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The internet as a labor market matchmaker

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  • Peter Kuhn

    (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and IZA, Germany)

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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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  • Peter Kuhn, 2014. "The internet as a labor market matchmaker," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 1-18, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:18
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    Keywords

    job search; recruitment; internet; matching; job boards;
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    JEL classification:

    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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