Recruitment is the process of attracting, screening and selecting qualified people for a specific job. It is the attraction of applicants from suitable candidates to locate potential employees.
There are recruitment websites such as ‘monster.com’ which helps individuals obtain a job. Their website is laid out in a way that is very easy to interpret and use, it is designed so that everyone is able to use it and offers careers in all areas. The layout offers a search engine for specific jobs in a specified area of the United Kingdom to help narrow down job opportunities, it also offers advice on different industries and careers. I tested the website by looking for a job within High Wycombe and I specified my search to within the town centre and it gave me every available job going, I thought that it was laid out very well as i could tell where and what job it was. I would definitely use one in the future.
A recruitment campaign that interested me was when Wembley stadium opened and they were offering hundreds of different positions. They were using billboards, television adverts, radio adverts and magazine ads. I first noticed it in a magazine I was reading and it was an A4 page with the new Wembley stadium picture on it offering careers at Wembley in all different areas, for full and part time staff. Another reason I was very interested was they were showing the benefits of working there, such as chances to win free tickets and priority seating. As I was a huge football and music enthusiast this was very appealing to me and I applied straight away not worrying about what position would be recommended for.
There are certain advantages and disadvantages to online recruitment. Some advantages of online recruitment would be that it is a very easy process; they are able to take people CV’s and apply to the right job. Also it is very quick; it takes moments for the applicant to upload their CV. This process is also very cost efficient as there are no admin costs and everything is stored online, so it’s beneficial in more than one way. It widens the parameters as it is available to thousands of people meaning there is a lot more choice for employers to choose from. Finally there is a much better chance of success as they can narrow down and hire the right employee for the job. There are some disadvantages to online recruitment as well. One being that it is not very personal, as the employer does not meet the applicant, they only see their CV. Also as the employer does not meet the applicant they are not able to judge their character as that is also a very important thing to consider when hiring someone for a job. Sometimes too many candidates can apply so there is too much choice; this can be time consuming sorting through and deciding which ones are relevant to the job at hand. Also it does not always work; certain skilled jobs cannot be filled using online recruitment.
To conclude recruitment websites are becoming increasingly popular and have made obtaining a job a lot easier. There are advantages and disadvantages to using recruitment websites but overall it makes looking and finding jobs in your area a lot easier, I would definitely recommend it to others.
References
Mullins, L. (2010) Management and organisational behaviour.9th ed. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
Monster (2011) Home Page [online]. Available from: http://www.monster.co.uk/ [accessed 12th April 2011]
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