Advantages of e-recruitment

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The online recruitment (or e-recruitment) is the process of matching people and appropriate job offers thanks to the internet tool. It is also the process to hire them using the internet. Usually and nowadays, the most common form of online recruitment is the ads of jobs that we can find on job websites and corporate ones. Indeed, a lot of companies just propose job offers directly on their website.
Generally, it occurs a lot of answers, by attracting a huge number of potential candidates, which is only a tiny part of the online recruitment process. The real benefit of this kind of recruitment is revealed when the recruiters of the HR department can automatize the process with HR software.

We need to know what are the advantages and drawbacks of the process of the online recruitment, because even if it is really trendy right now, we would like to know why companies should act this way or not. After analyzing the advantages and drawbacks of this kind of recruitment, we will add 2 interviews made with the CEO of melty.fr, a web magazine, and the CEO of 9cloudnannies, an online website to find nannies for family.

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[...] It is quicker and more convenient for them to use. They have access to a wider range of jobs and can really target more specific jobs. It also increases their chances of finding one as they have access to so many offers and can apply so quickly and easily of the jobseekers that were surveyed in this study stated that they “couldn't imagine life without With this information and this data, we know that it is better for both companies and applicants to keep working with online recruitment. [...]

[...] Social Media and websites Social media are the most trendy tools nowadays, they are really efficient to recruit online. Facebook for instance, is a social utility that let companies advertise themselves about them and their job positions, they let prospective employees get a feeling for the culture of the company, by adding some pictures and building the brand image through the social media. The company better create an eye-catching Facebook page, to attract the customers but also the job applicants, with advertising of job openings. [...]

[...] But with online recruitment, employers cannot do that. Online recruitment strategies When a company wants to find the perfect profile for its candidates, it can need a lot of time and money, it is time consuming and difficult, but sometimes when they use online employee recruitment, it helps them to find the good candidates that perfectly fit the company's needs. Online Ads To do an efficient online recruitment, the company should create a good online advertisement. It needs to be clear, eye-catching, and absolutely has to include good details about the job position, the wage, the requirements, the educational degrees, the certifications needed etc. [...]

[...] Wide access to skilled people If the company decides to advertise for job offer on its own website or even on job offers website, they are more likely to reach the perfect candidate in the big amount of people looking for a job. Indeed, Internet is the first place where people who needs to find a job are going to look onto. Online recruiters might successfully localize candidates that are skilled enough to fit the job position. They can find these jobs through job advertising and company marketing. When they use these online means to find fitting job candidates, the enterprises can also reach the global market, which is perfect regarding the globalization context they are acting within. [...]

[...] SOURCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-recruitment http://www.onrec.com/ http://www.onlinerecruitment.com.au/ http://www.hrmguide.co.uk/recruitment/introduction_to_online_recruitment .htm http://www.cloud9nanny.com/ Online recruitment. [...]