
Job sites provide a 24*7 access to the database of the resumes to the employees facilitating the just-in-time hiring by the organisations. It enables the employees to screen and filter the resumes through pre-defined criteria’s and requirements (skills, qualifications, experience, payroll etc.) of the job. Resume Scanners: Resume scanner is one major benefit provided by the job portals to the organisations. Companies have added an application system to its website, where the ‘passive’ job seekers can submit their resumes into the database of the organisation for consideration in future, as and when the roles become available. posting the position with the job description and the job specification on the job portal and also searching for the suitable resumes posted on the site corresponding to the opening in the organisation.Ĭreating a complete online recruitment/application section in the companies own website. The two kinds of e-recruitment that an organisation can use is – Job portals – i.e. Segment-wise usage has also revealed that 95 per cent of the total online users use social networking sites compared to 82 per cent of the world's online users leveraging social networks. India has the world's youngest internet population with 75 per cent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday. According to a study by NASSCOM – “Jobs is among the top reasons why new users will come on to the internet, besides e-mail.” There are more than 18 million resume’s floating online across the world. The internet penetration in India is increasing and has tremendous potential. Alternatively job seekers place their CV’s in worldwide web, which can be drawn by prospective employees depending upon their requirements. The job seekers send their applications or curriculum vitae (CV) through an e-mail using the Internet.

They advertise job vacancies through worldwide web. Many big and small organizations are using Internet as a source of recruitment. The tool can be either a job website like, the organisation’s corporate web site or its own intranet. Also known as “Online recruitment”, it is the use of technology or the web based tools to assist the recruitment processes. The buzzword and the latest trends in recruitment is the “E-Recruitment”.
