College graduates
get on the JOBTRAK
■ Many companies are
recruiting new workers
byway of the Internet
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
CardPayment Solutions, Inc., a
nationwide credit-card processing
service company, hires about two
college graduates a week using JOB
TRAK.com, one of many Web sites
available today to help people find
careers throughout the country.
This is just one company that is
following the trend of using the In
ternet to hire new workers. Today,
hundreds of companies post work
opportunities ranging from intern
ships to full-time careers using a
number of Web sites, including
Monster.com and JOBTRAK,
which is designed specifically for
college graduates.
Zach Hyman, director of recruit
ment for the company, said he
prefers finding employees over the
Internet because it’s quick and
shows that applicants have some
degree of technological experience
that is needed in most of today’s
professional fields.
we nave me capaDinty or seeing
a number of potential employees
online,” he said. “And obviously
they have access to a computer, so
they likely have some kind of com
puter experience.”
But while many employers and
staff at the University Career Center
agree that using Internet technology
is an efficient way to find a career,
others caution against using the
method. Some job seekers may rely
on the Web sites too much and avoid
face-to-face interaction with employ
ers, critics say, which can hurt their
people skills and eventually decrease
their chances of obtaining a job.
Rick Guerra, assistant director of
the University Career Center, said that
with graduation approaching, more
students have been coming in lately
and searching for a career online.
“The sites give students a place
to start,” he said. “They can look for
jobs all over the country.”
The University uses JOBTRAK
through the Career Center’s Web
site, and Guerra said establishing a
free account involves entering one’s
student ID number into the system.
He said by using the Web site, stu
dents have a n amber of career op
portunities available in a variety of
different fields.
“There’s a lot of recruitment action
going on over the Internet,” he said.
Guerra said convenience is a ma
jor advantage to using job-seeking
Web sites.
“People are able to search in the
privacy of their home and are doing
a lot of the footwork,” he said.
“Looking on the Internet gives you
a good general sense of what’s
available.”
But Guerra also said that while
there are advantages to using the In
ternet to find a career, no one should
rely solely on the technology. He
Planning for the
Future with the Web
The top 20 most searthed-for career
fields during a 6-month period
in 1999.
1. Management 1763471
2. Sales 827685
3. Engineer 642723
4. Accounting 468739
5. Marketing 430465
6. Human Resource 396366
7. Admin./Clerical 373601
8. Finance 351165
9. Computer 310066
10. Analyst 251063
11. Programmer 230732
12. Nurse 198554
13. Technician 186682
14. Network Admin. 175715
15. Legal 174578
16. Teacher 167070
17. Customer Service 155179
18. Consultant 154151
19. Secretary 152957
20. Medical 148630
SOURCE: CyberAtlai.internet.com
said getting out in the field and talk
ing to people in person is just as im
portant as having a solid resume.
“It’s really easy to sit in front of
your computer and see what’s
available, but a lot of the time peo
ple do that blindly,” he said. “It’s to
a student’s advantage to create a
strategic job search with more than
just Internet searches.”
Kevin Mullins, spokesman for
Monster.com, said the speed of
searching for jobs over the Internet
seems to attract many people, par
ticularly college students around
graduation time. He said there were
more than 26 million visits to the
Web site in March alone.
“There’s no question there’s an
obvious increase in college-aged
job seekers around this time of the
year,” he said.
Mullins said employers are also
at an advantage because they re
ceive applications and resumes
through e-mail, so the information
is right in front of them and cannot
get lost in the mail.
“It’s just a wealth of information
across the board for everyone,” he
said. “Connecting employers to job
seekers is much easier this way
than using a newspaper.”
Hyman agreed and said his com
pany receives more responses us
ing JOBTRAK and other similar
Web sites than it does using ads in
newspapers or other forms of ad
vertising. He said the company re
ceives resumes through e-mail, and
this allows him to easily flesh out
applicants. He said this way he can
send applicants a reply with a
phone number to call to set up an
interview.
“It just saves a whole lot of time,”
he said.
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Offenders
continued from page 3A
Vogelsang is a licensed clinical so
cial worker who has worked in social
services for 33 years and is specially
trained to work with sex offenders.
“Sex offenders are under a tight set
of conditions that are strictly en
forced,” Vogelsang said.
She also said her clients are re
quired to undergo polygraph testing
throughout their supervision and
treatment to discern whether they are
in compliance with set conditions
and requirements.
“The polygraph tests are accurate
when it comes to keeping track of
what someone’s doing,” Dave said.
Dave said the entire therapy
process has helped him personally;
he has been sober since 1997.
“Therapy has made a difference in
I
my attitudes when it comes to sex,”
Dave said. “I’ve begun placing more
value on relationships and not just on
a one-night stand.”
Admittedly ashamed and embar
rassed of his past, Dave believes the
treatment he received has improved
his self-esteem and made him exam
ine the way he lives his life.
But Dave said he isn’t sure whether
the treatment program works for
everyone. He said it’s like a drug and
alcohol treatment program; it won’t
work unless the participant wants it
to work.
Another major part of Vogelsang’s
job is to help parole officers assess the
potential risk sex offenders pose and
determine what an offender’s mode
of treatment should be.
“Even people who are considered
low risk a the beginning of treatment
are taken with a grain of salt,” Vogel
sang said. “There is a great effort
among treatment providers to be in
formed about an offender’s true sexu
al history.”
Collins said offenders are assessed
using a list of negative, positive and
historical factors that determine an
offender’s risk to society once he is re
leased on parole. An offender can
earn back points through treatment,
which lowers his assessed risk level.
Vogelsang said clients go through
a maintenance exam, which includes
a polygraph examination, every three
to six months. She said that if any
thing comes out during treatment
that might change an offender’s risk
level, his status and level of supervi
sion could be altered.
“If a person is assessed as being ex
tremely high risk, it would guarantee
enhanced requirements and supervi
sion,” Vogelsang said.
* Editor’s note: Dave’s name has
been changed to protect his identity.
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