A massive 200,000 Australians are putting their destiny in their own hands by joining Australia's leading career networking site, Linkme.com.au and according to CEO Campbell Sallabank, these job hunters are determined to call the shots, be the ones who are headhunted and have control over where they work and how they work.
"Over 60% of jobs are never advertised", says Sallabank, "and this hidden job market is usually a gold mine of the best jobs around".
"We have created a unique and dynamic environment which has turned the tables on the job search. We allow our members to be discovered by employers and recruiters, we send them email alerts, we help them keep a track of how many employers and recruiters are interested in having a chat after seeing their Linkme profile, we encourage interconnectedness with groups and blogs which open career related opportunities with like-minded professionals.
"Within the last 12 months we have seen an astounding 3 fold rise in members; who are actively engaged and contributing to the LinkMe community.
"We facilitate interactive relationships between job hunters, employers and recruiters, and if its anonymity you need, LinkMe allows applicants to be invisible if they don't want their current employer to know they are sniffing around for a new position.
"But LinkMe is also for that star performer, those who love their job, who want to be the best they can be. LinkMe is perfect for networking. LinkMe members are increasingly approaching the job search much in the same way as they make and find friends online.
"Our site lets employers know who is out there and allows them to headhunt those who would be a perfect fit. We give employers instant access to our rapidly growing pool of quality candidates.
"Increasingly, employers and recruiters are understanding LinkMe's greatest strength is its access to quality passive candidates not found through traditional job boards - even those working for their competitors. It tracks applicants, lists jobs automatically on the employer's website, stores resumes and alerts employers to the hard to find candidates. We have thousands of employers and recruiters using LinkMe as their first port of call when in the search for quality candidates.
For employers and recruiters, LinkMe is an investment, which is particularly important in the current financial climate as a way to save time and money. There is simply no reason for recruiters to spend untold hours sifting through hundreds of resumes or for job hunters to search through hundreds of job ads, send hundreds of resumes off to untold numbers of employers when there is a sophisticated yet easy way of going about the job hunt.