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Job Web sites target executives

By Julekha Dash
September 18, 2000 12:00 PM ET

Computerworld - In just a week's time, Monster.com's new Web site that targets senior executives has drawn more than 2,000 job candidates and several hundred postings.
ChiefMonster.com, a site tailored specifically for job seekers who earn at least $150,000 annually and have a vice president's title or higher, was created because Monster's research indicated that senior executives wanted more information online about job opportunities, according to Linda Natansohn, a Monster.com senior vice president.
But while the popularity of job hunting on the Internet has led to a profusion of job boards, many labor industry leaders are skeptical about whether companies will turn to the Internet to hire high-level employees.
More than two-thirds of 4,000 executives surveyed in April said their companies post job openings on the Internet. But about the same percentage said they wouldn't put their own resumes online or had reservations about doing so, according to the survey by BrilliantPeople.com, the online recruiting site of Cleveland-based Management Recruiters International Inc.
Jim Jones, managing director of The Information Management Forum, an Atlanta-based association of business and information technology executives, said Internet job hunting poses too much risk of exposure for senior workers, who typically don't like to advertise that they are job hunting.
Although Monster said candidates' identities aren't revealed on ChiefMonster - job seekers decide which openings they want to pursue - Jones said that in tight hiring circles, some managers may nonetheless be able to identify job candidates, particularly if they post on multiple boards.
Some clients, such as Maggie Yunker, human resources manager at professional services firm Gobosh in San Jose, feel that they need a recruiter to sell the company to the candidate. Yunker said it's easier to make a package look attractive by using a live person rather than the Internet.
The "best candidates aren't surfing the Internet looking for job openings," says Tammy Anderson, managing partner at Atlanta-based Lysen Anderson Executive Search Inc. Passive job seekers don't carry a lot of "baggage" and can view a job opportunity more objectively because they're not looking to leave their present situations, she added.

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