The internet as a labor market matchmaker

Since the internet’s earliest days, firms and workers have used various online methods to advertise and find jobs. Until recently there has been little evidence that any internet-based tool has had a measurable effect on job search or recruitment outcomes. However, recent studies, and the growing use of social networking as a business tool, suggest workers and firms are at last developing ways to use the internet as an effective matchmaking tool.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Kuhn, Peter
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	job search \| recruitment \| internet \| matching \| job boards

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.18 [DOI] 846115182 [GVK] hdl:10419/125243 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:18 [RePEc]
Classification:	J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Source:	EconStor

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