Online Recruitment

Essay by nitingupta83University, Master'sA-, July 2008

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Online Recruitment

Human Resource Management

Table of Contents

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3

Online recruitment defined…………………………………………………………………………………………………3

Advantages of online recruitment…………………………………………………………………………………….…4

Disadvantages of online recruitment…………………….………………………………………………………….…5

Online Recruitment techniques…………………….………………………………………………………………….…6

Online Recruitment Experience …………………………………………………………………………….……………7

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……….7

Introduction

Although one of the latter steps in the recruitment process, the choice of its recruitment tool remains fundamental for any company. The choice of the recruitment method requires that the organization goes through an elaborate procedure considering the cost of reaching the target group, the time scales involved, the fit with the organizational culture and the opportunity presented to enhance the organization's public relations. One of the newest recruitment tools at the disposal of employers is online recruitment.

Online recruitment defined

The terms online recruitment, e-cruiting, cybercruiting, or Internet recruiting, imply the formal sourcing of job information online. According to Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD, 2007), it is the use of technology to attract candidates and aid the recruitment process.

(Refer to reference 1 for CIPD).

CIPD (2007) states that the most common ways to use the Internet as a means to recruit are:

To add recruitment pages to the existing organization site. It is a very common practice at the moment and its major advantage, namely the minimal cost associated with developing a page on the corporate site, puts it forward as the smartest way to recruit on the Internet.

To use Web sites specialized in recruiting employees, like "online recruiters", "job portals", "online job boards" or "job agencies". Those sites ultimately act as mediums that connect the companies with potential applicants. The dedicated recruitment Web sites can take the form of job listing Web sites, which are very similar to printed classified advertisements; work-wanted sites, which emphasize the prospective employee's side; and, finally, online recruiters who make use of other Web sites as a resource for...