Internet Recruiting and Job Portals

I happened to learn about the extreme recruiting techniques submitted for a competition to AIRS, which was done last year 2007 (I know I am late, but came across this only yesterday).I was pleasently surprised and happy to know the different sourcing techniques, apart from the regular Job Portals and headhunting ways. Headhunting is still a good way to source wherein the candidates could be unique to you and not found floating on any job portals. I need to try these techniques out, which I am confident would work really well, as they might have been tried and researched for a long time.

This makes me think on the usage of job portals vis-a-vis these internet search techniques. Could this be the way forward like the professional networks (LinkedIn) and Web 2.0? Generally these techniques would show up the passive candidates, but how many of the candidates would have an internet presence - like our own site / page / blog, etc. Does this mean that these searches are only good for mid to senior level candidates? Can the junior candidates be educated on the advantages of having their own web presence, apart from being listed for recruiters? Would people from outside the IT industry have interest in having their web presence? Would they find it more easier / helpful to approach a job portal?

But in my knowledge the job portals cannot be completely ignored, as this is would be the best bet for junior / vanilla skills. But the job portals would loose out in the mid to senior level hires race, but anyways, they were not used much for the senior level hires. Generally all recruiters can use this knowledge but atleast in India, I see the usage more from niche skill recruiters / executive search recruiters.

What happens if the job portals integrate this facility, within their searches which could have 2 options - internal database and internet. Would this serve the recruiting community better? Even better, if RMS (Recruitment Management Systerms) providers incorporate this search facility in their packages?

Options could be endless and every one needs to keep innovating everyday. Signing off now.....