All resumes that come into the site are scanned into a software package, compiled into a database, and, possibly, retrieved at a later date if they match up with new job postings. Another Hamel Group client, Kurt Andrews, human resources manager at Perkin Elmer Inc., Biosystems Division, in Foster City, Calif., says that 20 percent of the resumes he receives come from the Internet. All of them fall into a database, and managers can look directly into it, he says. While we continue to use job fairs, media print ads, and employee referrals for recruitment, we now put all of our job postings on the Internet. Some Sites Specialize Some scientific and professional organizations operate their own Web sites.
Employers can use the site to search resumes, identified by numbers.
Prospective employees can find out about new job postings as they are announced. The online database also was designed to set up interviews at AACC's Annual Meeting Employment Exchange in Chicago in August. About 80 interviews were held at the meeting, according to Allain. BioView 's Pauletich believes that the technology will evolve to the point at which companies can conduct online interviews with prospective employees. SciWeb 's Jakobovits believes that many of the technical problems of formatting resumes on the Internet and then fine-tuning them using database tools for easy access will be solved in the next few years.