Online recruitment sites have two major features: job boards and a resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) database. Job boards provide the member companies with the opportunity to post job vacancies. On the other hand, candidates can upload a résumé to be integrated in searches by member companies. Fees are charged for job postings and access to look for resumes.

Online recruitment websites can be very useful to find candidates that are very enthusiastically searching for work and post their resumes online, but they will not appeal to the “passive” candidates who might respond fortunately to an opportunity that is accessible to them through other means.

Not so long ago the recruitment website has went forward to encompass end to end recruitment. Websites take over candidate details and then pool then in online client accessed candidate management interfaces. The main players in this sector offer e-recruitment software and services to companies of all sizes and within various industry sectors, who wish to e-enable entirely or partly their recruitment procedure in order to improve business performance.

The online software offered by those who specialize in online recruitment assists companies attract, test, recruit, hire and retain quality staff with a least amount of administration.