E-Recruitment

For the week after the mid semester break, the learning process continues with the topic regarding E-Recruitment. According to Alison Margeret Foot et.al (2005), recruitment is the steps to hire new work power in the organization through certain processes. It should also be coordinated with the advancement of technology and competition from other organizations. The goal of an effective recruitment function to identify and recruit qualified individuals for the job  and the challenges in the recruitment process quality depends on labour market competition intensifies over time.

Nevertheless, nowadays in a modern world people are moving rapidly towards the usage of technology in everyday life. Even the process of recruiting new employees now has changed to E-recruitment. According to Margeret Rouse (2012), E-recruitment in other word is online recruitment. The benefit of using e-recruitment is less of paper usage which meaning less need for filing or any documentation because every information and detail can be stored straight away in the system and it automatically enhances the practice of saving space in the office.

From the perspective of Human Resource (HR) manager, the system of e-recruitment is developed to help the recruiting team to employ the employees with more specific and  easily. The system is developed through webpages which can help us to fill the application form with full details that are required by the organization that we are going to apply job for. For instance, E-recruitment by CIMB Bank which requires us to fill the application form through e-recruitment and straight away will shortlist the most suitable candidate for a specific position that are being offered.

Besides that this system or software is very cheap and can be modified based on needs of the company. Erice R.Marr (2007), internet attracts more quality applicants despite popularity as a source. Moreover, through E-recruting the HR executives can obtain data or information about applicants and at once make the selection process much smoother and easier.

However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Rahul Pandita (2011) stated that in the context of disadvantages of E-recruitment, one of its disadvantage is the applicants are not being able to speak or communicate with any representatives of the company that are being applied for. So as a result of it, this leads to a situation whereby ambiguity and confusion arise as well as demotivates the morale of the person that apply for a job. Besides that, E- recruitment is affected by security issues which stressed out issues like easily be vulnerable to spam and fake profiles. For instance, a stranger create a fake profile in a company as a candidate to apply for but his actual intention is to spread viruses into the systems. In a nutshell, I would strongly choose the E-recruitment system as a recruiting medium to process the application of new employees because it would save cost, save time and also save space.

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References:

1.      Margaret Foot & Caroline Hook, Introducing Human Resource Management 4th edition, Pearson Education Limited, 2005.

2.      Margaret Rouse, Talent Management System Essential Guide, 2012

3.      Erice R.Marr,Journal of E-Recruitment : The Effectiveness of The Internet as a Recruitment Source, 2007

4.      Rahul Pandita, Journal of E-Recruitment : The Effectiveness of The Internet as a Recruitment Source, 2007