In 2013, job-portals were a relatively novel idea in Albania. There were only four main job portals1 that provided limited recruitment (headhunting) and job advertising services. Altogether, these job portals published more than 6,000 job ads per year, with more than 2000 businesses advertising through them. While this meant they were becoming a strong competitor to the print media, which held a monopoly on job advertisements until then, few of the job-portals fully maximized their potential and were commercially viable. Their business models were largely based on general business advertising, rather than providing fee-based value-added services to job seekers and employers. Similarly, job portals were run as a side-business of existing businesses … Click here to read the full story
