There are three main types of Internet recruiting methods available to HR professionals: job boards, professional or career sites, and employer sites. .
Job boards are the most common and well known. Popular job boards like www.monster.com, www.jobs.com, www.hotjobs.com, and www.careerbuilder.com make it easy for job seekers to search available positions and easy for recruiters to advertise those positions. Although job boards are free to job seekers companies must pay a fee to utilize these services. Bill Warren, former CEO of www.monster.com, developed an alternative to traditional job boards when he created www.directemployers.com. This site is a not-for-profit association owned by a group of participating corporations that pay an annual membership fee based on their size. When a job looker finds a position in which he or she is interested the looker is directed to the corporate website where he or she can apply online. This is advantageous to the corporation because money spent on the development of the career section of the corporate Web site is not wasted. .
Professional or Career Web sites are hosted by professional organizations such as www.futurecpa.org. The main objective of these sites is to provide resources and networking options to professionals in the same industry. Using such a site can produce a pool of more qualified applicants because membership to a professional or career site is usually based on some professional certification or applicants must meet certain criteria in order to be members. "Using these more targeted Web sites limits somewhat the recruiters" search time and efforts and may reduce the number of less-qualified applicants who actually apply" (Jackson and Mathis, 217). Common professional sites usually focus on professions like accounting, engineering, nursing or health care, and information technology. .
Finally, employer Web sites can be used as a tool to attract candidates.