Internet Recruitment

Internet recruitment refers to using company websites, online advertisements, job listings, social media and other means on the internet to find and hire suitable employees for your business.

Not only has the internet made it easier to source candidates, but you can now even conduct interviews, handle employee paperwork and initiate training online.

It is also known as "Online Recruitment" or "E-Recruitment".

It creates awareness of positions that are open in your organization, allows you to obtain information about interested candidates and makes it easier to communicate with potential hires. You can even use?online employment testing and training methods and conduct interviews?entirely online thanks to video conferencing software like Skype and GoToMeeting.

METHODS:

• Social media: You can use sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to post about new job openings and have your employees share these posts with their contacts. You can also view people's public profiles and reach out to potential candidates through private messaging on LinkedIn & Facebook.
• Contact sourcing: Rather than waiting for candidates to hear about your company and contact you, contact sourcing involves doing some more work to obtain contact information for people in the industry who may have an interest in working for you.
• Company website: Your company website is a great place to share the benefits of working for your company, post job listings and inform applicants about the company culture.
• Online job sites: You can take advantage of job-posting sites like CareerBuilder, Monster, Glassdoor and Indeed to browse a database of resumes, accept applications and track applicants.?
• Internet ad campaigns: To increase awareness of job openings at your company, you can use pay-per-click ads on search engines and social media platforms. You can even create promotional videos on your company website, YouTube or Facebook page to recruit workers.

ADVANTAGES:

1. Time-saving
2. Minimized hiring cost
3. Effective
4. Shorten hiring process
5. Accessible
6. Flexible and easy
7. Broader scope for candidates
8. Filtration tools

DISADVANTAGES:

1. A high volume of responses
2. Technology issues
3. Poor website
4. Informal
5. Miss out on great employees
6. Attract fraudulent applicants
7. Too impersonal

Thanks & Regards,

Kavan Mehta