Has Internet Recruitment of Workers Replaced Help Wanted Ads? Evidence from a Survey

Abstract

The goal of this note is to ascertain whether the recruitment of workersthrough the Internet has affected the use of Help Wanted Ads (HWA) in newspapers bysurveying employers in a small statistical metropolitan area. No such switch was foundfrom HWA to Internet ads. This indicates that HWA continue to be useful componentsof local economic leading indicators and useful proxy for vacancies.(J23, J63)