Using communications networks for recruitment advertising

摘要

A method of using a computer communications network for recruitment advertising. A database, concerning job vacancies is kept, each vacancy file contains information concerning a job vacancy, one or more candidate suitability requirement for that vacancy and details of a payment to be made upon submission of a suitable curriculum vitae. Information in the vacancy files is made available in advertisements accessible via a network. Candidates view the advertisements and input relevant information concerning themselves via the network. At a server the details of candidates received is compared with the requirements specified in the vacancy files, and subsequent operations of the system are controlled in dependence on the results of said comparison.