The program is not just a temporary salve for the year 2000 problem. Cassell anticipates that many employees hired through the program will be at EDS well into the next millennium-good news for liberal artists everywhere. With the current shortage of IS professionals, finding enough warm, much less qualified, bodies to fill all the available spots is enough to push any CIO over the brink. But to help you and your human resources managers retain your sanity, a slew of services designed to help speed the search have sprung up all over the Web. Check out Descriptions Now Direct , a Web-based application from KnowledgePoint out of Petaluma, Calif., that creates customized job descriptions companies can use when they post an opening.
Subscribers pay a fee and fill out a form that asks detailed questions about the position.
In return, they receive a comprehensive job description that includes a brief summary followed by more detailed job-specific information, such as essential duties and responsibilities, qualification requirements and physical demands. Of course, describing a job is only the first step in the hiring process. To find qualified candidates, prospective employers might want to log on to The JobMarket , a site developed by Tri-Logix Inc. of Miami, billed as the cyberplace where employers meet employees. Founded in 1991, E.span is, comparatively speaking, an old-timer in the world of online recruiting sites. Similar to The JobMarket, E.span, based in Indianapolis, offers services for both employers and job seekers.