What is E-recruitment and advantages & disadvantages of E-recruitment

 Functional Areas of E-HRM:

Leading corporations all across the world adopt E-HRM.

Its boundaries are gradually expanding.

E-recruitment :

Nowadays, online recruitment is a frequent and convenient form of hiring.

Online recruitment is replacing or complementing traditional advertising, print media, booklets, and magazines.

Use of the internet to acquire high-quality applicants, evaluate appropriate profiles, and streamline the application and selection process is referred to as e-recruitment.

This is a comprehensive procedure that includes posting job openings, gathering resumes, and establishing a human resource database of applicants and employees.

Advantages of online recruitment :

E-recruitment relates to the procedure of acquiring competent candidates, evaluating possible profiles, streamlining applications, and selecting the right candidates using the internet.

 

For the professional recruiter, online recruiting and the usage of new technologies provide numerous benefits. The following are a few of them:

1. E-recruitment improves the efficiency of the hiring process.
2. This helps in the procedure of locating applicants and business development prospects by making it faster, less expensive, and much more effective.                          
3. E-recruitment having developed a useful way for identifying possible individuals who aren't exactly searching for a shift in its present role but might consider if the proper chance arises itself.
4. Business enterprises and job applicants are becoming extremely smart and proactive thanks to e-recruitment.

Other benefits:

i)                    Reduced hiring turnaround time,

ii)                   Encourages prospective candidates,

iii)                 Provides for enhanced worldwide reach,

iv)                 Significantly higher efficiency rate and Reduced cost,

v)                  Simpler employment application,

vi)                 Reduced unqualified candidates,

vii)               Better options for small firms,

viii)              Higher the chances for the applicants who are smart,

ix)                 Intelligent, knowledgeable, and tech savvy and

x)                  Provides a much easier picture are all advantages of e-recruitment.

Disadvantages of E-recruitment:

1. One of the most significant disadvantages of internet hiring is the large number of unsuitable applications. We may waste too much time sorting through all the applications.

2. Although connecting online could relieve tension quickly and save time, this may wind up spending your money. Many skilled people may be turned off by online sourcing tactics, that are less personal than those conducted over the phone or in person.

When you communicate with someone online, you may get a completely different impression from them than if you meeting them in person.

3. Online recruitment might sometimes result in an unsatisfactory candidate-client fit because we do our recruitment procedure preliminarily online. Before meeting and communicating with the individual, you may have a limited understanding of how they might fit into the company's culture. 

As a reason, you may missing out someone who would have been a better fit for the organization. 

Payel Majumder

HR Professional