plum comments: I have posted my resume on "all the career sites" and no one is calling. What's up?

There are a lot of websites where can post your resume for recruiters and employers to find you, however, most of the sites require recruiters and employers to “subscribe” to access the database.  For example, action sport candidates may decide to post their resume to Malakye (great niche site, by the way); but recruiters must have a subscription to the site to view it.  It costs $825 for one month of access to their resume database.  To access Monster (National Search), recruiters/employers pay $975 for 2 weeks of resume search – but recruiters are restricted to viewing only 500 resumes! Careerbuilder charges $600 for 2 weeks access (300 resume views a day).  Expensive? You decide!  

In the current economic climate, many employers are cutting back and not subscribing to these databases, simply because they are hiring less, so your resume may never be seen.  

What should you do to make sure people see your resume?

We recommend you post your resume (profile) on LinkedIn, since it is free for all employers and recruiters. Post your resume and link to your friends, associates, former colleagues, etc., to improve your visibility. (You can upload your contacts to LinkedIn through their “Import Contacts” tools).  Be sure to invite us to join your network here and here!  We have a few thousand direct connections and by linking to us, you will be increasing your visibility exponentially.  

Finally, consider joining groups (as we have suggested in the past) to improve the likelihood of being found by recruiters and employers looking for people like you.