Abstract: The integrated automated recruiting management system has three main components: a criteria matching application for matching a job seeker's skills and qualification's with those required by a job posting; a message center server and downloadable client for providing a recruiter with a way of communicating particular screening questions to a job seeker and receiving a response in text, audio or video; and a web-based job recruiter application for providing an Internet web site accessible to job recruiters and job seekers and for coordinating the first two components. The system permits a recruiter to post a detailed job posting, receives job seeker applications, ranks and sorts candidates according to skills and qualifications, automatically queries job seeker references, communicates recruiter questions to job seekers and receives responses, including audio and video, provides the recruiter with a package of the information collected, and automated tools for scheduling interviews.