E-Recruitment : Future of recruitment
With the world becoming digital, a drastic change can be seen in recruitment. As a result of the increasing use of digital tools, HR professionals transitioned from their traditional recruitment methods to E-recruitment. E recruitment, which also known as online recruitment is the use of web-based technology or cloud-based recruitment software for the various stages of recruitment process. The origin of this term is similar to e-commerce. E-commerce clearly delineates online retail sales from the brick-and-mortar market. However, that’s not correct for job advertising and recruiting because virtually all recruiting today is conducted online.
By adapting to E-recruitment, employers can reach large number of potential candidates. Organizations can develop this e-recruitment strategy by using E-recruitment HR software or employee recruitment agencies that utilize e-recruitment as part of their package (Khanna, 2021).
Process of E-recruitment
Implementation of E-recruitment involve structural approach, a mix of the most suitable technology and a focus on the candidate experience.
Setting the foundation
Understand company requirements: First of all, HR professionals must connect with department heads to get a clear understanding of the vacant positions and desired candidate profiles.
Clear Objectives: Define the expected achievements from E-recruitment is also important, such as reducing hiring times, large number of applicants and wide talent pool.
Selection of technology
Applicant Tracking System (ATS): Organization should select an ATS which align with the recruitment requirements of the organization. ATS allow an organization to publish job vacancies, collect applications, filter candidates & maintain a database.
Video Interview Platforms: Zoom, Skype, MS Teams or specialized tools like HireVue or SparkHire are essential for remote interviews.
Online Assessment Tools: For Skills testing, platforms like Codility (for developers), Vervoe (for various roles), or Hacker Rank can be useful.
Develop a digital presence
Company careers page: Create an attractive online career page demonstrating company culture, benefits & open positions. Also, it is important to ensure a smooth and user-friendly application process.
Leverage social media: Utilize Platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook to publish job vacancies and engage with potential candidates.
Promoting Job vacancies
Craft compelling job descriptions: It is very important to be very clear about the role, responsibilities & qualifications. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be used to make postings easily discoverable.
Post on multiple channels: Other than the website of the company, it is very beneficial to use job boards (Glassdoor, Indeed), Professional networks (LinkedIn), and niche job boards specific to the industry.
Screening and assessments
Filtering applications: ATS can be utilized to categorize applications based on keywords, qualifications, and other criteria.
Online assessments: Organizations can send out online tests to assess technical skills, personality, or any other relevant competencies.
Initial screening: Conduct initial rounds of interviews via video calls. These can be either synchronous (live) or asynchronous (pre-recorded questions).
Interview process
Panel interviews: Use video conferencing tools to conduct panel interviews. It is important to ensure that all panel members are trained on the software.
Structured interviews: To ensure fairness, structured format where every candidate is asked the same set of questions can be prepared.
Offer and onboarding
Digital offer letters: Use e-signature platforms like DocuSign or Adobe Sign to send and get signed offer letters.
Online onboarding: Use HR software to introduce new hires to company policies, get them to fill out necessary forms, and undergo virtual orientation. Platforms like BambooHR or WorkBright can be useful.
Feedback and refinement
Gather feedback: After the recruitment cycle, gather feedback from candidates about their experience. This can be used to improve the recruitment process of the organization.
Monitor metrics: Analyze data on time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, source efficiency, and candidate quality to gauge the effectiveness of the e-recruitment strategy.
Ensure data security and compliance
Protect personal data: Ensure the software and platforms are compliant with data protection laws relevant to organization’s location and the candidate's location (Holm, 2012).
Regular audits: Regularly audit on systems to identify any potential vulnerabilities.
Continuous engagement
Candidate Relationship Management (CRM): Use CRM tools to keep a pool of potential candidates engaged through newsletters, job updates, or webinars.
Alumni networks: Leverage technology to create and manage alumni networks. Rehiring or referrals from ex-employees can be valuable.
Benefits of E-recruitment
Diversity of the applicants: As a result of the wide scope, diversity of applicants from different levels that is internationally, nationally, locally provide employers a better chance to find the right candidate for their vacancies.
Faster process: E-recruitment is a faster process. It helps employers and employees in the recruitment and selection process with ease of use and fast process of communication for e.g., email id, telephone service and job alerts. That helps in the update of information time-to-time in the recruitment.
Reduce the administrative burden: E-recruitment reduces the administrative burden. E-recruitment sorts the applications and creates ability pool that helps in the HR process. Administrative burdens are the cost to organization of carrying out administrative activities that they would not carry out in the absence of organizational regulations.
Time saving: E-recruitment saves our time. Because it is a fast recruitment process, 24*7 hours’ availability of the E-resources and of the cheap cost. It reduces the time of recruitment. Employees are attracted while using e-recruitment process in the organization.
Job Portals: e-recruitment process provides different job portals for e.g., online jobs, corporate websites, commercial job or job boards, professional website of the different organization, career advertisement and advertisement information. These job portals help in the e-recruitment process for the employees (Rathee & Bhuntel, 2017).
Challenges of E-recruitment
With E-recruitment, employers cannot assess the characteristics of the candidate as they are not personally interacting. This will lead to judgmental errors and make the system less reliable.
Due to the lack of personal touch, employers face difficulties to assess candidates because candidate may have exaggerated in his/her application.
The are several privacy issues involved as the complete profile of candidates is available on the online job portals.
Internet connectivity is a must as in absence of internet connection candidates cannot check the portals or sites.
In conclusion, E recruitment is the fastest gowning recruitment method. Its application encounters less and less obstacles even in the countries which are not leaders in new technology. Due to the rapid advancement of technology and evolving digital tools this process will be the future of recruiting in corporate world.
References
Holm, A. B., 2012. E-reruitment Process. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 01 August.pp. 241-259.
Khanna, H., 2021. E- Recruitment- Methods, Advantages And Disadvantages. [Online] Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/e-recruitment-methods-advantages-disadvantages-hiya-khanna [Accessed 07 April 2024].
Rathee, R. & Bhuntel, R., 2017. Benefits, Challenges and Impact of e-Recruitment. VSRD International Journal of Business and Management Research, July.7(7).
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