Employment website
An employment website is a
History
The Online Career Center was developed in 1992 by
In 1994, Robert J. McGovern began NetStart Inc. as software sold to companies for listing job openings on their websites and manage the incoming e-mails those listings generated. After an influx of two million dollars in investment capital[3] he then transported this software to its own web address, at first listing the job openings from the companies who utilized the software.[4] NetStart Inc. changed its name in 1998 to operate under the name of their software, CareerBuilder.[5] The company received a further influx of seven million dollars from investment firms such as New Enterprise Associates to expand their operations.[6]
Six major newspapers joined forces in 1995 to list their classified sections online. The service was called CareerPath.com and featured help-wanted listings from the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and the Washington Post.[7]
The industry attempted to reach a broader, less tech-savvy base in 1998 when
In 1999, Monster.com ran on three 30 second Super Bowl ads for four million dollars.[9] One ad which featured children speaking like adults, drolly intoning their dream of working at various dead-end jobs to humorous effect were far more popular than rival Hotjobs.com ad about a security guard who transitions from a low paying security job to the same job at a fancier building.[10] Soon thereafter, Monster.com was elevated to the top spot of online employment sites.[11] Hotjobs.com's ad wasn't as successful, but it gave the company enough of a boost for its IPO in August.[12]
After being purchased in a joint venture by
Monster.com made a move in 2001 to purchase Hotjobs.com for $374 million in
Job postings
A job board is a
The term job search engine might refer to a job board with a search engine style interface, or to a web site that actually indexes and searches other web sites.
Niche job boards are starting to play a bigger role in providing more targeted job vacancies and employees to the candidate and the employer respectively. Job boards such as airport jobs and federal jobs among others provide a very focused way of eliminating and reducing time to applying to the most appropriate role. USAJobs.gov is the United States' official website for jobs. It gathers job listings from over 500 federal agencies.[17]
Metasearch and vertical search engines
Some web sites are simply
Some of these new
Industry specific posting boards are also appearing. These consolidate all the vacancies in a very specific industry. The largest "niche" job board is Dice.com which focuses on the IT industry. Many industry and professional associations offer members a job posting capability on the association website.
Employer review website
An employer review website is a type of employment website where past and current
Websites providing information and advice for employees, employers and job seekers
Although many sites that provide access to job advertisements include pages with advice about writing resumes and CVs, performing well in interviews, and other topics of interest to job seekers there are sites that specialize in providing information of this kind, rather than job opportunities. One such is
Revenue models
Employment sites typically charge fees to employers for listings job postings. Often these are flat fees for a specific duration (30 days, 60 days, etc). Other sites may allow employers to post basic listings for free, but charge a fee for more prominent placement of listings in search results. A few sites use a pay-for-performance model, where the employer listing the job pays for clicks on the listing.[20][21]
In Japan, some sites have come under fire for allowing employers to list a job for free for an initial duration, then charging exorbitant fees after the free period expires. Most of these sites seem to have appeared within the last year in response to the labor shortage in Japan.[22]
Risks
Many job search engines and job boards encourage users to post their
See also
- Career-oriented social networking market
- Freelance marketplace
- .jobs
- Job wrapping
- List of employment websites
References
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- ^ ”Building a Career Path”, The Washington Post, Jan. 19, 1998, pg. F05
- ^ Michael Selz, “Financing Small Business: Computerized Employee-Search Firms Attract Investors”, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 13, 1998, pg. 1
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- ^ ” Business Brief -- CAREER BUILDER INC.: Knight Ridder and Tribune Agree to Buy Firm Jointly”, Wall Street Journal, Jul. 18, 2000, pg. 1
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