Attention Recruiters & Job Boards - Provide Assistance Now, It’s The Right Thing To Do!
by Michele O’Connor
When Times are good, recruiters spend time & money assisting employers even though job seekers can be nonexistent. The assumption is that you will offer the best service and find the right job seekers for the open positions. When unemployment is low this is tough to do. However, you keep spending marketing dollars with the hope that successful recruiting exceeds lost deals. Wouldn’t the same mentality apply today during tough times and periods of high unemployment?
For example, GoliathJobs.com - our popular job board, has increased it’s support staff by 30% including graveyard shifts just to support the volume of job seekers looking for help. “The stories are endless and the despair takes its toll on the people providing assistance. We are doing everything we can to assist them as well as search for jobs that even remotely match their qualifications,” says Jennifer Porter, GoliathJobs Support Team Leader.
Many recruiting offices & job boards are seeing their lists of open positions and clients shrinking. Many have closed their doors. This eerily parallels the empty real estate offices in the recent housing bust. However, their are handfuls of employment personnel that have taken this time to add an element of altruism to their business model. Some may feel that this does nothing to contribute to the bottom line but history has proven that short-term goodwill leads to long-term revenue.
“We feel it is important to support job seekers, regardless of cost, when times are tough. Ethically we need to do it especially if our bottom line can sustain it. This parallels the assistance we provide to employers when times are good and job seekers are nonexistent,” says David Mezzapelle, Founder & Director of Marketing at GoliathJobs.
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About GoliathJobs & JobsOver50:
GoliathJobs is a free web-based employment service for students & alumni. We connect job seekers to employers via schools & alma maters. GoliathJobs creates partnerships with schools throughout North America which serve as liaisons. This model delivers a powerful career service edge to schools at no charge, a competitive edge to job seekers and high-quality results to employers.
JobsOver50.com, launching soon, is a dedicated employment portal for baby boomers & retirees built on the same platform.