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Evolution of Recruitment

The following video describes the evolution of Recruitment from older days to technical era. It also emphasizes why E-Recruitment is needed today to get the best candidates. Starting from Mail, email, job board, social media, online recruitment software, Recruitment has undergone a lot of transformations to suit the present situation need.

Video 1.0: Changing phases in recruitment


(source: Firefish, 2019)


Reference:

Firefish, (2011), Recruitment has Changed - Online Recruitment Software, viewed 31 August 2019, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4s0aaX6pUs>

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  1. Sankalpa PereraNovember 20, 2019 at 8:36 PM


    Agreed. The requirement is the process of finding and attracting qualified job seekers further, E requirements is the use of technology to facilitate the recruitment process (Kapse,Patil and Patil, 2012).

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    1. Chandran ThivajanaarthanNovember 20, 2019 at 9:34 PM

      Thank you for your comments Sankalpa. The widespread use of internet today has meant that advertising for candidates has become cheaper while at the same time appealing to the wider audience. This is the secret of e-recruitment gaining popularity in a short time span (Sayel, 2018).

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