Using a Job Board

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.