Global Online Recruitment Market Size, By Type (Permanent and Part-Time), By Application (Secretarial/Clerical, Accounting/Finance, Computing, Technical/Engineering, Professional/Managerial, Nursing/Medical/Care, Hotel/Catering, Sales/Marketing, Other Industrial/Blue Collar, Construction, Education/Teaching, HR, Scientific, Drivers and others) and By Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and MEA)
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The global online recruitment market was estimated at 190 million units and was valued at USD 22 billion in 2017. The market grew owing to the convenience and advantages such as wider audience reach, cost-effective, time-saving, process automation and others which are benefitting both employer and job hunters driving the global online recruitment market growth. Talent acquisition remains a top priority of the global business and online recruitment will assist these companies to acquire the same as it will provide a pool of relevant information making recruitment process easier and faster, driving the growth of the global online recruitment market.
Online recruitment is the process of sourcing talent through the internet. Traditionally recruitment was carried out through job boards, social and business networking was becoming complex, time-consuming and inefficient. Thus, major corporates were looking for hustle free platform and wanted to leverage on interest, thus online recruitment emerged as a potential solution. Through online recruitment large database of applicants is available and finding a perfect match for all the designation and profiles becomes easy. Thus, all the major companies are recruiting through the internet driving the growth of the global online recruitment market during the forecast period.
Developments and trends such as social media, big data, mobile technology and artificial intelligence are expected to emerge in the global online recruitment market. This will further drive the market growth as more employers and job seekers will look to adopt to e-recruitment services driving the growth of the global online recruitment market.
On the basis of the type of recruitment the market is segmented into part-time and permanent. Permanent recruitment was valued at the largest at USD 13.3 billion in 2017. The segment grew in the global online recruitment market as employers in the major emerging countries such as India and China are preferring full-time employment over part-time. While part-time is more preferred in developed countries such as the United States.
Technical/Engineering is projected to continue its dominance in the global online recruitment market accounting for a share of 19.32% by the end of 2025. Technical expertise and different domain engineers are required across industries, is driving the growth of the segment in the global online recruitment market. Countries such as China, India, U.S., UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Japan along with few others have seen a surge in demand for technical experts and engineers owing to the infrastructure and industrial developments in the region. Companies in these regions are considering e-recruitment over traditional as they are able to recognize highest qualified candidate through the talent pool which is easier and faster. Secretarial/Clerical is projected to have the second largest share in the global online recruitment market
On the basis of application, technical/engineering accounted to the largest market share of 18.98% in the global online recruitment market in 2017. The demand of technical skills sets possessed by the engineers are required in various industries such as chemical, automobile, aerospace, manufacturing, processing and others across regions, are thus driving the growth of the global online recruitment market. Secretarial/Clerical was the second largest segment in market.
Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global online recruitment market estimated at 71 million units and valued at USD 8 billion in 2017. Countries like China grew exponentially owing to the large industrialization and good internet penetration in the country. Taking advantage of internet penetration players in the region such as 51job and Zhaopin increased their expenditure on online advertisement which resulted in driving more traffic on their websites. Increasing expenditure to aggregate awareness about online recruitment lead the shift towards internet recruitment driving market growth in the region. China market also grew owing to the large developments by the keys players. For instance, 51job a Chinese online recruiter going public in the US market in the year 2015. Further, in the same year 51job acquired Yingjiesheng and Invest in People, strengthening its market position. 51job offers services such as headhunting, manpower sourcing, HR outsourcing, and talent assessment along with others in the global online recruitment market. In India, the growing IT sector had been demanding more applications across domains through e-recruitment thus boosting the growth of the global online recruitment. In India players such as Naukri.com had introduced e-recruitment in India are now well established and capture a major share of the Indian online recruitment market. Thus, owing to the growth of countries such as India and China, Asia Pacific dominated the global online recruitment market in 2017.
