Looking for a job? Look online

There's a new wave of job websites that are using technology to place job seekers with open positions. A recent survey by Forrester Research finds that nearly two-thirds of the 127 IT managers surveyed said they posted vacancies on their companies' websites. Most companies--between 70 and 80 percent--of organizations with IT staffs of 100 or more, relied on this strategy, the survey found.

Among the popular online job sites: Monster, CareerBuilder and Jobfox, not to mention Indeed, The Ladders and QuietAgent. And the rules are changing, according to hiring managers.

"The new way to look at a job search is a 'people search' process, which makes candidates visible to the employers they are targeting,"Michele Porfilio, a strategic sourcing director for Crowe Horwath LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm, tells GovInfoSecurity.com.

Social networking sites allow candidates to conduct a people search, to find employees who work at their targeted list of companies and help build relationships with them, eventually leading to job opportunities, she said.

For more on finding the best candidates online:
- see this NPR.org article
- see this GovInfoSecurity article