The Internet has been a boon for professional job recruiters. Their job candidate searches have become much easier than in the “old days” of professional recruiting.

Prior to the Internet, recruiters would spend many hours looking for candidates for their job search assignments. This usually meant a lot of phone calls to companies who employ people who met their candidate profiles, then attempting to talk to those employees to see if they would be interested in making a change . . . or if they knew of any likely candidates in the same or other companies.

Recruiters had to develop a network of contacts in all areas of industry, people they could call when they had a search assignment, to get the names of any likely prospects. Networking like this was very important to a professional recruiter. In some fields, like the land-based professions, the talent base can be narrow (depending on each sector) so traditionally it can be hard for recruiters to develop a pool of talent from which to draw.

The Internet has changed all of that. There has been a proliferation of job search sites, and candidates can find the sites most suitable to their particular profession, then post their resumes and cover letters on these sites, as well as search the job listings and apply to openings that interest them. On the other hand, recruiters can review the posted resumes for likely prospects for their client search assignments too.

So How Does this Affect Land-Based Recruitment?

More traditional industries such as agriculture, veterinary care and more are moving with the times- recruiters have turned to the Internet for many years now to source the ideal candidates for these roles, making it important for anyone looking for land based work to make themselves visible on these channels. Where Next?- Upload your CV and let employers see the potential you have to offer them!

Many times I have been accused of wittering or wittering on, meaning I talk too much, but I’ve never twittered, a twit yes, a nit-twit maybe.  I probably suffered from nits as a child.  I’ve heard birds tweating and probably twittering, although I dont think they need a PC, Blackberry or phone to do this.

 As a seasoned blogger now, I’m going to try twittering.  If you want to have a go google Twitter and get going.