A Study on Effectiveness of E-Recruitment Method in IT Industries in Bangalore City, India

Abstract

Abstract: This E-recruitment is also known as Online recruitment where companies and HR professionals use Online methods such as posting the job online, on social media, or on their in-house platforms to post their job advertisements in search of potential candidates. E-recruitment is faster and more effective compared to the traditional methods of hiring and due to this fast-changing environment and trends, Companies/HR professionals want to adopt E-recruitment as a part of their hiring process. The title of my study is "A study on the effectiveness of adoption of E-recruitment method in IT industries in Bangalore city". Bangalore city is the IT Capital of India and is the fastest growing industry in the world and hence provides millions of job opportunities and there is a need for an effective and faster hiring process to fill this massive need. As Bangalore is called the Silicon Valley of India, I felt that there was a need to study how effective the E-recruitment methods are. This study was done to understand how effective the E-recruitment methods are in IT industries in Bangalore. This study was done using research methodologies where the sample size is 6 and sampling technique is Random Sampling method, data collection tool is Structured Questionnaire and Telephonic interview with HR professionals in Bangalore city. Variables like time saved, organizational change, unqualified candidates, etc. are chosen to collect and analyze the data. In this study, how effective the adoption of Erecruitment is in IT industries in Bangalore city is measured. To measure and analyze this, a Structured Questionnaire with a set of questions was administered via Google Forms and received 50 responses from HR professionals who reside in Bangalore City. The analysis for the study was carried out using SPSS Software and conclusions were drawn with the help of that analysis. This study concludes that there is good effectiveness of adoption of E-recruitment methods in IT industries in Bangalore city. HR professionals feel that time is saved in E-recruitment as many unqualified candidates do not apply to the unqualified job and the satisfaction of the candidates they hired, organization change in E-recruitment is important. HR professionals think that there is a need for good verification of candidates during online job postings.