I am writing this article from a hotel room in Hong Kong. It has a fax machine and data ports and should tell any observant person that the Internet is not a passing or minor event. Over the next year or two, the Internet will largely begin replacing the traditional tools of sourcing candidates such as cold calling and the building of proprietary databases. Recruiters who have built their profession on having private, guarded information are going to quickly become unsuccessful. People move too often, change their information too quickly, and don't even stay in the same field for long.
Any static information is useless.
Everyone is getting on the Internet. Televisions are beginning to come equipped with browsers. Cable and telecommunication services are one and the same. Within a couple of years, even the least educated job seekers will be using the Internet to submit information about themselves and to advertise their availability to prospective job providers. The entire act of seeking employment is going to change.