Latin America is expected to grow with the fastest CAGR of 9.1% reaching the value of USD 3.8 billion by the end of 2025. The region is projected to grow as they are falling short of qualified human resource to facilitate the growth of real estate, oil & gas, healthcare, hospitality and education sector along with others. The industry players in the Middle East across sectors are leveraging on e-recruitment to source the best talent across the world is thus driving the growth of the region in the global online recruitment market. The Asia Pacific will continue its dominance in the global online recruitment market owing to the increasing demand for new recruits and replacements in the growing businesses
The players in the global online recruitment market are 51job, Naukri.com, Glassdoor, Dice Holdings Inc., Recruit, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Monster, SEEK, Zhaopin, TopUSAJobs, SimplyHired and others. The global online recruitment market is highly fragmented and thus many players are adopting to mergers and acquisition as their key strategy to strengthen their market position. For instance, in 2018 LinkedIn acquired Glint, a startup that provides employment engagement platform and services for businesses and organizations. The aim of the acquisition is to generate more revenue through expanding engagement platforms for the paying customers and businesses.
Segment overview of global online recruitment market
- Application Overview, 2015-2025 (USD billion)
- Secretarial/Clerical
- Accounting/Finance
- Computing
- Technical/Engineering
- Professional/Managerial
- Nursing/Medical/Care
- Hotel/Catering
- Sales/Marketing
- Other Industrial/Blue Collar
- Construction
- Education/Teaching
- HR
- Scientific
- Drivers
- Others
- Type, 2015-2025 (USD billion)
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Regional Overview, 2015-2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
- North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- France
- UK
- Germany
- Spain
- Italy
- Russia
- Rest of Europe
- Asia Pacific
- India
- Japan
- China
- Korea
- Rest of Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Rest of Latin America
- Middle East & Africa
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Rest of Middle East and Africa
- North America
Reasons for the study
- To understand the changing trends in the recruitment industry
- We wanted to understand the future growth opportunities in the online recruitment market
- To study the employers’ and job seeker’s needs
- To understand the gaps in online recruitment
- To study the changing shift towards e-recruitment
- We had been tracking the recruitment market since 2012 and wanted to understand the growth parameter in terms of revenue and volume on regional and application basis
- To understand the changing preference of the corporate world in recruitment process
- To study the upcoming tends in e-recruitment market
- To study the different services provided by the online recruiters
- To understand the impactful developments of key players in the market, their strategic initiatives and comprehensively study their core competencies
- The study the growth of the Asia Pacific region and to understand the online recruitment market trends in high-potential regions like Latin America and MEA
- To know the positive impact of industrialization and globalization on the e-recruitment market
- Understanding the restraints or any threats from substitutes during the forecast period.
- Understanding the rules and regulation of the industry association in different regions
- To understand the value chain of the online recruitment market
- To understand the parameters that are increasing the industry attractiveness
- To study the market share of dominant players in the market.
What does the report include?
- Analysis of significant parameters such as drivers, restraints, and opportunities have been discussed in detail that are forecast to impact the market.
- Porter’s Five Forces analysis, value chain analysis, PESTEL analysis, vendor landscape
- Company profiles of the key players in the market which helped to us understand their strategies, key initiatives, market offerings and financial performance.
- Analysis of strategic framework and market dynamics
- Forecast till 2025 by application, region and type
- Country level trends, rules & regulations of government bodies and associations
Who should buy this report?
This study is suitable for industry members and stakeholders in the recruitment market, who want an in-depth analysis and insight of the market. The report will benefit:
- Players in the e-recruitment market
- Industry associations
- Industries and players wanting to understand the trends in online recruitment
- New entrants in the global online recruitment market wanting to understand the market dynamics
- Analysts, educationalists, strategy managers, researchers, and academic institutions looking for insights into the market to determine future strategies and outlook of the global online recruitment market.
