| As the internet has become more accessible, | | | | job advert, anticipating the responses, physically |
| affordable and reliable in South Africa, so has the | | | | sifting through applications and requesting one on one |
| country's job market begun to turn to the internet | | | | interview's is doesn't get more tiring than this. These |
| as a staffing solution. Advertising job vacancies as | | | | few steps are in fact only the very surface of what |
| well as searching online candidate database resources | | | | conventional recruitment entails and traditionally there |
| has become one of the most popular means to | | | | are quite a few more steps involved in placing a |
| recruitment and continues to grow as technology | | | | relevant candidate in the right role. Online Recruiters |
| improves. | | | | are finding processes and procedures made simpler, |
| Despite South African Recruiters having been stifled | | | | faster and more reliable by applying web based |
| by our countries 'late blooming' in the technological | | | | staffing resources. Recruiting online allows for |
| and online arena, recruiting on the web has begun to | | | | pre-screening questions to be posed to prospecting |
| display its merit and great advantages to many | | | | Job seekers, bulk short listing and regretting and |
| South African Recruiters. | | | | ultimately quickens the time to hire. Online |
| The pros that extend from recruiting on the internet, | | | | recruitment transforms what was previously a manual |
| far exceeds other resources available to recruitment | | | | process into one that is automated, streamlined and |
| agencies. Benefits from recruiting online are leaving an | | | | proficient. |
| enormous impression on the South African job | | | | IMPROVED TIME TO HIRE |
| market and as the country continues to grow | | | | Working hand in hand with implementing automated |
| technologically the more South African Job Seekers | | | | processes to that of a manual recruitment function, |
| become loyal to this means to filling employment | | | | from beginning to end is also improved on. Placing |
| demands. | | | | ideal candidates in relevant roles is something that |
| While most benefits of e-cruiting are those obvious | | | | takes time and patience, as with making any perfect |
| to that of the trained online eye, discussing such | | | | match in life. While this is true, time is also money in |
| merits can only further swell the online reach and | | | | the South African employment market and should |
| convince even the most traditional of Recruiter to | | | | Recruiters hesitate in making accurate decisions, |
| consider switching. Online recruitment delivers both | | | | skilled candidates can be snatched up from right |
| tangible and intangible benefits for Recruiters to tap | | | | beneath their nose if not equipped to make such |
| into and feed off. Understanding these and how they | | | | decisions. When recruiting on the internet, due to |
| positively impact on your recruitment strategy and | | | | many processes having been simplified and enhanced, |
| overall experience will enable you to employ each | | | | Recruiters are able to shortlist relevant candidates in |
| benefit for its individual merit and benefit from the | | | | half the time as what traditional recruitment allows |
| sum of each of its individual parts. | | | | for. Once shortlisted, the interview process |
| GREATER GEOGRAPHICAL REACH ON SKILLED | | | | commences faster and ultimately makes a final |
| WORKERS | | | | employment decision that much swifter than it |
| All South African Recruiters are well aware that | | | | ordinarily would be. |
| currently the South African Job market is lacking in | | | | COST EFFECTIVE |
| the area of skilled workers in a very big way. With a | | | | Some may argue that bandwidth costs and internet |
| high demand for skilled workers but unsatisfied by a | | | | usage in South Africa is expensive and by no means |
| poor supply, Recruiters need to find ways to locate | | | | a cost effective solution to streamlining a labour |
| the skilled workers remaining in the country, as few | | | | intensive business. While this may have been an |
| and far between that they may be. When utilising | | | | accurate assessment to make a few years ago, as |
| the very best of online job portals (candidate search | | | | South Africa continues to convert to utilising web |
| and vacancy marketing) quantity and quality of Job | | | | based applications, so bandwidth costs have become |
| Seeker resources are found and employed. Not only | | | | more affordable, internet access easier to tap into |
| do online Recruiters manage to locate actively skilled | | | | and a greater variety of options available for |
| workers but through means of optimised job | | | | companies, small and large to exercise. By assessing |
| advertising and employer marketing, Recruiters are | | | | the extent of your recruitment agencies needs, and |
| equipped to entice the passive job market to | | | | facilitating internet resources in the most economically |
| participate as well. In utilising online portals to seek | | | | viable way, Recruiters that convert to facilitating the |
| and find skilled workers, international skills (global | | | | sourcing and placement of staff by making use of |
| coverage) are too attracted to the South African | | | | the internet will notice a cost effective kick back in |
| market, thus injecting what could possibly be stale | | | | more ways than one. Not only are internet expenses |
| industry, with new talent and skills. With a greater | | | | becoming more affordable, Recruiters need also |
| reach on skilled workers, encompassing local and | | | | remember that with the improved time to hire and |
| international geographical Job Seekers, Recruiters are | | | | prompt and efficient delivery on service level |
| soon able to locate relevant Job Seekers to fill job | | | | agreements, clients will convert to return customers, |
| vacancies in niche industries where required. | | | | staffing tenders will become more frequent and |
| AUTOMATED RECRTUIEMENT PROCESSES | | | | 'customer loyalty' will display more sustainable |
| Traditional recruiting is intrinsically labour intensive. | | | | guarantees for the future. |
| From composing no more than a 30 word newspaper | | | | |