How Online Content Can Help or Hurt Your Job Search - CareerEnlightenment.com

According to a recent panel at the University of California Berkeleys Beyond Academia conference, U.S. human resource professionals receive an average of 100 applications for every job opening on the market, and as of this spring, the National Center for Educational Statistics reports another 2.8 million college graduates have joined the ranks of job seekers.Recruiters surveyed also said proactive recruiting is the most influential trend in their recruiting process: more than half of recruiters conduct an active online search in addition to considering online resume submissions. A personal website could improve a candidates chances of being discovered, said Lesic.78 percent of those surveyed reported that digital content like an online website and the increased availability of information online are influential trends in recruitment. 83 percent anticipate that their jobs will be even more reliant on digital content over the next five years.How Online Content Can Help (or Hurt) Your J ob Search (PRNewsFoto/Domain.ME)Methodology: The survey of 300 U.S. human resource professionals who regularly manage staffing and recruiting for their organizations was commissioned by Domain.ME and conducted by Research Now between June 11 and July 9, 2015.