http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin I’m looking to design a job search website that houses companies’ HR contact information by industry. This website would streamline application submissions to companies making the process more efficient. For example, if an applicant is looking to pursue a pharmaceutical sales position, instead of going to each pharmaceutical company’s website, the applicant would visit the one website and have the capability to blast the resume to all pharmaceutical companies by one submission. I personally work with HR departments a great deal, promoting internships primarily and I know that employers would not be interested in resumes that were not specifically targeted to their needs unless the positions were extremely difficult to fill. You might want to target higher end positions, but the problem there is higher end positions are so specific I don't think you could easily map them out to applicants by category. The approach that has worked well for me can be seen on http://www.StayInventCentralPA.com, its the reverse of what you're looking to do. Employers post a need first, which is then emailed out to career centers at 70 different colleges. It may work better to create a website where job seekers can be on the email list and allow employers to post jobs they need filled by category. Tue, 06 May 2008 11:25:43 -0600 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1807 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1807 I’m looking to design a job search website that houses companies’ HR contact information by industry. This website would streamline application submissions to companies making the process more efficient. For example, if an applicant is looking to pursue a pharmaceutical sales position, instead of going to each pharmaceutical company’s website, the applicant would visit the one website and have the capability to blast the resume to all pharmaceutical companies by one submission. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:58:39 -0600 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#comment6839 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#comment6839 I think the comment by 'duckling' is very relevant. My experience with employers is that they like targeted applications from folks interested in specifically working for them. That is not to say that a website that contained company HR contact info in an industry specific format would not be highly useful - perhaps including an apply here option for each company?? I could imagine that would be very useful for job seekers. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:48:11 -0600 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1261 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1261 I’m looking to design a job search website that houses companies’ HR contact information by industry. This website would streamline application submissions to companies making the process more efficient. For example, if an applicant is looking to pursue a pharmaceutical sales position, instead of going to each pharmaceutical company’s website, the applicant would visit the one website and have the capability to blast the resume to all pharmaceutical companies by one submission. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:14:11 -0600 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#comment6295 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#comment6295 The hardest part of this will be doing the sales and getting big corporations to sign on to your program. I've tried doing sales with large corporations, and the proper people are difficult to reach, not receptive to new ideas, and generally tough to work with. Devising a sleek and efficient sales strategy si going to be key. I think your concept will have to provide them with strong values added. this is not to be discouraging, just trying to share my experience. I also happen to think that it is a very good idea, and would certainly be useful to have a centralized database of people's resume's that all companies could come to... and a standardized submission process for candidates.... a lot fo efficiency there! Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:32:41 -0600 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1187 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#advice1187 Designing a universal software platform that all HR departments are willing to use to implement idea. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:48:57 -0600 challenge http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#challenge1309 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1951-Resume-submission-website-makin#challenge1309