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An employment website is a web site that deals specifically with employment or careers. Many employment websites are designed to allow employers to post job requirements for a position to be filled and are commonly known as job boards. Other employment sites offer employer reviews, career and job-search advice, and describe different job descriptions or employers. Through a job website a prospective employee can locate and fill out a job application or submit resumes over the Internet for the advertised position. ==History== The Online Career Center was developed as a non-profit organization backed by forty major corporations to allow job hunters to post their resumes and for recruiters to post job openings.〔Matas, Alina, “Internet becomes an on-line opportunity for employers and job hunters”, The Washington Post, Nov. 7, 1993, pg. H2〕 In 1994 Robert J. McGovern began NetStart Inc. as software sold to companies for listing job openings on their Web sites and manage the incoming e-mails those listings generated. After an influx of two million dollars in investment capital 〔Peter Behr, David Segal, “High-Tech Turks Lure Big-Buck Backers; Outside Investment Grows but Trails Other U.S. Centers”, The Washington Post, Nov. 4, 1996, pg. F05〕 he then transported this software to its own web address, at first listing the job openings from the companies who utilized the software.〔Rajiv Chandrasekaran, “Tapping Into a Web of Aspirations; NetStart Helps Firms With Online Job Hunts”, The Washington Post, Dec. 30, 1996, pg. F13〕 NetStart Inc. changed its name in 1998 to operate under the name of their software, CareerBuilder.〔”Building a Career Path”, The Washington Post, Jan. 19, 1998, pg. F05〕 The company received a further influx of seven million dollars from investment firms such as New Enterprise Associates to expand their operations.〔Michael Selz, “Financing Small Business: Computerized Employee-Search Firms Attract Investors”, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 13, 1998, pg. 1〕 Six major newspapers joined forces in 1995 to list their classified sections online. The service was called CareerPath.com and featured help-wanted listings from the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and the Washington Post.〔Jesus Sanchez (1995, October 18), "THE CUTTING EDGE: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION; 6 Papers Launch On-Line Help-Wanted Classifieds; Advertising: With 23,000 entries, employment service initially will be free to job-seekers :(Edition )", ''Los Angeles Times'' ,p. 4. Retrieved December 18, 2008〕 The industry attempted to reach a broader, less tech-savvy base in 1998 when Hotjobs.com attempted to buy a Super Bowl spot, but Fox rejected the ad for being in poor taste. The ad featured a janitor at a zoo sweeping out the elephant cage completely unbeknownst to the animal. The elephant sits down briefly and when it stands back up, the janitor has disappeared. The ad meant to illustrate a need for those stuck in jobs they hate, and offer a solution through their Web site.〔Sally Beatty (1998, December 4), "News Corp.'s Fox Rejects Big Spot By Hill Holliday on Basis of `Taste'", ''Wall Street Journal'' (Eastern Edition), p. B6. Retrieved December 12, 2008〕 In 1999, Monster.com ran on three 30 second Super Bowl ads for four million dollars. One ad which featured children speaking like adults, drolly intoning their dream of working at various dead-end jobs to humorous effect were far more popular than rival Hotjobs.com ad about a security guard who transitions from a low paying security job to the same job at a fancier building.〔Stuart Elliot, “At $1.6 million for 30 seconds, few commercials proved worthy of their Super Bowl spotlight.”, The New York Times, Feb. 2, 1999, pg C10〕 Soon thereafter, Monster.com was elevated to the top spot of online employment sites.〔Matt Richtel, “Big Stakes In On-Line Job Listings”, The New York Times, Feb. 14, 1999, pg. 3.12〕 Hotjobs.com's ad wasn't as successful, but it gave the company enough of a boost for its IPO in August.〔Rachel Emma Silverman (1999, December 10) 'HotJobs Plans to Show Its Hand With New Multimedia Campaign'', ''Wall Street Journal'' (Eastern Edition), p. B, 9:1. Retrieved December 12, 2008〕 After being purchased in a joint venture by Knight Ridder and Tribune Company in July,〔” Business Brief -- CAREER BUILDER INC.: Knight Ridder and Tribune Agree to Buy Firm Jointly”, Wall Street Journal, Jul. 18, 2000, pg. 1〕 CareerBuilder absorbed competitor boards CareerPath.com and then Headhunter.net which had already acquired CareerMosaic. Even with these aggressive mergers CareerBuilder still trailed behind the number one employment site Jobsonline.com, number two Monster.com and number three Hotjobs.com.〔James Peter Rubin, “Breakaway (A Special Report) --- Web Workers: More small businesses are filling vacancies from an ever-growing pool of Internet candidates”, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 23, 2000, pg. 8〕 Monster.com made a move in 2001 to purchase Hotjobs.com for $374 million in stock, but were unsuccessful due to Yahoo's unsolicited cash and stock bid of $430 million late in the year. Yahoo had previously announced plans to enter the job board business, but decided to jump start that venture by purchasing the established brand.〔Mylene Mangalindan (2001, December 24), "E-Business: Online-Jobs Niche Sparks Yahoo's Bold Move", ''Wall Street Journal'' (Eastern Edition), p. B4. Retrieved December 12, 2008〕 In February 2010, Monster acquired HotJobs from Yahoo for $225 million. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monster Deal Inked for $225M for Yahoo HotJobs )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Employment website」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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