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Abstract: An increasing number of job seekers and corporate recruiters are using Internet Job Boards to look for job opportunities or to communicate job openings to prospective candidates around the globe. However, there are hundreds of Internet Job Boards in the e-recruiting sector. Each Internet Job Board provider has common as well as unique resources and attributes. This research examines the resources or attributes that are provided to job seekers and corporate recruiters by Internet Job Boards. Specifically, the objective of this study is to identify and classify the resources or attributes contained in the top five revenue generating Internet Job Boards in the world. 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 Job Board Providers will find the reported outcomes interesting.
Keywords: Online job databases, Internet recruiting services, attributes, Internet Job Boards, e-recruiting
