2.3.3. E-Recruitment

The Internet has changed the way of searching for a vacancy [54] (p 114). Doran A. said in 2001 that almost all recruiting is done on the web. The online job market increased faster than the traditional recruitment market, growing from 82% in 2004 [46], to approximately 100% in 2006 [55] (p 63). Today, almost all activities are completed online. With the use of online recruitment ads, the recruitment costs have been reduced by 85% [56], thus, becoming sustainable. Until 2005, according to a survey, large organizations used e-recruiting systems between 70% and 90%, and it is anticipated that over 95% of organizations plan to use them in the near future [57]. E-recruitment offers many advantages such as rapid access, winning time, lower costs, 24/7/365, broad range of applicants, and worldwide accessibility [4].

As we observed at the EU28 level, in 2017, the percentage of individuals using the Internet to look for a job or send a job application was 17%, and in 2018, it was 18%; Finland (29%), Sweden (27%), Netherlands (25%), Denmark (24%) were sited as being in the top positions, and Romania (8%), Bulgaria (7%), and Czechia (5%) were in the lowest positions [22].