- Government, associations, forums and other institutions who want to understand the global online recruitment market
- Third party consulting firms
The global online recruitment market was estimated at 190 million units and was valued at USD 22 billion in 2017. The market grew owing to the convenience and advantages such as wider audience reach, cost-effective, time-saving, process automation and others which are benefitting both employer and job hunters driving the global online recruitment market growth. Talent acquisition remains a top priority of the global business and online recruitment will assist these companies to acquire the same as it will provide a pool of relevant information making recruitment process easier and faster, driving the growth of the global online recruitment market.
Online recruitment is the process of sourcing talent through the internet. Traditionally recruitment was carried out through job boards, social and business networking was becoming complex, time-consuming and inefficient. Thus, major corporates were looking for hustle free platform and wanted to leverage on interest, thus online recruitment emerged as a potential solution. Through online recruitment large database of applicants is available and finding a perfect match for all the designation and profiles becomes easy. Thus, all the major companies are recruiting through the internet driving the growth of the global online recruitment market during the forecast period.
Developments and trends such as social media, big data, mobile technology and artificial intelligence are expected to emerge in the global online recruitment market. This will further drive the market growth as more employers and job seekers will look to adopt to e-recruitment services driving the growth of the global online recruitment market.
On the basis of the type of recruitment the market is segmented into part-time and permanent. Permanent recruitment was valued at the largest at USD 13.3 billion in 2017. The segment grew in the global online recruitment market as employers in the major emerging countries such as India and China are preferring full-time employment over part-time. While part-time is more preferred in developed countries such as the United States.
Technical/Engineering is projected to continue its dominance in the global online recruitment market accounting for a share of 19.32% by the end of 2025. Technical expertise and different domain engineers are required across industries, is driving the growth of the segment in the global online recruitment market. Countries such as China, India, U.S., UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Japan along with few others have seen a surge in demand for technical experts and engineers owing to the infrastructure and industrial developments in the region. Companies in these regions are considering e-recruitment over traditional as they are able to recognize highest qualified candidate through the talent pool which is easier and faster. Secretarial/Clerical is projected to have the second largest share in the global online recruitment market
On the basis of application, technical/engineering accounted to the largest market share of 18.98% in the global online recruitment market in 2017. The demand of technical skills sets possessed by the engineers are required in various industries such as chemical, automobile, aerospace, manufacturing, processing and others across regions, are thus driving the growth of the global online recruitment market. Secretarial/Clerical was the second largest segment in market.
Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global online recruitment market estimated at 71 million units and valued at USD 8 billion in 2017. Countries like China grew exponentially owing to the large industrialization and good internet penetration in the country. Taking advantage of internet penetration players in the region such as 51job and Zhaopin increased their expenditure on online advertisement which resulted in driving more traffic on their websites. Increasing expenditure to aggregate awareness about online recruitment lead the shift towards internet recruitment driving market growth in the region. China market also grew owing to the large developments by the keys players. For instance, 51job a Chinese online recruiter going public in the US market in the year 2015. Further, in the same year 51job acquired Yingjiesheng and Invest in People, strengthening its market position. 51job offers services such as headhunting, manpower sourcing, HR outsourcing, and talent assessment along with others in the global online recruitment market. In India, the growing IT sector had been demanding more applications across domains through e-recruitment thus boosting the growth of the global online recruitment. In India players such as Naukri.com had introduced e-recruitment in India are now well established and capture a major share of the Indian online recruitment market. Thus, owing to the growth of countries such as India and China, Asia Pacific dominated the global online recruitment market in 2017.
Latin America is expected to grow with the fastest CAGR of 9.1% reaching the value of USD 3.8 billion by the end of 2025. The region is projected to grow as they are falling short of qualified human resource to facilitate the growth of real estate, oil & gas, healthcare, hospitality and education sector along with others. The industry players in the Middle East across sectors are leveraging on e-recruitment to source the best talent across the world is thus driving the growth of the region in the global online recruitment market. The Asia Pacific will continue its dominance in the global online recruitment market owing to the increasing demand for new recruits and replacements in the growing businesses
The players in the global online recruitment market are 51job, Naukri.com, Glassdoor, Dice Holdings Inc., Recruit, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Monster, SEEK, Zhaopin, TopUSAJobs, SimplyHired and others. The global online recruitment market is highly fragmented and thus many players are adopting to mergers and acquisition as their key strategy to strengthen their market position. For instance, in 2018 LinkedIn acquired Glint, a startup that provides employment engagement platform and services for businesses and organizations. The aim of the acquisition is to generate more revenue through expanding engagement platforms for the paying customers and businesses.
