| Online Recruitment is a relatively new phenomenon, but | | | | job than there is if s/he were to be recruited through |
| as with most new age technologies, it is one that is | | | | the traditional methods of application and interview. |
| rapidly growing. Multinational corporations are taking full | | | | However, there are also advantages of using |
| advantage of the gold mine of prospective employees | | | | professional online recruiting services, increasingly |
| that the Internet offers. However, as with any form of | | | | becoming the industry leaders in job recruitment. The |
| recruitment, there are issues to contemplate. There | | | | online recruitment services provided by recruiters give |
| are two main issues where online recruitment is | | | | companies the ability to cover a much larger spectrum |
| concerned. The first issue is how do you attract the | | | | of job seekers and to obtain speed of communication. |
| attention of the passive job seeker: that is, the job | | | | An online recruitment service also guarantees that |
| seeker who is not actively using job boards or search | | | | graduates have an increased chance of securing |
| engines to look for jobs? In order to dominate the | | | | suitable roles. At this junction, it should also be |
| online recruitment market and gain the best employees, | | | | mentioned that very few recruitment companies have |
| the company needs to have an edge over the | | | | the same specialist knowledge and experience as the |
| competition when it comes to attracting employees. | | | | leading recruiting agencies in the UK. |
| There are different ways to do this, ranging from | | | | As previously stated, online recruitment is a relatively |
| referral networks and community sites to blogs. | | | | new phenomenon, and that must be kept in mind. It is |
| The company needs to be noticed by the passive job | | | | expected that there will be issues to tackle. |
| seeker, and noticed first. The second issue is the | | | | Unfortunately the issues faced by online recruitment |
| anonymity offered by the Internet. There is a distinct | | | | combine to make a complex problem that will take |
| advantage in meeting a prospective employee before | | | | effort and initiative to overcome, and will be definitive in |
| employing them, for example via an interview. Through | | | | separating the highly qualified candidates from the |
| the use of the Internet, people have a much easier | | | | weak. However, there is no doubt that the help of an |
| time of exaggerating certain character traits, and hiding | | | | online recruitment services, there are undeniable |
| others. Basically, there is an increased chance of | | | | benefits to both job seeking graduates and companies. |
| recruiting someone who does not fit the criteria for the | | | | |