Please forward your resume...

these are my opinions (first amendment)

the wild card in the equation for getting an interview is HR. They should rename job board to interview board or HR board or Filter board. Get around HR and your chances to at least get interviewed increase.

Just a thought: if 1000 candidates are equally qualified for the chance to get interviewed for job X, what are your chances you'll get contacted? 1 in 1000.

by the way, i vie for positions in the greater houston area, and it got a lot tougher than it was pre-enron.

This is easy. My experience has been the job boards simply don't meet my needs or expectations.

I've used them many times in the past, mainly during a period when I was planning to move to a different part of the country.

Though my resume waswell written, full of good relevant experience, even had references. I never got any bites from job boards - EVER.

Yet, with that same resume after physically/manually searching on my own I had 4 interviews in 2 1/2 weeks.

This was years ago of course, but unless its changed (I doubt it) I think job boards don't work.

Oh yeah and another thing is the jobs vary from one extreme to another...they have positions on there for SR IT (IE. CIO level) pros for Fortune 100 level companies - I'mgood, but I'm not that good - yet. Or you'll find jobs for simple web design or help desk support. Where are the jobs for us with the "middle level" skills and experience? -- Too experienced and skilled for little help desk type jobs but not quite at Fortune 100 IT Management / CIO level yet either.

My last 2 positions have come throught Job Boards. First one I got about 3 years ago. I got a job working as support Technician for a reputable Fortune 100 company. After working for them for a little over 2 years I expanded my horizons and obtaineda job as network engineer for a reputable Fortune 500 company. I still keep my resume updated on on the job boards and every now and then I get calls or emails from prospective employers. I do this to keep tabs on whats goin on in the market place.

Uncle Ramus

Job boards are a reflection of supply and demand.
Boards were popular when companies were desparately searching for qualified candidates. Now the situation has reversed... There is a shrinkage of jobs and a flood of candidates. And these candidates are flooding not only the boards, but the company sites as well. Larger companies I am sure do even need to go to Job boards...they are getting inundated right in their backyard. JBoards are probably most effective for candidates with specialities that are in demand... so I guess, it really hasn't changed.

Job boards work in direct proportion to supply and demand.

Now that the wave has waned, this cottage industry is starting to consolidate, market new services to combat this natural market attrition.

I have found jobs via the bigger job boards, but that was several few years ago...

Now the only 'bites' I get are from other job boards, or from 'contract shops' that do not seem serious about finding me work, just adding my resume to their pool so they can claim they have more canidates than the other company.

I am working now, and have no intentions of changing jobs. But dealing with those people when I was in desperate need of a job was frustrating.

I think it works to your disadvantage as you should have control of who your resume goes to. I have missed out on positions where two headhunters sumbitted me. They both had spoken to be about an opportunity, but one did not specify the prospective employer. And I have been submitted by companies who found my resume online, and not contacted me at all.

When I was looking for a job, the economy had free fallen and getting a job was a miracle. My job came from a job board from where my resume was discovered by a different a job agency. Working at a Network Administrator position for $15 per hour sucked, but at least I could pay my bills and take care of my family.

My opinion is that job boards do work, but unless you luck out, it takes some time. I actively pursued jobs using job boards for about 10 months before I finally had a breakthrough.