Posting resume online?

[ttaylor508]

Has anyone posted their resume online and successfully found a job? I have recently been laid off and am considering this option, although I am a bit leery as I don't want to have to filter through false inquiries.

It is a really bad time to be unemployed as the market is so saturated with people looking for work. I am frustrated, scared and just plain depressed! I have sent resume's out right and left and haven't received so much as a kiss off letter. Part of me thinks I am not going to find a job online as too many people are sending their resume's in (one job had 2,000 responses).

If anyone has experience or success with finding work this way I would appreciate some input.

thanks!

[Pax]

I have not placed my resume online but many of my student employees have (graduating college students), they say that the majority of responses come from either commission only sales jobs or job that require and "investment" to get started...regardless of the degree and skills listed.

I'm not sure what kind of responses an adult with real work experience would get. Best of luck in your search.

[Crankin]

Well, my husband got the best job of his life (it's now 7.5 years later) from posting his resume on Monster. In the summer of 2001 he posted his resume because he saw the writing on the wall with the dot coms that he had been working for since 1992 when Wang Labs collapsed. He sort of forgot about it and then got 2 calls from local companies who wanted to talk to him. They were both very good jobs. He was offered both and took the one which was a little more out of his area of expertise and a challenge. He has gone from being a senior manager of 8 people to world wide director of over 200 people.
Let's just say that the $ has been more than he ever expected, flexibility, on site gym, and perks you wouldn't believe. He has a BS in business (computer application systems) and he supervises engineers, most of whom have a masters or PhD.

[andtckrtoo]

I have my resume on line. I OCCASIONALLY get contacted about it. I have much more luck with KitList.org (which is more Bay Area, but they are expanding). Another place is LinkedIn.com - which is more network of people who know each other. You can have references, etc - it's actually a pretty cool network - I've made sales through it! I've gotten contacted about opportunities from there, and I have had people contact me who thought my job sounded interesting and wanted more information (they found me through their network of people).

Honestly, right now, I think the more visibility a resume has, the better off you are. Put it EVERYWHERE! You never know when someone will look at it and say, "Hmm, that person has the skills I need."

[ttaylor508]

Thanks everyone. I actually have my resume built in Monster, I just haven't made it public yet. I guess it can't hurt. Since I am not in sales and that is not where my expertise is, I think it would be pretty easy to filter those responses out. I think, especially during times like this, that it is really who you know that will get you in the door. I have been trying to reconnect with former associates in hopes that something might turn up there. I guess I just have to reside myself to the fact that this is not going to be easy and it may take some time and I need to not take is so personally when I don't get a response from a sent resume.

[Eden]

Seems like the worst it could do is generate spam...... if its possible that it could lead to an opportunity. I had my resume on monster for a while, but didn't get any hits on it of any use. Of course my field is pretty narrow. My current job was totally a networking thing. Friend of a teammates boss....