Online job postings ruin the market

[Pie]

Originally posted by Riddil

So now you're not just going up against your peers... but against people much more qualified than you. So after a few weeks/months of fruitless searching, what do you do? You start to search jobs that you are over-qualified for, and now you're just keeping the cycle alive by sniping jobs out from under other people, even though it's not a fitting job for you.

This only true in a down job market. When there are more jobs available then there are people who want jobs (remember 1998?) then this scenario will be reversed. I was in that position when I finished grad school; I had my pick of the (very good!) market. When I lost my job last September (2002) however, it was completely different. Too few jobs, too many applicants.

Economists will tell you that any market functions better in the presence of "perfect" information. While online jobs sites have removed some information barriers that were previously hindering businesses, one can also say that the applicant will see far more companies and far more jobs that he would by picking up the local paper. You can also essentially apply for jobs for free -- click on "Submit Resume". No typewriter, coverletters, stamps, stationary, und so weiter.

(Online, schmonline, the best way to get a job is still nepotism!)

- Pie (now working at the same company as Badger)


PS: Hey Dubya -- where the hell are all those high-paying jobs you promised us? Too busy dicking around with your Daddy's war to take care of your own people?