Boeing started accepting electronic resumes at its site on the World Wide Web on Aug. 8 and, without promoting its new method, had e-mail resumes waiting the next day. The move to the Net will affect every company and every worker. Companies search for workers through help-wanted ads and employment agencies. Many applicants are qualified for jobs not available, but when those jobs open, resumes are long forgotten in a file cabinet or landfill. It's inefficient and attracts the unemployed and the working discontent.
Companies know that the best workers usually are happily working.
Recruiting the new way. Companies are electronically storing resumes, keeping them within easy reach for months or years. Paper resumes are scanned into huge computer databases alongside those received by e-mail. Stored resumes aren't forgotten. A computer can use key words and phrases to select those applicants that meet the requirements.