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Show answers A. Wright Elliott, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, an organization representing many of the nations largest employers. He says: Under traditional job hunting methods, employees who want to switch jobs are restricted severely by their present geographic locale and salary level as well as the constant time pressure which keeps them too busy on their current job to look for a new one. The computer lets them bypass these barriers." The short history of computer job matching contains striking cases to back up what Elliott says. Hundreds of cases show that geography is no longer a because the computer systems can match men with jobs anywhere. Yes, Higher salaries y-- 1. Job-hunt- gets a look at w- - - what computer says about him after digesting his qualifications. But just as exciting as greater freedom to relocate are the larger than usual salary increases which computer job matching makes possible. For years, pay offers that go with switching jobs seldom have been more than 10 percent over what the applicant had been earning in his old job. In almost every case, the villain has been the usual company application form which asks for the job seekers present salary. But now the computer, programmed to emphasize skills, not present salary, yields job matches that result in pay hikes sometimes exceeding 25 percent. Also important to career-minde- d men is the way computer job matching systems cut through the time barrier and eliminate the need for taking precious hours away from the job they hold while they search for greener grass. Boston office equipSays a ment salesman: Id gotten tired of repeated promises that a promotion was coming my way. I knew it was time to move. But I didn't want to jeopardize the chance that the promotion might come through after all. I didnt want to risk too many long lunch hours actually spent at job interviews. Instead, Iyust sat at my desk while the computer did all the initial, work. "In practically no time, I matched with job openings at three companies. In all, I had to take time for only four interviews, one with each company, plus a second interview with the people Im working for now. Job holders also find computer job matching offers a unique means of employment security. It enables them to give close attention to their present jobs while the computer samples the market. Declares a accountant: I really dont want to change jobs now, but Im subscribing to a computer service anyway. So far, Ive matched with five jobs. Its my way of protecting myself in case the fim I work for loses a big client or transfers me to a city where I dont want to work. ld BY ROBERT E. MACKIN nchorcd to his desk in the sales promotion department of a publishing firm in Tucson, Ariz., Jim Forest had neither the time nor money he thought he needed to find a job near his aging parents in New York City. The need for me to work near New York was critical, Jim recalls. But I believed it would be impossible to learn about job openings 3000 miles away w ithout correspondence and expensive plane trips. Jim was wrong. Today he's doing the same type of w ork for another publisher, a magazine, with offices only 20 minutes by car from his parents home. And, it took only seconds to find the job. In the blinking of an electronic tube a computer matched Jim with his new job. Just when hed about given up hope of getting to New York, Jim learned that his skills could be fed into a computer system which stores data on job openings in all parts of the U.S. He registered information on his past job background and skills on a questionnaire and then let the computer do the leg work. g out leaving Tucson, he learned that his experience was just what was needed by the New York publisher. Jim was interviewed and hired, with all travel expenses paid by his new employer. His is one of thousands of happy cases which illustrate how the computer heartless symbol of automation and its has alleged offspring, unemployment helped find jobs for people, quickly and easily. Computer job matching is new. But already its helped an estimated 1U,000 persons toward better, higher paying jobs in careers ranging from accounting to zoology. Firms pioneering in computer job match services charge from $10 to $24 for a years subscription, which entitles subscribers to continuing run offs with job data furnished by more than 300 corporations. Among the companies now seeking applicants in this new way are employers like IBM, Ford, General Electric and scores of other large and small corporations. Can computer job matching help you and your career? In more uigent cases, men about to become casualties of sudden declines in company income, corporate reorganizations and mergers have received speedy electronic help. A New Jersey man, faced with the prospect of starting out on the job search trail because the marketing division he headed for a large manufacturer was being appliance of out explains: existence, phased I could have spent months looking for the right spot because Id worked up to a level where few jobs are ever open. Luckily I stumbled across an advertisement by a new computer service. A few days later I was hired for 20 percent more a year than Id been earning by a young company with marketing problems similar to those Id been handling. Besides making it easy to spot opportunities, computer job matching also helps streamline employment interviews, the final step in actually landing a new job. According to the top hiring officer for a Chicago publisher, A man who applies to us as a result of a computer job match is already on first base because we know more about him than a someone who submits an application or resume in the usual way. He points out the computer takes in detailed information, not just tides like sales manager along with a brief description of the work involved: Instead, the job match systems are programmed to furnish employers with answers to specific questions like: Did the sales manager specialize on one product? Did he sell to dealers or consumers? Did he train those who worked under him? How much business did he produce? All this, he cautions, docs not mean that the computer makes the decision on who gets hired. The people at the company which does the hiring must make the final selection. But the computer has saved them time and money by doing the preliminary screening. It pays off for them as well as the applicant. Four major firms specialize in computer job Grad concentrates on young matching people just out of college, the others match a wide range of applicants with jobs. They are listed below Pics Information Science, Inc.; 18 New Hempstead Road, New City, N.Y.; (914) Fee $18 a year. 634-887- Grad College Placement Council, Inc.; 65 East Elizabeth Avenue, Bethlehem, Fee: None. Pa.; (215) 865-237- Career Ways Princeton, N J $24. One ; (609) Nassau Street, Fee: 924-467- The National Registry Computer Applications Inc.; 555 Mad:son Avenue, New York, N.Y.; (212) 755-838- Fee- $10. Parode July 14, 1968 |
