The Joy of Craig's List

As an employer, one of the time consuming parts of my job is hiring new employees. You have to come up with an ad, figure out a place to put the ad, pay for the ad, make sure everything is spelled correctly, wait for the ad to hit the market, field phone calls and resumes, set up appointments, interview, make a decision and hire someone, have them start, train them and then finally, you've added one more person to your team.

Occasionally this process takes so long that the services of temp agencies are necessary, charging you 80% more than you'd pay yourself and paying the employee 80% less than they'd be making directly.

Craig's List solves this problem. Within an hour of placing an ad for nearly any type of position (from customer service, to production, to programmer) at least 5 emailed responses, complete with resume, will hit your inbox. Filtering and setting up appointments is easy and nearly instant and you can often have the position filled within a couple of days.

Craig's List is still free in Austin for posting (they charge in, I believe, New York and San Francisco to make all their revenue).