Employers' use of job boards in online recruitment: an IRS survey

Job boards represent one of the distinctive features of online recruitment, advertising employers’ vacancies and providing other hiring-related services; this IRS study investigates employers’ experience of using job boards and how they measure up against other recruitment methods.

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Employers use many different job boards
      Frequently used boards
      Popular public sector sites
      Top performers
Comparing job boards with other recruitment methods
      Overall experience is generally good
      Better value for money
      Larger numbers of candidates
      Candidates are also often of better quality
      The ability to find the right candidate
Current practice in using job boards
      Finding candidates
      Managing the recruitment process
      Using special services
      Numbers and types of job boards
      Costs of using job boards
      Some hints and tips on using job boards
Case study: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
      Using online recruitment to compete effectively
      Branded careers site hosted by Monster
Our research
Table 1: The benefits of job boards in finding candidates compared with other methods
Table 2: The job board services that employers use most when finding candidates
Table 3: The job board services that employers use most in managing recruitment
Table 4: The job board services that employers use most: other services
Additional resources on XpertHR
Employers’ use of job boards: named-practice table.