The evolution and impact of online recruitment in modern organizations

Online-Recruitment

E-recruitment or online recruitment is the term with which most of the organizations and corporate sector is becoming familiar as this sector is getting advanced and modern day by day. Online recruitment is a facility which is being used by the different organizations. In this process, online recruitment experts and job analysts find right candidates through internet for different companies and organizations according to the information provided to them and need of the company. Hence, the process of induction in organization has been altered by e-recruitment.

Historical Background

Internet is a great and vital source of knowledge and information. It has provided uncountable benefits to mankind and e-recruitment is another blessing with the help of which corporate sector is getting benefits. Human resource department is considered a backbone of every organization. With the passage of time, different inventions and methods are being developing to facilitate complexities in life. Similarly, this new method of online recruitment is lessening the additional duties and burden of HR. Every organization wants to recruit right candidates particularly those who can go along well with the organization goal. This process has always been a complex and difficult for the organizations. It is critical for every organization to resort to means that offer quality recruitment solutions at competitive costs. This is where the realm of e-recruitment came.

Strategic Value of Technology

Advantages of e-recruitment system are inevitable. Online recruitment facilitates the organization with numerous advantages and benefits. This method of recruitment reduces the time and takes less time than the usual customary method of recruitment.

Problem & Concerns

Attrition: There is a growing concern that Internet has made job hunting very easy for employees. They are constantly on the look out for job opportunities present on the web sites of companies as well as job portals.

Most people have signed up for emails and alerts for the job update. They can also customize their search needs on job portal and get constant email updates. Now they do not have to go through the grueling searching process and can easily get interview calls. This has resulted in a workforce that is ready to switch jobs easily. Companies are already facing a new fear of attrition.

A espite claiming to be engaged and content in their current position, a new survey of over 1,000 UK employees has found that many are always on the look out for the next opportunity and a company that can offer them a more interesting job. The survey, by staffing company Adecco, found that despite the fact that eight out of 10 believe they will be in the same job in 12 months from now, four out of 10 have nevertheless applied for a job or registered with a recruitment agency in the past year?( nline (recruitment creates? 2006).

Implementation of e-recruitment process

Not only for implementing this particular system but to implement or introduce any sort of new process in an organization involves risk. So, it is necessary and better to consider all the consequences and benefits associated with it. Following steps can lend a hand in deciding whether to adopt the process or not and how to adopt the process:

Determining feasibility the most important part in determining whether to adopt this process or not is analyzing the feasibility of this process for the organization. Discussing the idea of introducing with the staff of the organization will really help out the supervisors and heads of the organization in taking the decision.

It is essential to know whether the company can afford this service or not and whether the company has all the facilities available to the organization required to make this system effective.

Rate of Vacancy Use of e-recruitment depends on how often vacancy occurs in an organization and how often a company needs to hire more number of workers to complete and achieve organization target and goals. For those organizations which often need part time workers to accomplish their projects this service of e-recruitment is really fruitful.

Developing proper e-recruitment site: Developing a proper website is the first and basic step in starting this system. The website should be properly designed and proper sections should be built for vacancy posting and their requirements.

Employer website Employer website should provide features like job searching, registering profile, applying for job online, and sending the reference to friend.

Multiple posting tools These tools frequently include utilities for managing purchasing of advertising from the job boards and will enable the company to track success rates / costs etc. By job board.

Intelligent CV parsing These tools which look at a CV document and automatically extract unstructured data such as name and address, skills, employment history, education and other necessary information etc. And provide this information in a 'structured' format.

Evolution & Future Trends

Evolving phase of e-recruitment: Process of e-recruitment is in its nascent stage and is evolving day by day. It has developed its strong roots in the business world. E-recruitment is showing its benefits and significance in its primary stage on the basis of which one can say that this process is urging all the organizations to adopt this new idea. According to a recent survey in the U.S. some companies claim 30% of new hires are from the internet and 77% of the internet users who are seeking a change, use the net to do so. This fact gives us an idea that how fast the process of e-recruitment is evolving.

Conclusions

E-recruitment is just a tool and a better option for this purpose. Companies might create an exciting web site and an image to attract able employees but ultimately it the work environment and job structure that helps in retention. In the changing face of recruitment and selection, companies must get their act together.

References; nline recruitment creates generation of job flirts

Management Issues. Retrieved on Aril 2007 at http://www.management-issues.com/2006/11/13/research/online-recruitment-creates-generation-of-job-flirts.asp

Online Recruitment Marketing Council Retrieved on Aril 2007 at http://www.ormc.org.uk/display_elements.asp