Recruiting? There’s an app for that

There are now 'apps' - applications - which enable people to register with recruitment companies on their iPhone, then search and apply for jobs 'on-the-go'. A sign of the times, says Michael Moran of Fairplace.

Job seekers are being more creative in their hunt for work. In the current economic climate that’s not surprising. Candidates have to do more to stand out from the crowd and there are lots of high-tech tools to help them do it. Thanks to companies like Apple, Google and LinkedIn people have access to communications devices and applications we didn’t dream of twenty years ago.

Today's job seekers can blog, create video content, get involved in industry-specific social networking groups to gather knowledge, build contacts and target individuals and organisations they want to work with. Smart candidates market themselves. They don’t need a third party to help them find a new job any more. They can identify the organisations they are interested in, work out the point of purchase, work their way up the foodchain and network a way in.