Posted on 11/24/2015 5:16:50 AM PST by SkyPilot
In the US, the internet has become a job seeker's most important resource.
People are researching, finding, and applying to jobs online with relative ease. A Pew Research Center report released Thursday (Nov. 19) shows most American adults who have looked for a job in the last two years turned to online resources more than they used personal and professional connections, employment agencies, ads, or job fairs, the traditional avenues of a career hunt. A third of respondents used social media to either research or look for a job.
Relocating job hunting to the internet is an obvious outcome, as it expands access and opportunity. But it's fairly troubling for a significant portion of the American population. That group, while a minority, includes older adults who are less familiar with online platforms than their younger counterparts, as well as people with lower levels of education; it also includes a disproportionately high number of black and Hispanic adults, who tend to use the internet less than whites or Asians.
According to the Pew report, 17% of US job seekers would not find it easy to create a digital resume if they needed to do so. Another 21% say they have trouble highlighting their employment skills on social media or personal websites. And roughly 11% of people struggle with contacting potential employers via email, finding job applications online, or finding available jobs in the local area through the internet.
"In many cases, individuals who might benefit the most from being able to perform these behaviors effectively—such as those with relatively low levels of educational attainment or those who are currently not employed for pay—are the ones who find them most daunting," Pew researcher Aaron Smith wrote in the report.
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The author of this piece, Amy X. Wang, relied heavily on this Pew Reserach report for her piece.
July 28, 2015 15% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
Don't ask Ms(z). Wang if she intends to hire aspiring rappers to be her childcare workers, financial planners, or surgeons.
Of course not!
Yet another "Wymin and Minorities, Hardest Hit" headline.
I can see the 65+ number. But they don’t do much job hunting anyway.
On the minority #s I notice lots of non-whites at our local Walmarts, especially on Thanksgiving day to get those deals on TV sets.
I always wonder why they dont just shop at Amazon.
Excuses, excuses. Almost all public libraries have Internet stations available for use and many schools have adult education courses on using a computer for Internet access. Most of these resources are free or very inexpensive. If someone is serious about using the Internet to find a job, it’s pretty easy to do. On the other hand, if you’re a deadbeat drawing welfare, why bother?
It also requires reading. Let’s see those numbers too.
It’s the modern equivalent of being too lazy to walk downtown to see who has “help wanted” signs posted in their window. I live in a rural area and can name 3 or 4 agencies that help with this stuff.
People are researching, finding, and applying to jobs online with relative ease.
What's the missing word? HIRING.
All these millenials and GenX goobers think they can interview for a job on their Xbox and PS4's. Nothing beats a face-to-face contact.
“3%” of adults 18-29 don’t use the internet (out of 15% of ALL adults)
“39%” of adults 65-100 (retirees) don’t use the internet (out of 15% of ALL adults)
This is a non-story blame white people meme.
Yep!
My company does its hiring online. Yet the last two employees I hired were candidates who sent their resumes directly to me.
Why? It's actually quite simple. When I'm used to wading through hundreds of resumes that have been posted to our HR job posting portal, a resume that is sent directly to me really stands out.
Go figure.
Nope!
Get the job through a friend or someone you know.
Over 50% of listed openings are fake, position isnt.really open,.etc.
There are even interviews for which the goal for legal/statistical reasosn.is from the outset.is to NOT hire you.
Oh, and avoid HR depts at ALL COSTS.
You're welcome.
CareerBuilder.com is RAAAAACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After that, you go home with the local newspapers and start reading through the help wanted section and you would carefully hand write cover letters and address envelopes for the jobs you wanted.
If you were called for an interview, you had to pull your one suit out of the closet and have your sister or girlfriend iron it along with a shirt. Then you would have to go to your father's house and have him re-show you how to tie a tie. You would then have to shine your one pair of wingtips the night before and rehearse in your mind all the questions you might be asked in the interview the next day.
Eventually, you would get a job.
Personal attack = I win. Screw you.
Most of the libraries I’ve visited have time limits on their use, and varied between 30 minutes to one hour.
My husband and I are ‘GenX goobers’. We’re pushing 50 with two grown kids and a grandchild. My husband is about to retire from the army with 28 years of service. He’s considered an ‘older’ potential hire.
We’ve only got about 15 years until full retirement, so he’s about 2/3rd of the way through his productive years.
Never have owned an X-box or PS anything. Even when the kids were living at home.
So when you talk about GenXrs, remember that most of the women are reaching menopause and plenty of us have grey hair. We’re middle aged. Not kids.
And, from what I’ve observed lately, getting hired is more about *who* you know in your industry than any job search. It is harder to do face-to-face when you’re applying all over the nation.
My son’s last two employers used Skype (video conferencing) to do his interviews. Face-to-face, but still online.
My dear, that's how it's always been. Networking is one of the key things that most of these job searchers don't realize.
My own stepdaughter, after a VERY exhaustive job search online (she flat refused to pound the bricks), finally landed a position because of a friend-of-a-friend connection. She grudgingly admitted I told her so.
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