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Recommended Citation: Williams, D, L C Liu, and K S Koong. A Comparative Study of the Attributes of Two Popular Internet Recruiting Providers. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2001, v 18 (Cincinnati): §13b.

A Comparative Study of the Attributes of Two Popular Internet Recruiting Providers

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DeLease Williams    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
Southern University at New Orleans    [u1] [u2]
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

Lai C. Liu    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
Southern University at New Orleans    [u1] [u2]
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

Kai S. Koong    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
Southern University at New Orleans    [u1] [u2]
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA    [c1] [c2]

The Internet has become a very convenient and effective means to access information. Many job seekers are now using the Internet to help them with their job search. Likewise, recruiters are also using the Internet to communicate job openings to prospective candidates around the globe. However, there are hundreds of Internet recruiting providers in the e-recruiting sector. Each Internet recruiting provider has common as well as unique resources and attributes. This study examines the resources and attributes that are provided to job seekers and recruiters of the Internet job databases. In particular, this research investigates how these resources and attributes in the two most popular Internet job databases, Monster.com and HotJobs.com, are meeting the needs of job seekers and recruiters. New graduates looking for jobs, persons interested in advancement opportunities, faculty advisors, and career counselors will find this study useful. Human resource managers, corporate recruiters, software engineers, systems designers, scholars interested in online research, and Internet Service Providers of online services will find the outcomes reported interesting.

Keywords: online job databases, Internet recruiting providers, e-recruiting providers, Internet job board attributes, job databases, recruiting

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