There are two types of resume spreading services. One sends your resume to many job search websites like Monster and CareerBuilder.com. The other sends your resume to hundreds of recruiters and companies like ResumeRabbit, indeed.com, and simplyhired.com.
The dangers
If you are employed, your resume may be sent to your current boss, or to a website he will access while searching for employees. He may be upset to see you are looking for a job.
Your resume may also start a life on the internet that you can never stop. As companies and sites sell and exchange masses of resumes, yours may be preserved for years and repeatedly displayed as “newly submitted.”
The reality
Getting your resume out to 1000 potential employers and recruiters is called a resume blast. It could get you hired. However, in most cases the people receiving your resume do not read it. They are bombarded with resumes from similar services. If you use the services that send your resume to recruiters and companies, your resume must have an impact at first glance. If it requires a thorough reading, you are doomed. The only one of these services I check daily is ResumeSpider . I am sure there are some other useful ones somewhere.
The pay services like ResumeRabbit that send your resume out to 75 job boards get you a lot of quick exposure and save you time. You also completely lose control of your resume. Once you send it, there is no way to indicate you have been hired. It will be out on the internet forever.
Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com also will get your resume to a lot of employers, but function more like Monster or CareerBuilder.
Resume spreading services may be just what you need as long as you are not trying to keep your job search a secret.
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Many job boards like Monster have resume spreading services that advertise on their sites. You can also Google the phrase “resume blast”.
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