Segment overview of global online recruitment market
- Application Overview, 2015-2025 (USD billion)
- Secretarial/Clerical
- Accounting/Finance
- Computing
- Technical/Engineering
- Professional/Managerial
- Nursing/Medical/Care
- Hotel/Catering
- Sales/Marketing
- Other Industrial/Blue Collar
- Construction
- Education/Teaching
- HR
- Scientific
- Drivers
- Others
- Type, 2015-2025 (USD billion)
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Regional Overview, 2015-2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
- North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- France
- UK
- Germany
- Spain
- Italy
- Russia
- Rest of Europe
- Asia Pacific
- India
- Japan
- China
- Korea
- Rest of Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Rest of Latin America
- Middle East & Africa
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Rest of Middle East and Africa
- North America
Reasons for the study
- To understand the changing trends in the recruitment industry
- We wanted to understand the future growth opportunities in the online recruitment market
- To study the employers’ and job seeker’s needs
- To understand the gaps in online recruitment
- To study the changing shift towards e-recruitment
- We had been tracking the recruitment market since 2012 and wanted to understand the growth parameter in terms of revenue and volume on regional and application basis
- To understand the changing preference of the corporate world in recruitment process
- To study the upcoming tends in e-recruitment market
- To study the different services provided by the online recruiters
- To understand the impactful developments of key players in the market, their strategic initiatives and comprehensively study their core competencies
- The study the growth of the Asia Pacific region and to understand the online recruitment market trends in high-potential regions like Latin America and MEA
- To know the positive impact of industrialization and globalization on the e-recruitment market
- Understanding the restraints or any threats from substitutes during the forecast period.
- Understanding the rules and regulation of the industry association in different regions
- To understand the value chain of the online recruitment market
- To understand the parameters that are increasing the industry attractiveness
- To study the market share of dominant players in the market.
What does the report include?
- Analysis of significant parameters such as drivers, restraints, and opportunities have been discussed in detail that are forecast to impact the market.
- Porter’s Five Forces analysis, value chain analysis, PESTEL analysis, vendor landscape
- Company profiles of the key players in the market which helped to us understand their strategies, key initiatives, market offerings and financial performance.
- Analysis of strategic framework and market dynamics
- Forecast till 2025 by application, region and type
- Country level trends, rules & regulations of government bodies and associations
Who should buy this report?
This study is suitable for industry members and stakeholders in the recruitment market, who want an in-depth analysis and insight of the market. The report will benefit:
- Players in the e-recruitment market
- Industry associations
- Industries and players wanting to understand the trends in online recruitment
- New entrants in the global online recruitment market wanting to understand the market dynamics
- Analysts, educationalists, strategy managers, researchers, and academic institutions looking for insights into the market to determine future strategies and outlook of the global online recruitment market.
