The Internet is now the primary hiring source for employers, according to the results of an industry study released Thursday by the DirectEmployers Association, a non-profit consortium of over 200
U.S. employers and operator of the JobCentral.com employment search engine, conducted on its behalf by consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Internet sources produced 51 percent of all hires in 2005,
with the largest source of hires being the employers' own corporate Web sites, while newspaper classified advertisements were the source of only 5 percent of the new hires, according to the study of
hiring practices at leading U.S. companies. Individual percentages of new hires for each Internet source are as follows: Corporate Employment Web Sites: 21 percent; General Job Boards: 15 percent;
Niche Job Boards: 6 percent; Social Network Web Sites: 5 percent; and Commercial Resume Databases: 4 percent.
--Gavin O'Malley
