It has been an exciting 12 months in the world of internet recruitment. On the one hand there have been numerous failures and closures among internet job sites. On the other, a handful of operators have consolidated their positions and are beginning to have a significant impact on their markets.

Among recruitment agencies and headhunters there are those who barely use online methods for sourcing candidates and others who both have their own job sites and use third-party sites, sometimes to considerable effect.