- Government, associations, forums and other institutions who want to understand the global online recruitment market
- Third party consulting firms
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Chapter 2. Research Methodology
2.1. Research approach
2.2. Scope, definition, and assumptions
2.3. Data sources
Chapter 3. Market Outlook
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Key trends
3.2.1. Market drivers
3.2.2. Market restraints
3.2.3. Market opportunities
3.3. Porter’s Five Forces analysis
3.4. Value chain analysis
3.5. PESTEL analysis
3.6. Vendor landscape
Chapter 4. Global Online Recruitment Market Overview, By Type
4.1. Global Online Recruitment Market share, by type, 2017 & 2025
4.2. Permanent
4.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
4.3. Part-time
4.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
Chapter 5. Global Online Recruitment Market Overview, By Application
5.1. Global Online Recruitment Market share, by application 2017 & 2025
5.2. Secretarial/Clerical
5.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.3. Accounting/Finance
5.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.4. Computing
5.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.5. Technical/Engineering
5.5.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.6. Professional/Managerial
5.6.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.7. Nursing/Medical/Care
5.7.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.8. Hotel/Catering
5.8.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.9. Sales/Marketing
5.9.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.10. Other Industrial/Blue Collar
5.10.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.11. Construction
5.11.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.12. Education/Teaching
5.12.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.13. HR
5.13.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.14. Scientific
5.14.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.15. Drivers
5.15.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
5.16. Others
5.16.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion)
Chapter 6. Global Online Recruitment Market Overview, By Region
6.1. Global Online Recruitment Market share, by region, 2015 & 2025
6.2. North America
6.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.2.2. US
6.2.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.2.3. Canada
6.2.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.2.4. Mexico
6.2.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3. Europe
6.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.2. Germany
6.3.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.3. Spain
6.3.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.4. France
6.3.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.5. Italy
6.3.5.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.6. Russia
6.3.6.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.3.7. Rest of Europe
6.3.7.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.4. Asia Pacific
6.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.4.2. China
6.4.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.4.3. Japan
6.4.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.4.4. India
6.4.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.4.5. Rest of Asia Pacific
6.4.5.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.5. Latin America
6.5.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.5.2. Brazil
6.5.3. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.5.4. Rest of Latin America
6.5.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6. Middle East & Africa
6.6.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6.2. Saudi Arabia
6.6.2.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6.3. UAE
6.6.3.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6.4. Qatar
6.6.4.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6.5. South Africa
6.6.5.1. Market size and projections, 2015 & 2025 (USD billion) (Million Units)
6.6.6. Rest of Middle East & Africa
6.6.6.1. Market size and projections, 2012 & (USD billion) (Kilo Tons)
Chapter 7. Company Profiles
7.1. Recruit
7.1.1. Company overview
7.1.2. Product portfolio
7.1.3. Key developments
7.1.4. Financial performance
7.2. LinkedIn
7.2.1. Company overview
7.2.2. Product portfolio
7.2.3. Key developments
7.2.4. Financial performance
7.3. CareerBuilder
7.3.1. Product portfolio
7.3.2. Key developments
7.3.3. Financial performance
7.4. Monster
7.4.1. Company overview
7.4.2. Product portfolio
7.4.3. Key developments
7.4.4. Financial performance
7.5. SEEK
7.5.1. Company overview
7.5.2. Product portfolio
7.5.3. Key developments
7.5.4. Financial performance
7.6. Zhaopin
7.6.1. Company overview
7.6.2. Product portfolio
7.6.3. Key developments
7.6.4. Financial performance
7.7. 51job
7.7.1. Company overview
7.7.2. Product portfolio
7.7.3. Key developments
7.7.4. Financial performance
7.8. Naukri
7.8.1. Company overview
7.8.2. Product portfolio
7.8.3. Key developments
7.8.4. Financial performance
7.9. StepStone
7.9.1. Company overview
7.9.2. Product portfolio
7.9.3. Key developments
7.9.4. Financial performance
7.10. Dice Holdings Inc.
7.10.1. Company overview
7.10.2. Product portfolio
7.10.3. Key developments
7.10.4. Financial performance
7.11. Glassdoor
7.11.1. Company overview
7.11.2. Product portfolio
7.11.3. Key developments
7.11.4. Financial performance
7.12. SimplyHired
7.12.1. Company overview
7.12.2. Product portfolio
7.12.3. Key developments
7.12.4. Financial performance
7.13. TopUSAJobs
7.13.1. Company overview
7.13.2. Product portfolio
7.13.3. Key developments
7.13.4. Financial performance