Premium Career Site Climber.com Challenges Job Seekers to Rethink Their Job Search

San Diego, CA (02/10/10): When it comes to searching for new employment, the CEO of one of the nation's premier career sites offers this advice to job seekers: Go Beyond the Basics.

"Most job seekers use the major job boards like Monster, CareerBuilder and HotJobs-and while that's a good start, only about 50% of all jobs are posted on those boards," says Mike O'Brien, CEO of Climber.com. Citing a recent CareerXRoads Annual Source of Hire Study he stated, "If you are only searching and applying to jobs online, you are competing for 50% of the jobs, which in turn only result in 25% of the hires. Rather than simply scour the Net for new employment, recognize the value of networking, referrals and utilizing full-service career sites like Climber.com to introduce you to the key decision makers who own the jobs."

O'Brien suggests that a well-balanced strategy includes online job search, company research and both online and offline networking. "Our experience is that most companies have cut their job postings for two reasons: budget restrictions and receiving hundreds of resumes per posting. This means that recruiters are doing more hands-on active recruiting, so you need to show up aggressively where the recruiters hunt." Climber.com puts job seekers in front of the right recruiters and decision makers, because they act as a trusted referral source of high caliber candidates.

The Climber.com process works as follows:
- Wherever mutual requirements between the job seeker and job poster intersect, Climber.com connects these two groups via a Career Network.
- These Career Networks allow job seekers to communicate with and send resumes to recruiters and hiring managers whose organizations fit their ideal company profile.
- In turn, the Networks allow hiring managers to contact those Climber.com members whose skills, background and experience are uniquely suited to their organizations-creating a positive basis for ongoing conversations.

"Today's employment environment may be challenging-but it is also filled with opportunities for job seekers who are willing to undertake the search process strategically," says O'Brien. "Effective networking can elevate you from a blind-resume-sender to a savvy partner in the employment process. Which would you rather be?"

For more information about Climber.com or to become a member, go to http://www.Climber.com?source=PR020910.

About Climber.com

Climber.com is a ground-breaking online career management site for today's highly diverse, talented professionals and the companies who seek to employ them. With exclusive, in-depth online career profiles, Climber.com creates a Personal Brand for its members and then markets that brand via a highly-targeted recruiting process, reaching key decision makers at an applicant's preferred companies nationwide. With its unique, fully Search Engine Optimized profiles, Climber.com reaches more than 100,000 recruiting and hiring managers each month, and helps more than 750,000 job seekers every month pursue their career goals. For more information, visit http://www.Climber.com?source=PR020910.