INTRODUCTION

E-Recruitment is the integration and

utilization of internet technology to
improve efficiency and effectiveness
of the recruitment process.
 Why E-Recruitment
• Centralized Platform
• Streamline workflow
• Better communication &increase productivity
• Less paper
• Candidates pool
• Centralized report
• Save cost and Time
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Advantages
Lower costs to the organization. Also, posting jobs online is cheaper than
advertising in the newspapers.
 No intermediaries.
Reduction in the time for recruitment (over 65 percent of the hiring time).
 Facilitates the recruitment of right type of people with the required skills.
Improved efficiency of recruitment process.
Online recruitment helps the organizations to weed out the unqualified
candidates in an automated way.
Recruitment websites also provide valuable data and information
regarding the compensation offered by the competitors etc. which helps the
HR managers to take various HR decisions like promotions, salary trends
in industry etc.
Disadvantages

Apart from the various benefits, e-recruitment has its own share
of shortcomings and disadvantages.
 Screening and checking the skill mapping and authenticity of
million of resumes is a problem and time consuming exercise
for organizations.
 There is low Internet penetration and no access and lack of
awareness of internet in many locations across .
 Organizations cannot be dependant solely and totally on the
online recruitment methods.
 In , the employers and the employees still prefer a face-to-
face interaction rather than sending e-mails
Conclusion

In today's world   e recruitment has become an indispensable tool

for the recruiting manager. To  get the best out of this  emerging
medium it is  essential that it is used  to complement the
traditional means  of  recruitment Growth  and relevance of this
medium are dependent  both on the accessibility  of net to  people
as well as ability of job portals  and other  networking sites  to
differentiate  and offer value added services  both to the
prospective  employer  and the candidates.