Peter Weddle, a well-known staffing industry expert, estimates there are more than 40,000 job
boards and career portals on the Internet. This explosion in job boards combined with the
emergence of other innovative talent sourcing alternatives, like employee referral programs,
specialized search engines and talent databases (e.g. Zoom Info) means that staffing firms now
have access to a wider range of applicants than ever before.  Integrated staffing solutions like
the Total Applicant Processing System (Total-APS) are now available to help recruiters manage the
high numbers of applicants they can attract to a posted position.  An integrated staffing solution
allows the recruiter to post and manage multiple job postings from a single dashboard, rank
applicants quickly by using validated screening and selection assessments, and keep all information
collected in an organized, easily accessed database. 

The Internet is the most powerful tool ever invented for increasing the Utility (Return on Investment)
of a Valid Selection Process.  To appreciate the true power of the Internet, we must first understand
a few basic selection concepts.