Company, Job, and Perceived Advantage Influence on Job Hunting: Evaluating Glassdoor Job Hunting platform

Abstract

The current research aims to investigate how features for Job Application Portals (JAP) such as company information, job information, and relative advantage affect job hunting. A cross-sectional field survey of 480 new graduates with IT and applied scientific degrees was conducted in the intended research environment for comparative purposes, which included tech businesses in the EU, US, and Asia samples of job application portal users. Using the Smart PLS software 3.0, partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results revealed that company information, job information, and relative advantage all have a favorable significant impact on job hunting. This research is novel to propose and test a unique theoretical framework in a unique data context to bring key policy directions as well as theoretical and practical ramifications in the field.