Universities, trade organizations and professional associations are also posting listings and resumes to help their members get jobs. And there are several commercial Web sites devoted to publishing job listings and vast electronic resume databases. College students are some of the most wired people in the country. That's why the online-recruiting market target students. Nearly all major recruitment sites, such as The Monster Board, CareerMosaic and the Online Career Center, have areas devoted to college students seeking internships and jobs.
Career counselors say the new technology vastly improves the job-seeking process.
Their Web sites put a lot of job information in one place, and they're so easy to search that it doesn't even seem like work. On the Net, they can do much more than just post resumes or research companies. Tyler Munson graduated from the University of Illinois last year but couldn't find the advertising job he was looking for. Eventually, a California Web-design company saw his portfolio, flew him out to interview and a week later offered him a job as an interface designer. Many college placement offices have had to trim their budgets, so the cost-saving benefits of the Web couldn't have come along at a better time.