Online Recruitment
is Getting More Savvy

Think of this as the new way of recruiting...or "e-recruiting". If you research these types of sites, you will typically see that most will claim to provide the following services:

• A convenient way to reach recruiters.

• A means to search for employment professionals worldwide.

• Career resources for an online job search.

• Information on potential organizations.

• Resume help and writing advice.

• Access to tools like resume builder.

• Job postings and match to profile (once "you" create one).

• Career Education resources.
  

• Fundamentally, it is about advertising vacancies on either job sites or corporate websites.

• At this very basic level it is particularly effective at getting a high level of response.

• While it may generate hundreds more applications than traditional print advertising, simply attracting more candidates is only part of the job.

• The current view is that truly effective online recruitment could be as low as 10% of the top blue-chip corporate companies.

• The real strength and power of online recruitment, when done properly, lie in harnessing Internet technology to not just attract candidates but to deal with them too.

• In this sense it is also about streamlining the recruitment process -so busy HR departments can give a better recruitment service to their colleagues in finance, marketing, sales and manufacturing.

• Plus it frees up more of their time for more value-added tasks.

• Wide geographical reach

• Advertising online opens up a much wider candidate pool than advertising in print.

• This gives you a much better chance of finding the right candidate for the job.

• Speed

• Jobs posted online go live in literally minutes and candidates can - and do - respond immediately. 

• For companies needing to recruit staff quickly to handle extra work, cover sickness, leave or other staff shortages, the option to advertise, select and appoint people quickly is a huge bonus.

• Lower Cost

• This may surprise you but technology in online recruitment is not expensive.

• Not only that, but the hours saved through automating the pre-selection process represent a considerable cost cut in terms of HR time needed to get candidates to the interview stage. 

• Automating the Process

• The pre-selection process can be tailored to individual companies' needs.

• This way, you can sift and sort candidates who meet your exact needs. Not only does this save time (and cost) it also results in a better quality of candidate reaching the interview stage having already established they meet certain key criteria.

• Interaction with candidates

• Another benefit is that candidate information can be held on file (your own searchable resume database).

• So if someone is not quite right for the job for which they're applying, you can see if their skills and profile match another job better.

• Working online opens up communication channels and enables you to go directly to the candidate either immediately or at a later date when an opportunity arises.