While newspapers and industry-specific trade publications have traditionally been the primary resources for job listings, the Internet has quickly found a niche with job seekers. For technical positions, the Internet is already the primary recruiting vehicle. According to Bob Hale, employment man ager at BBN Corp. in Newton, more than 50 percent of the people he interviews and hires are found through on-line services. Because of that large audience, a growing number of employers, head hunters, and other professional recruiters use interactive vehicles to post job listings and search for nontechnical candidates. Customer service, sales, and management positions are just a few of the jobs in fields on-line, ranging from advertising to zoology.
Recruiters often say the best jobs are never advertised.
Fortunately, many Internet vehicles let you search through those jobs more efficiently than the print medium allows. In addition, you can communicate with many more employers and other sources of job leads at less cost and time than via telephone, mail, or fax. If you own a computer, it takes little more to get on-line. Like most Web sites, job hunting sites are typically free to the job seeker. In addi tion to job listings, many offer other useful resources, such as articles on writing better resumes, preparing for interviews in today's job market, listings of area job fairs to attend, and more.