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E-Recruiting? What is e-recruiting?
The automation
of the Recruiting process began in the early 1990s with the release of
Restrac's initial product. That process, which automates the
administrative component of contemporary recruiting (sourcing, resume
management, performance measurement, interview scheduling) is nearly
complete after little more than a decade. Today, all sophisticated
firms use automated sourcing and administrative systems to give their
recruiters more time to focus on the harder chores of relationship
development and deal closing. E-cruiting is a catchall phrase that
describes the process of gradual automation. Someone is using e-cruiting
if their organization has automated all or part of the process.
Like many technology introductions, this process has its twists and
turns. What looked like breakthroughs (gathering resumes with spiders,
posting jobs on the internet, sophisticated assessment and matching
systems) have all amounted to brief competitive advantages an not a
long term solution. It may be the case that Recruiting has become an
automated function that nearly craves continuous improvement. While
there may be a "holy grail", we haven't seen it yet. Therefore,
vendors of e-recruiting systems are going to continue to introduce
novelty and speed into their products while they await a compelling
vision.
There is some reason to believe that the end state involves a profound
transformation in recruiting: from reactive to proactive, from data
management to relationship development, from meeting requirements to
anticipating them. In other words, Recruiting could be entering a
phase in which the principles of inventory and supply management are
applied to human beings. In that scenario, recruiting becomes a
life-cycle relationship between potential employer and employee.
Demographics, which suggest major labor shortages in all of the
industrialized countries, support the notion that recruiting must
ultimately confront total quality and just in Time inventory
management standards.. Currently, there is no coherent map of the
process although some interesting theoretical work is being done
(outside of academia, of course).
As e-recruiting matures, a surprising dynamic is becoming obvious. The
elements of successful workforce management, currently the province of
the Human Resources Department, are being pushed towards dramatic
overhaul. In order to effectively utilize increasingly limited human
resources, the entire process of enterprise design and execution is
being reshaped. E-recruiting is rapidly, though painfully and
erratically, becoming the foundation of workforce design and
execution. At a very profound level, e-recruiting has become the
foundation of the newly emerging HR paradigm that focuses on
effectively utilizing the talents of all who enter the organization.
- John Sumser
Courtesy:
Google News
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