The Use of Information Technology and the Internet in Recruiting New Employees

Human Resource
Management
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents........................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Theoretical framework................................................................................................................................2
Use of Information Technology and the Internet to Recruit New Employees..........................................2
Effectiveness of Internet Recruiting To Target the Labor Market...........................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Information Technology or IT is the system of utilizing the computers for storage,
retrieve, and transfer and handle the information, mostly for the business or company. Though
it is synonymous with computers and computer networks, TVs and phones are also included in
this system. Many products are connected with IT like hardware, software, electric items,
internet, telecommunications tools, and e-commerce. Internet recruitment is that process of using
the Internet, which finds both active candidates who are searching jobs and also those passive
candidates who are satisfied with the present job. IT and the Internet help the employers and HR
managers to find and hire the right employee for the companies. The paper will analyze the use
of Information Technology and the Internet to recruit new employees. It will also examine the
effectiveness of Internet recruitment to target the labor market. In other words, the use of
technology has been accepted to enhance the desired growth of different business work processes
across various sectors.
Theoretical framework
Use of Information Technology and the Internet to Recruit New Employees
The companies used to depend on traditional methods like newspaper advertisements and
employee referrals to find and attract talented individuals. But, recently, the recruitment
processes have undergone dramatic changes due to Information Technology (IT) (Pape, 2016).
Very few markets have been influenced by web networks and E-commerce than the recruitment
sector. There are still more changes to come, but it is clear that web networks have very rapidly
and vividly transformed the systems and works of the recruitment sector. The Internet is the most
popular methods among the IT processes utilized in hiring candidates for jobs (Song, 2018). It
would be hard to find out the actual use of the internet for recruitment, but it is perceived to be
the second largest income source for the providers. The internet has changed every aspect of the
business in the world. From the business managers up to HR managers, all are searching and
hiring new employees, and the internet has proven to be an essential instrument for them. A
recent survey has revealed that searching for jobs is the rapid developing search category on the
internet. They could utilize this method in the business for the recruitment of the employees.

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The role of recruitment is one of the most vital functions of HRM. The aim of the hiring
process is to find and attract the right candidates to fulfill the vacancies of the jobs. The critical
matter is to choose the proper candidates, as considerable resources might be wasted behind
improper candidates. Systematic HR strategic method is followed in the hiring process. The
recruitment process goes simultaneously with the selection methods, where the companies
analyze suitable candidates for different jobs (Borlikova et al., 2018). So, without efficient
strategies, companies might hire the wrong kind and numbers of candidates, and without
efficient hiring process, companies might recruit and select candidates who might not be best for
the jobs and markets. The hiring methods start with the identification of a job vacancy, after that
the HR manager get the authority to fill up the vacancies (Huang, Balaraman and Tarbert, 2015).
The job is then carefully evaluated, and the information, skills, capability and work experiences
are needed to efficiently perform the task are recognized. The HR manager might also take the
work atmosphere into consideration, and the culture and policy of the company, to decide
whether the chosen candidate is fit for the job or not. The hiring process is then made and
executed and as a result, it will bring more number of potential candidates within the firm.
The recruitment methods, as well as practices, can effectively take place in various ways
depending on their particular formality, cost as well as subtlety. These processes can be
effectively carried out using internal or external ways for recruiting the new candidates within
the organization. The theoretical framework critically reveals the form can be informal ways of
recruiting new candidates within the firm. The use of online recruitment has been improved to a
larger extent, and it helps in saving the effort, time and costs of hiring the suitable and skilled
candidates for the concerned organization (Paillé et al., 2014). The use of electronic recruitment
is not only meant for receiving job applications from various candidates, but it is considered for
including several different areas of recruitment (Albrecht et al., 2015). The use of the Big Data
Analytics plays a vital role in evaluating the effectiveness of hiring and recruiting the potential
candidates within the firm. The use of AL techniques can be effectively applied for recruiting by
using information extraction techniques which automate the procedure of resume generation and
different identification specialization of the employees. It is essential to create or develop a list of
attributes for the ideal employee such as identifying their abilities and their process of decision-
making in cares.