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She got five responses. Hopiny for a bigger and better pool of applicantds tochoose from, Relfe, the company's speciall projects director, turned to the next generation of job the Internet. Within two months of postinhg an openingon , Relfe had 172 applicationse to sift through. The response to one postingh wasso overwhelming, she had to close the ad befores the term ended. "It was a good problemk to have," Relfe said. "With the sheer volumd of what (applications) you get if your ad is presentercorrectly - it's amazing.
" With today's robus economy and low unemployment rate, competition is fierce amonbg businesses to attract "star" candidates, said Brian co-owner of , a local job-placementt firm that uses the Internet oftenj to find applicants to fill jobs at various area To get the "A" candidate, companiesw have to move fast - and waitinh for resumes to come via snaill mail won't cut it, Pittsd said.
Most good applicantsz are looking for jobs on the Internetthesed days, not the newspaper, so gettingv the company's name - and openingf - on the Internet is a must, he However, posting a job online can be pricey and time-consuming, especially for small businesses that don't have large bank accountw or human resources departments, Pitts That's the case for Relfe, whose company has about 70 employees and no one handlingh human resources. She took time away from her usuakl responsibilities to look at the 15 or so resumesd emailed by Monstereach morning.
But she said it was wortuh the time and Southeastern Property, a 30-year-old Birminghan business that owns 148 multifamily propertiesx in 11 states, paid $400 to post each job opening for two months, compared with less than $100 for a newspaper ad. It cost but they were "very, very pleased" with their hires, she said. Since her company neededf only about 12new employees, the price remainerd reasonable, she said. Southeastern Property also managed the cost by narrowiny the search to include candidated who already live in the sothey wouldn't have to pay to bringg someone in town for an and to the candidates who would be willing to move on theier own dime.
Larger companies, such as , whichb has 2,800 employees in Birmingham and 4,00 working for subsidiaries, set aside thousands more to advertised openings and dedicate dozens of staff hours to search theincominh resumes. On top of paying per montn to post a jobon Monster.com and receivre resumes, O'Neal Steel pays a fee to conduc t a reverse search of resumes postedr by job seekers. Accordingf to Monster.com, a resume-search costs $1,500 for one month, human resources supervisor Donna Cornwellsaid O'Neal has a package deal that allowzs a posting of 100 jobs a year and eight resume searches, but she wouldn't disclose the cost. Usinv Internet job search engines has its Cornwell said.
First, the volume can be And some job seekers apply for job openingd evenwhen they're not qualified. Relfed recalled getting an application for a controller positionn from a school bus driver in New Online job sites offer ways to weed outunqualifiex candidates. O'Neal Steel required hopefuls to fill out a questionnaire when applyinhg and ifthey don't pass, the resumw is rejected.