Recruitment

Recruitment is an incessant procedure whereby an organisation tries to grow a group of capable candidates for the future human resources requirements albeit precise vacancies do not exist. Generally, the recruitment method commences when a manger introduces an employee demand for a particular vacancy or an awaited vacancy. 

I am going review about an online recruitment website which is www.fish4.co.uk. By its layout, I can easily tell the distinct purpose of the website which is for anyone to search for a job. Also, they maintained the use of the same colour which is orange and white and fonts and made the keywords needed to be bolder for it stands out from the rest of the words. Consequently, the colour that has been used is consistent as for the website’s logo so as a visitor on the page, I can easily tell that this website is for fish4job. Words have kept simple so it can be understood by anyone visiting this page and the purpose has been reinforced throughout. I think this a very well created website for recruitment as not only it is for people wanting to look for a job but also, employers who are seeking for future employees. Fish4jobs , likewise, has an advice link about looking for a job  such as creating CV ,training and other career advice. Most important thing that I have noticed is that, there is a hyperlink where you can directly subscribe to fish4jobs and automatically sends preferred vacancies sent to your email. Having a search engine to type in keywords that relates to what the person wants to look for, similarly, to make it easier for the visitor , you can alter the distance from his/her place so they can just browse the jobs near the area. One other clever method they used to use a map where anyone can just click on the area which will bring up all the vacancies there is in that area such as in London. However, I think they can make it better by adding more images to attract more visitors.

Workingmums’ campaign which is connecting mums and employers has really interested me as it based on mothers who cannot work as fulltime as they have become a mother and would like to have time for their babies and earn money at the same time and for dads, carers and other flexible job seeker. The founder of this campaign found herself and her friends in a similar position when they gave birth and wanted a flexible yet challenging work but it was too hard to find therefore she decided to create this campaign. Not only they offer job opportunities to individuals but also let them search small business and self –employed opportunities. They also offer advice, new and working mum’s blogs, in order to give feedback to other working mums around the world.

There are a number of advantages and disadvantages of using online recruitment.

5 Advantages of online recruitment:

·         More variety of jobs that can be applied for – there are options and keywords to be typed in that can suit the job that you want.

·         It is cost effective – not just for the candidate but for the employer too as they do not have to put a job board or advertise in a national newspaper which will cost more.

·          Knowing the amount of money paid before meeting the employer – this will give you an idea of how much are you going to get and whether this is suits what you need.

·         Details are shown for the job that are applied for; times, days, etc. – for you to make sure that you are capable to work at those times.

·         Faster than giving out CV’s to the stores – time consuming as you can just send your cv with by just registering online ,not having to travel to different shops in different areas.

5 Disadvantages of online recruitment

·         Too many candidates that have applied for the job – recruiters will take time going through all the applications and resume of people not even qualified for the position.

·         Lesser chance of success as there are a lots of choices to look upon

·         Les face to face contact – there might be a tendency that interviews will be done in telephone rather than in person and relying on resume is difficult as it is better to see the real personality and attitude by interaction personally.

·         Some jobs might need specific skills that an employer might not be capable of reaching suitable candidates by using job posts on the internet.

·         It does not always work as majority stated that low costs and cost savings are likely advantages of employing through the net

In conclusion, online recruitment proposes vibrant benefits over other recruitment procedures. At the same time, nevertheless, one needs to be aware of the drawbacks inherent in online recruitment if only to keep away from the downsides that they may yield.

References:

Mullins, L. ( 2010) Management & Organisational Behaviour : ninth edition. London: Person Education Limited.

Whatjobsite .(2009) The advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment[online].Available on: http://www.whatjobsite.com/Online%20Recruitment:%20Advantages%20and%20disadvantages.htm [Accessed on 18 April 2011].

Workingmums.(2011)About us[online]. Available on: http://www.workingmums.co.uk/corporate/aboutus/ [ Accessed on 18 April 2011].

Dale,M.(2006) the essential guide to recruitment:how to conduct great interviews and select the best employees.Great Britain:MPG Books Ltd.