The coming of the Internet has affected many spheres of life and changed our way of doing many things. It has specifically been of great help to jobseekers as it has almost replaced the print media for advertising of jobs. Before the Internet arrived on the scene, employers were required to post different vacancies available with them through various newspapers or magazines in anticipation of getting appropriate candidates. In turn, the jobseekers were required to regularly scan the pages of different newspapers or periodicals in an effort to find suitable jobs. That system continued to work somewhat successfully as there was hardly any other source for bringing together the employers or the prospective employees.
Surely, that was not the most efficient system for the required purpose. It had many drawbacks. Firstly, the companies were needed to spend a lot for putting their ads in different newspapers or magazines. Then again, big companies didn't mind that expense, but many small sized businesses found it too expensive to follow that practice. Even the bigger companies which could spend that kind of money found it difficult to get their ads released in the classified columns of important or popular newspapers as there were too many companies wanting to place their ads in too few newspapers.
Moreover, larger companies had a number of different openings which further made the job of putting ads more difficult. The same held true for magazines. As a result, the process of recruitment was generally slow. Another limitation of that media was that newspapers were generally localized, reaching only certain sections of society in a particular town or country. Almost every city has had its favorite newspaper or magazine.
Likewise, even the jobseekers had to experience the same limitations. It was rather impractical for any jobseeker to buy a number of different newspapers or magazines and search jobs therein. Even on finding an appropriate job opening, it was quite a hassle to apply for the same.
The Internet with websites devoted to job searches helped overcoming those drawbacks. An important feature of these websites is that employers can post their ads without any charge. These websites are totally devoted to jobs. Moreover, these are aptly divided to different categories, enabling employers to post their job openings in appropriate categories. That speeds up the process of recruitment. It is of great help to small businesses which can now effectively insert their job openings for the benefit of jobseekers.
The Internet operates at international level. Now, an employer in the US can search for candidates from any other preferred country. So there is no problem of localization. As a job seeker you can know of various openings available worldwide and submit your candidature for any suitable opening that you come across.

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