Job Sites Poised For 2007 Boom

Recruiting talent with online job boards has been a growing field, and one that has been blamed for the travails of print media's classified revenue stream. In 2007, online boards could grow even more. The savvy job hunter has been moving steadily to the Internet, and searching a variety of resources; from the listings by human resources types on corporate websites, to well-financed listings sites like CareerBuilder, Monster, and HotJobs, to job listing aggregators operated by SimplyHired and Indeed, all the way through general classifieds efforts like Craigslist, Oodle, Microsoft Live Expo, and Google Base. Much of the early efforts at finding talent with the Internet has focused on professionals, especially for workers in the myriad fields associated with the technology industry. A fundamental shift in focus could bring even greater success to job boards, at the expense of their print media brethren. Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.