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