E-Recruiting

E-Recruiting

Reducing Organizational Costs

E-recruitment refers to hiring workers through internet activity. It allows managers in selecting candidates and compare and validate their skills and qualification without having to contact directly and physically with the person, make more accurate and appropriate presets for positions to be filled from the reliable results and testing and interviews via computer (Masters, et al., 2013).

The biggest advantage of e-recruitment is that companies may find simplification and optimization in application management and the associated savings in time and recruitment costs in posting online job ads (Marr, 2007). In addition, HR manager may find it more complex to print the job ads through traditional print advertisements along with its distribution cost. Online recruitment may obtain large chunk of applicants in short period of time.

Strategies to Mitigate the Unintended Consequences

The introduction of e-Recruitment should be tackled through change management. Introduction has many implications for those involved and support is essential.

E-recruitment is an integral part of HRM and e-HRM. Therefore, managers are required to ensure that it is integrated in all policies and relevant processes and see it as a separate component.

To see if an e-recruitment system worth the investment, it is recommended using a return on investment analysis to calculate the costs and benefits of the current situation and the outcome of e-recruitment (Marr, 2007).

HR manager must create a database of potential candidates for future positions. Unsolicited applications are easy to manage. Candidates even have the option to subscribe to a newsletter with suitable vacancies. This can reduce the use of paper applications. With the help of database system, online applications will be easy to manage and also show the overview of the status of the applications when required.

Employee's Psychological Contracts

Online recruitment may create sense of motivation and empowerment among employees finding their level of job via internet. They get all the information regarding the job and the company and thus, acknowledge and strengthen them for the interviews and tests (Masters, et al., 2013). This is possible if HR manager must ensure that employees are accessed to all the details on the online advertisement of the job and it must be clear, concise and understandable for the applicants to read and understand it more easily. The content of the ad must look professional involving the purpose and vision of the company.

Attracting High-Quality Candidates and Members of Diverse Groups

The advent of internet has completely changed recruitment. In ...