Eight benefits of jobseeking through online portals

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Time and money are saved, communication is improved, CVs are enhanced, and successful options increase.

There are plenty of digital alternatives to traditional job search methods nowadays. It's true that the digital transformation industry does not seem to stop talking about robots, video interviews, and the like, but for several years now, the internet has offered a great alternatives to the usual way of leaving your resume at the company door and asking for the person in charge to try and make a good first impression. Far and away are those methods because, through the internet, we have been replacing new techniques of job search.

In this sense, we talk about the portals of online job offers. There are multiple options that exist in the network when it comes to finding job offers and being able to register for them. Its advantages are many and varied, and that is what calls for the analysis of the pros of online job searching.

1. From your own home

This is one of the great advantages of online job portals. And it is that, far from the traditional custom of having to go company by company, cv in hand, you can save yourself that possible inconvenience and search and apply to the offers from your own home. You only need a computer with internet connection and in a matter of minutes or even seconds you will be enrolled in the offer you want.

2. No need for national or international mobility

In relation to the previous point, another advantage of these platforms is that you can apply to offers that are not within your geographical scope -city / region-. You can live in the north of Spain and look for work in Madrid, for example, or check the job offers in Malaga and try to find a job adventure in the south ... or even abroad! You can apply to offers in all corners of the world without having to move from your living room.

3. A fast process

Speed ​​is another feature when looking for work online. The whole process of going to the companies and the time lost in locating the right person, talking to her and leaving her the CV means a precious time in a modern world with such an accelerated pace. Time is money they say.

4. More optimal communication

When looking for work through online platforms, communication is also better. As I said before, the fact of having to talk to several people to find the person in charge of managing the cv or to select the staff can be uncomfortable: either because the person is busy or because they do not have time to receive visitors. Through the internet, the process is digital and much more direct and optimal. In addition, subsequent communication is also optimized because companies usually store the data provided by the job seeker.

5. A more versatile CV

In many of the portals we talk about, the candidate has the possibility of uploading several cv models, with the intention of adapting their knowledge and experiences to the offer in question. For example, it is not the same to apply to a qualified job as to one that does not need qualification. Or even with data such as driving license, own vehicle ... not in all companies and jobs is necessary so it is information that can be omitted and include another more necessary, thus optimizing our curriculum.

6. A broader search

These online employment platforms usually include filters in their search system. Location, salary, type of contract ... and you can even include keywords that will optimize your search. In this way the search is enhanced and it is better suited to what we are looking for. It also allows us to expand our 'target' of offers: for example, if we are journalists we can search for the keyword 'journalist' but also 'journalism', 'communication', 'audiovisual', 'social networks' ...

7. Economic savings and sustainability

Logically, if you do not have to leave the house to apply for the offers, you will not have to spend either on transportation, food on the street, travel ... nor do you have to print the CV, so, in addition to money, you will be promoting sustainability and saving paper.

8. More quantity, more probability

And, finally, what most interests us all: the ease of finding a job. It is logical; The more offers you can apply, the more options you will have to have interviews and, therefore, to get a job. So, the probabilities increase simply by quantity.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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