Impact of E-Recruitment on the Effectiveness of Human Resource Department in Private HEIs in Pakistan

Irfan Ali Kubar,Ume Amen,Ume Sumayya,Muhammad Mubeen

doi:10.52633/jemi.v3i2.77

Abstract

This study aims to expound on the concept of “E-Recruitment” and its impact on the “HR department effectiveness” in the private higher education institutions of Karachi, Pakistan. The core objectives of the research study are to determine the level of effectiveness and relationship between E-Recruitment and the HR department of private HEI’s of Karachi. A worklist can be found on industrial sectors, service sectors in the context of e-recruitment, but the research gap on educational institutions particularly Private HEI’s is still there. An in-depth literature review is discussed. The research methodology briefs that, this study was both an Explanatory and Exploratory design in nature. 2 self-developed questionnaires were utilized. Using SPSS version 25.0, the researchers performed several tests including descriptive statistics, reliability test, KMO, Bartlett’s test, Pearson Correlation, and Multiple Regression tests. The results have proved that there is a strong positive relationship between independent and dependent variables and the relationship between them is accepted at a 5% significance level. Also, it was evidenced from interviews that E-recruitment is a cost-beneficial method, has a greater geographical reach, shortened recruitment procedures, provides reliability in the recruitment procedure, and also facilitates the selection process of the HR department.

Highlights

Private Sectors especially Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) taken into consideration for this research study because these are Pakistan’s fastest expanding businesses and it is normally accepted that the private institutions working well in Pakistan, has reputable Human resources departments that prefer to use digital technology to nurture the recruitment actions, it is just realistic to measure the feasibility of this technology through the example of Karachi, Pakistan’s Private HEI’s
H1 is accepted at the 5% significance level
The multiple regression table revealed that the predictor variables (E-Recruitment, Institution's official website, and Online Job boards) have a multiplier effect with dependent variable i.e. Effectiveness of HR department

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Introduction

In recent times of information technology and the spread of the Covid-19 contagion has completely altered the nature of human resource staffing and the actions higher education [284]. E-Recruitment is the process of hiring human resources by utilizing sources of eRecruitment with the help of the internet. Private Sectors especially HEI’s taken into consideration for this research study because these are Pakistan’s fastest expanding businesses and it is normally accepted that the private institutions working well in Pakistan, has reputable Human resources departments that prefer to use digital technology to nurture the recruitment actions, it is just realistic to measure the feasibility of this technology through the example of Karachi, Pakistan’s Private HEI’s. Many institutions private sectors including Industrial sectors, Service sectors, and Higher educational institutions “Private Universities” are penetrating the ways to be more expandable, ground-breaking, experienced, and strategic to execute responsibilities effectively

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