Two Job PostingTrends

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Over the last couple of months, I've noticed two new trends in 
job-posting in the Vancouver area:

- on-line application forms: 14 months ago, these barely existed. Now, a 
growing number of companies are using them. I suspect that they are used 
to weed out casual applications, since they require more effort than an 
e-mail with an attachment. Also, answers on the form can be directly fed 
into a database, and the possibility of a virus in the attachment is 
eliminated.

- future reference applications: These listings make clear that the 
company isn't hiring now, but is interested in hearing from applicants 
for possible future openings. This trend is probably a response to the 
current recession, with employers hoping that the situation will get 
better in a few months (or possibly that they'll have a new budget after 
the next year end).


I was wondering: are these trends appearing elsewhere?

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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"And still they stand triumphant and immense,
The silent lines of marble monuments,
And soon the writhing seas will cease to writhe,
The specks of gray ash float to rest, and there will be
Perfect peace...complete calm...the maximum of - Order."
- Leon Rosselson, "The World Police"






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