E Recruiting - Advantages and Disadvantages

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In the extremely competitive job market, recruitment has grown to be a crucial activity. The internet wave has altered the conventional techniques of hiring. E-recruitment is the newest trend, and both big and small businesses have adopted it.

E-recruitment is a process of recruiting candidates for filling vacant position in the companies through the use of internet. (Anand & Chitra, 2016). It is also known as e-staffing, e-resourcing, or e-hiring process. It is an automated process of tracking, attracting, interviewing, and hiring candidates by utilizing online stages and HR software.


E Recruiting Methods


Job boards:

In order to list jobs online and collect applications from prospects, recruiters might develop their own job boards. This is an effective method of connecting with plenty of potential candidates. Job seekers can use job boards to search for new job opportunities in their area and profession.


Company web site:

A crucial part of the online hiring process is developing a company website that showcases your brand’s unique personality and workplace culture.

Your website may have a section devoted to recruiting, a blog that focuses on thought leadership, information on your company's core values, a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, illustrations of the work you're doing to promote sustainability or assist your neighborhood, interviews with senior leaders, or employee endorsements. 



Applicant Tracking System (ATS):

An applicant tracking system is a piece of software that helps recruiting HR managers by streamlining the recruitment process by using an algorithm to sort through potential candidates' applications. This program aids in the separation of underqualified resumes from qualified resumes during the hiring process when numerous candidates apply for a single position. Therefore, this makes it possible for recruiters to view resumes that have been filtered and tailored to the criteria specified in the job profile. As a result, an applicant tracking system is a helpful tool for online hiring.


Using e-mail campaigns: 

Recruiters can send e-mails with job postings to lists of subscribers. This is a good way to reach a large number of potential candidates.


Social Media:

Building your employer brand and attracting new job seekers can both be done by showcasing your personnel on social media. Think about putting up employee spotlights, showcasing the successes of your team, and posting images or videos of enjoyable events that your business sponsors. You could, for instance, write social media updates to summarize company events.

Through the sharing of insightful videos, quotes, and articles that are pertinent to your industry, you can use social media to position members of your team as thought leaders in their respective fields. This may persuade other business people to follow your social media accounts, which will raise awareness of your brand and the possibility that they'll see any job postings you share.


Internet ad campaigns:

Pay-per-click advertising campaigns are an easy but efficient approach to draw attention to your company's job openings and direct potential applicants to your website or recruiting page.

Pay-per-click advertising is an option on both search engines like Google and social networking sites like LinkedIn. They can be directed at prospective employees from different industries or geographical areas with particular skill sets.



Advantages of E Recruitment

Cost Effective - E-recruitment is a cost-effective method of hiring people while finding the top talent for a firm. By doing away with the need to submit employment adverts in newspapers or other conventional media, it saves time and money.

Even if social media and job boards are among the free online recruitment strategies, the efficiency they all produce help to reduce labor costs.

Saves time - Hiring managers will spend less time manually processing applications, training and onboarding new recruits, calling candidates, or writing individual emails with the aid of online recruitment tools.

Target customized segments - E-recruitment also makes it simpler to target particular candidate categories. Employers can utilize e-recruitment, for instance, to look for people who have specific qualifications or experience.

Filtering features in recruitment systems make it easier for recruiters to locate the best candidates with the skills necessary for the job. Therefore, sorting candidates based on experience, education, competencies, and many other factors is sped up by the filtration tools offered by e-recruitment systems.

Lessen paper work: Electronic data collecting, filing, and administrative tasks have reduced the amount of paper required for documentation.

Builds brand awareness: Employers can reach a wide audience with real-time information about job openings by using online recruitment. This makes it easy to compile information on lots of potential applicants and create talent pools.

 

Dis-advantages of E Recruitment

Limited reach out: The fact that e-recruitment has a narrow scope is one of its key drawbacks. Only candidates who have internet connection and are actively looking for jobs are reached via e-recruitment.

Compared to traditional approaches, recruiting for the most senior roles is far more difficult online. Employers will have to choose from a smaller talent pool for these positions, necessitating a more focused and individual approach.

Lack of personal interaction: E-recruitment relies heavily on computerized systems and automated processes.

Technical Issues :  Being abruptly cut off from a chat or phone call due to an electricity outage may be rather embarrassing for a recruiter, and having a shaky internet connection might be uncomfortable. This implies that if a corporation struggles with technology, they can experience similar errors more frequently.

Increased competition: This has advantages for the organizations but also disadvantages for them. The first few applicants are either contacted for interviews or the resumes are filtered using a few key words. Conversely, applicants must contend with international rivalry.

The fact that there is a pool of recruiters looking to employ the ideal candidate for their specific job need is one of the drawbacks of online recruiting. As a result, the job posting may be swiftly buried beneath lota of other employment opportunities, requiring the HR manager to choose between paying more for further exposure and running the risk of going unnoticed. In terms of social media, the algorithms of the platform decide whether to reach the target audience the manager want.

 

 

Conclusion

The best recruiting strategy ultimately depends totally on the requirements and priorities of your company as well as the volume of candidates you are seeking to hire. You'll most likely find the best talent by using a hybrid approach that makes use of both online and offline recruitment strategies, as well as internal and external recruitment.



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By Dinushika Senanayake



Comments

  1. Sameer MBA 2023April 30, 2023

    very good topic Dinushika ! you have clearly mentioned about the advantages & disadvantages

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  2. Thusitha kumaraApril 30, 2023

    useful topic to elaborate in modern competitive world . Is E recruitment platforms expose the accurate information and visualize the actual level of the candidates before the interviews ?

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  3. Bhagya JosephApril 30, 2023

    Hi Dinushika. It is a unique topic and I learnt a lot from this blog. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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  4. SATHEESHMay 03, 2023

    Wonderful Dinushika. You have presented nicely and all are very useful contents. Negetive impact of E recruitment is having a less weight comparing to advantages. Thank you for sharing your good knowledge.

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    1. Dinushika SenanayakeMay 05, 2023

      yes indeed, the advantages are more when compared to disadvantages

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  5. MafazMay 03, 2023

    Great job. Globalization and development in technology make e-recruitment much easier.

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  6. Rubinie RajendranMay 04, 2023

    good topic, Screening and checking the skill mapping and authenticity of millions of resumes is a problem and time consuming exercise for organizations , this is also an disadvantage of E- recruiting.

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMay 05, 2023

    I GAINED NEW KNOWLEDGE FROM YOUR BLOG, LATEST SOFTWARE SUCH AS ATS IS INTERESTING,GOOD JOB

    ReplyDelete
  8. Dhanusha RodrigoMay 05, 2023

    nice subject, For enterprises, screening and verifying the validity and skill mapping of millions of resumes takes a lot of time.

    ReplyDelete

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