Don't Spend All of Your Job Search Online

Many job seekers ignore one of the most important rules of job seeking: don't spend all of your time behind a computer. And now The New York Times agrees. Today's article, Career Sites Fail Job Seekers, focuses on a study reviewing career sites from companies to job board.

From the article: "Common problems across all industries including missing content and functions, flawed navigation flows, illegible text and poor use of space, as well as poor error handling and missing privacy and security policies."

But while these companies have alot of work still to do to enhance your experience, your key lesson is this: how much of your job search is spent online? If it's more than 50%, you are doing something wrong. Jobs aren't gotten online. You get them through conversations: networking, and interviews. Don't lament the sites, take a good inventory of the efforts you're making and ask yourself, "can I talk more and type less?"