Finally. The exhausted staff is refreshed, the marketing materials are emerging, the cleanup is underway and the patient early customers are being shipped their copies. After a long, painful birthing process, the 2000 Electronic Recruiting Index is shipping. Careful readers might have noticed the changed link at the top of this page. The Executive Summary, describing the contents of the book, is available for download.
This year's book builds on the material contained in the 1999 ERI; there is little in the way of overlap (although we did update the market volume and growth statistics). While the 1999 ERI focused on the internal mechanics of operating an employment website (or the employment section of a corporate website), the 2000 ERI takes a larger view of the marketplace, evaluating customer and vendor types, the range of available functionality, stock market performance and 250 company reviews (including an assessment of their contribution to an 'end to end' solution').
We refined last year's vendor survey to focus the results on business level characteristics of 50 Job Boards. Covering Customer Satisfaction, Brand Awareness, Sales Force Effectiveness, Acquisition Desirability, Short and Long Term Growth Prospects, the consolidated results of 3,000 recruiters' responses are included with an eye towards IPO prospects.
The key items in the study include:
- A detailed analysis of 29 different categories of participants in the markets, from hiring managers to candidates and all of the intermediaries in between.
- A comprehensive description of all of the functions required to execute an end to end solution.
- A thorough review of all 62 Publicly traded companies with an interest in the Electronic Recruiting Market including comparative stock performance and the correlation between web investment and price.
- A detailed analysis of the web offerings of over 250 companies providing products and services in the electronic Recruiting Market. Each company analysis includes a "functional map" that allows the design and integration of an end to end solution from a variety of vendors.
- The results of a survey of over 3,000 professional Recruiters. The survey covers brand awareness, customer satisfaction and acquisition desirability for 50 key players in the electronic Recruiting Industry.
- A generic white paper describing the strategy considerations for a staffing firm that desires to preserve or expand its market share in the next five years.
- A guide to valuing the Resumes in a Resume Database.
- Forecasts and predictions for the Industry's next five years
- Detailed market valuation, segmentation and sales volume assessments and forecasts.
- Evaluations of 250 current vendors including a description of their functional contribution to an end to end solution.
The Executive Summary is intended to give a flavor of the depth and focus of the 2000 ERI.