Sustainable e-recruiting portals: How to motivate applicants to stay connected throughout their careers?

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Furtmüller, Elfi ^a   Wilderom, Celeste ^a   Van Dick, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applicant Retention; E Recruiting; Narratives; Niche Recruiting; Requirement Analyses

Indexed keywords

APPLICANT RETENTION; E-RECRUITING; NARRATIVES; NICHE RECRUITING; REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 77956286608     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2010070101     Document Type: Article

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