Comments on: peter weddle on current job board strategies http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/05/16/peter-weddle-passives/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: christohper Poreda http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/05/16/peter-weddle-passives/comment-page-1/#comment-103467 christohper Poreda Fri, 16 May 2008 23:02:23 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/05/16/peter-weddle-passives/#comment-103467 I hear a lot about the passive job seekers and attracting these candidates through a variety of means. The fact is, everyone in the workforce is in the market all the time. Heal a pain and you convert a passive job seeker to an active job seeker...more money, bigger title, more/or less responsibility, shorter commute, fewer hours, etc. Although I appreciate all the technological efforts to motivate such a candidate, technology, as innovative as it is, will always fall short to a human picking up the phone and "career counseling" a passive job seeker and converting them into an active job seeker. Am I alone on this one? Even the most client centric job boards, if working properly, will create competition for the top candidates. Hence, I would imagine that the lion share of the best conversions are done by third party recruiters. Recruiters don't get fees for shoveling resumes...the premium is to have the candidate that the client wants to say "Yes"! Even with rich content as a means to attract passive candidates I would guess the conversion rate of a passive candidate to active at these websites is small. Any ideas? I hear a lot about the passive job seekers and attracting these candidates through a variety of means. The fact is, everyone in the workforce is in the market all the time. Heal a pain and you convert a passive job seeker to an active job seeker…more money, bigger title, more/or less responsibility, shorter commute, fewer hours, etc. Although I appreciate all the technological efforts to motivate such a candidate, technology, as innovative as it is, will always fall short to a human picking up the phone and “career counseling” a passive job seeker and converting them into an active job seeker. Am I alone on this one? Even the most client centric job boards, if working properly, will create competition for the top candidates. Hence, I would imagine that the lion share of the best conversions are done by third party recruiters. Recruiters don’t get fees for shoveling resumes…the premium is to have the candidate that the client wants to say “Yes”!

Even with rich content as a means to attract passive candidates I would guess the conversion rate of a passive candidate to active at these websites is small. Any ideas?

]]> By: eric shannon http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/05/16/peter-weddle-passives/comment-page-1/#comment-103433 eric shannon Fri, 16 May 2008 17:06:34 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/05/16/peter-weddle-passives/#comment-103433 have worked with Peter on the phone often, but never seen even a picture -- so thanks Joel. Wish I could be there. have worked with Peter on the phone often, but never seen even a picture — so thanks Joel. Wish I could be there.

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