Job Advertisements - Best Sources

AnaFL

Hello

Our agency is planning on advertising a job opening (Insurance Specialist FEMA - administrative type position in the nonprofit sector) in our local newspaper and we are also considering using Internet sources such as Monster, Careerbuilder etc. Do any of you have any tips on different sources that may or may not be truly useful, and yield successful results, and since we are a nonprofit, also taking into consideration the cost of course.

Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ana

pork1

ANAFL: I have found professional networking and advertisements in professional magazines to be most successful, but these are not free most of the time. Posting a job opening on the Forums to which we all participate could be a real good hit. However, in our world of work the local newspapers and the free weekly hand outs are great. Finding a specific professional with credentials will most likely require some national advertising opportunities.

PORK

HRCalico

Ana,

For my manufacturing openings, I advertise in the local newspaper and then post it (for free!) with Nebraska Workforce Development (state DOL) and I also contact (also free!) the placement departments or career services for local colleges and trade schools, depending on the qualifications of the job. When I worked for a non-profit, we did the same thing, just targeted it a little differently.

Good luck!

AnaFL

Thanks so much for your responses!

Sassy

Calico: I am from NE and use the same sources and find that we get pretty good response to our ads most of the time. I also post on our Agency website. This had been a good source also. I think you need to look at your AA Plan if you have one to make sure you are reaching as diverse of a population as possible. This also leads to good candidates that we are unaware of .

Gillian3

I agree with Pork. Your best bet for quality applicants is to contact the professional group to which these individuals belong. Some groups have someone who is assigned the job of coordinating with employers and can hand out flyers at meetings, etc. The word can get around pretty quickly within such a group - if they are one that takes this seriously.

Kathy in Alabama

We prepare a job announcement and send it to local college career offices, post it on our website, post it on the industry association for our state's website (for higher/more specialized positions) and also our state employment service website. That said, about half of our hires come from employee referrals - we let them know there is an opening and then they tell a friend who has a friend, etc.

HRinGA

All good recommendations! Be wary of posting on boards like Monster, etc. You will get a hundred resumes from people with no skill set to match your job. And don't put any type of email address out there either. You will forever regret it!