E-Recruitment in Practice: A Study on Jobseekers’ Perception in Bangladesh

Abstract

The rapid growth and use of the Internet over the last several years has changed the way companies' conduct of business activities, including the activities of human resource management. To attract and recruit best employees is one of the great challenges for Human Resource Department. Today online recruiting has become a significant tool for Human Resource Department. Bangladeshi companies also can recruit with their websites, job boards or resume banks, newspaper classified ads, and job boards. Online recruiting processes increase firms' competitive advantage through increased efficiency and lower costs and offers benefits and opportunities to jobseekers. This paper investigates the perceptions and behaviors of job-seekers concerning the use of the Internet as a recruiting source. 204 survey questionnaires were distributed to job seekers who are almost regularly using Internet for various purposes. The results showed that perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment are positively and significantly related to the behavioral intention to use Internet as a job search tool. The study implies that the developers of online job sites need to provide additional useful functionalities or tools in the sites to help users for job search. The paper provides an insight for jobseekers to find employment by using Internet as a job search tool.

Attitudes toward e-recruitment. An explorative study in Romania

“…(Brandao, Silva, Morais, & Mario, 2017) Information displayed in the online environment is clear and can be verified on several web sources, and data are collected in standard format. (Rezaul Karim, Miah, & Khatun, 2015) The use of electronic methods benefits both the employer and the people who are looking for a job. The Internet is accessible to all, and the amount of information transmitted online is unlimited, which give the organization much more chances to succeed in hiring the right candidate.…”

“…(du Plessis & Frederick, 2012) Submitting CVs online is very simple, and the employer risks finding people who are just "testing the market", who really do not want to change their jobs, which leads to a waste of time. (Rezaul Karim, Miah, & Khatun, 2015) We risk choosing an unsuitable candidate when, for example: interviews are conducted only online. Thus, traditional methods should complement modern ones.…”

“…(Fred & Kinange, 2018) The type of online recruitment methods used have an impact on the prestige of the company, which has the effect of closing the available positions in a much shorter time. (Rezaul Karim, Miah, & Khatun, 2015) At the same time, the implementation of artificial intelligence has helped to strengthen the recruitment process, making organizations more competitive. (Fred & Kinange, 2018)…”

The Impact of Social Media Recruitment on Job Candidates’ Perceptions: Evidence from Bangladeshi Fresh Graduates

“…In fact, the optimal effectiveness and efficiency of an organization do not simply depend upon its financial resources or using the best strategy, rather it is determined by the degree to which and how it is using its human resources (Hosain, 2017). At present, one of the most valuable competitive advantages the organizations can grow and maintain is their human resources (Karim, Miah, & Khatun, 2015). Companies are keen to recruit the right employee for right position as the key source of competency and competitive advantage.…”

Creative Corporate Communication in Social Media – How to Effectively Build Relations and Receive High Quality Resumes From Younger Generations

“…On the one hand, companies understand how important the social media are (Raport Media spo eczno ciowe w rekrutacji 2017; Jansen et al, 2005;Kerrin, 2005). On the other, they often are not able to adjust the message to the target group (Drapa a, 2019; Karim et al, 2015;Universum Students Survey, 2018). The goal of this article is to present different values, important for every generation still active on the labour market, and to specify the content attributes that companies should use in recruitment advertisements in order to build relations and recruit new employees.…”