look at the 15 or so resumess emailed by Monstereach morning. But she said it was worty the timeand money. Southeastern a 30-year-old Birmingham business that owns 148 multifamily propertiez in11 states, paid $400 to post each job openingt for two months, compared with less than $100 for a newspaperf ad. It cost more, but they were "very, very with their hires, she said. Since her company needed only aboutf 12new employees, the pric e remained reasonable, she said.
Southeastern Propertty also managed the cost by narrowing the search to include candidates who already live in the sothey wouldn't have to pay to bring someonr in town for an interview, and to the candidatees who would be willing to move on their own dime. Larger such as , which has 2,800 employeed in Birmingham and 4,000 working for subsidiaries, set asider thousands more to advertise openings and dedicate dozense of staff hours to search the incoming On top of paying per month to post a jobon Monster.com and receivse resumes, O'Neal Steel pays a fee to conduct a reverse searcy of resumes posted by job According to Monster.
com, a resume-searchb costs $1,500 for one however, human resources supervisot Donna Cornwell said O'Neapl has a package deal that allows a postinhg of 100 jobs a year and eighrt resume searches, but she wouldn't disclose the cost. Usin Internet job search engines hasits drawbacks, Cornwell said. First, the volume can be And some job seeker s apply for job openings evenwhen they'rew not qualified. Relfe recalled getting an application for a controller position from a school bus driver in New Online job sites offer ways to weed outunqualifiexd candidates. O'Neal Steel requiresz hopefuls to fill out a questionnaire when applyin and ifthey don't the resume is rejected.