Also known as online recruitment, e-Recruitment has three core components which can be utilised in isolation, or more effectively together in a strategic manner: the careers website;advertising jobs on the internet (e-Sourcing); and e-Recruitment systems.
The careers website
This is a subsection of the corporate website dedicated to employment and careers within the organisation. It can be as simple as providing basic information about the company, through to providing dynamic content and functionality to create an environment which encourages active and passive job seekers, as well as past and prospective employees to return to the site.
e-sourcing
Many employers have traditionally considered e-Recruitment as a tool to simply advertise vacancies on the internet. We use the term e-Sourcing to define this practice, which includes the following:
- Listing vacancies on the corporate website;
- Listings vacancies on the commercial job boards; and
- Listings vacancies on niche job boards.
e-Recruitment Systems
e-Recruitment systems, often known as web based software systems or online recruitment management systems also contain a subset of tools including applicant tracking systems or candidate management systems. These allow collaboration between the many parties involved in the recruitment process by replacing or integrating with the systems they currently use to form one central platform for all activity. These participants include hiring managers, recruiters, executives with approval delegations, recruitment suppliers, advertising mediums or partners, applicants and the human resources function.
The majority of these tools are deployed as an Application Service Provider (ASP), allowing the software application and database to be accessed via the internet. This removes the need for costly investments in hardware infrastructure, minimises the difficulties with implementation and rolling out upgrades across internal networks and hundreds of personal computers, and puts the onus of all ongoing maintenance of the system and technical support onto the software vendor.
