The Los Angeles-based service carved out its niche by working with college placement offices. More and more employers are turning to Internet job sites, because they're quick and convenient, said Terri LaMarco, associate director of career planning and placement for the University of Michigan. Student use of Web sites in job searches has skyrocketed, LaMarco said. They can job search 24 hours a day, night and day, from their kitchen table. About the only drawback to Internet sites is that some of the sites come and go.
Companies pay a fee to advertise postings on the site.
In 1998, more than 400,000 job postings were listed with the site, and some 35,000 students and recent graduates visit the site each day, Ramberg said. Even as the job market evolves, Cunningham said, some things never change. It seems as if, in college there is no level of commitment, professionalism or drive. Everybody's on a different path, and you just go about your merry way. Here, there is so much interdependence and shared vision.