Job boards do get a hard time - maybe unfairly so.

A recent Blog from Jobster points out that 9 out of 10 online job board applicants are unsuitable. Well, this may of course be true (based on my analysis work it is!) but job boards really do get a hard time about it.

If old media was more effective, and putting in a lineage advert didn't result in too many unsuitable applicants who ring in (and you have to answer the phone - how distracting is that!), then the job boards would deserve a hard time. But old media has the same problems so maybe we should lay off the job boards a little and put in place the facility to manage the volume or use old media and add a few more phones!

Because with the right technology you can find good applicants within your inbox.