Are Candidates Turning Away from Monster and CareerBuilder?
Depending on how you have your HR business set up, you may or may not have the ability to see and evaluate the volume of candidates, as they come to your careers site and actually apply for positions. I use Taleo as an ATS (the system rocks, so if you are in the market, call them in) and to run my careers site. I’m a glutton for digital punishment, so I have my email address set up in the defaults for a notification every time someone applies. I get an email every time that happens, which gives me basic data on the candidate, the position they are applying for and probably most importantly, the source they are coming from. Recent trends have made me compare my candidate sources to what I experienced “back in the day.” (PS – what does “back in the day” mean to you? We had this debate around the office, and I said you had to be referring to events and a time period at least 10 years old. I’m still in my thirties, and I was attacked by some boomers in their mid to late 40’s who scoffed an
