Study on Preference of Job Applicants towards E-Recruitment Process

Abstract

E-Recruitment is an online process that job seekers can search for jobs and even employers can search for a wide range of candidates. Nowadays attracting a candidate towards the job is like a task for the organizations and for candidates also it is difficult to search for a job in this competitive market. So, in this situation, the E-Recruitment process plays a vital role to get job opportunities for the candidates. The main purpose of this research paper is to study the recent researches on E-Recruitment in order to understand the benefits of e-recruitment and to know the preference of candidates when it comes to job search. Descriptive Research Methodology is used in this research paper and the sample was collected through the simple random sampling method and the duration of data collection is 2020-2021. It was observed that maximum candidates will prefer the E-Recruitment process for their job search as they are finding it cost and time-saving process and applicants also feel that E-recruitment brings more job opportunities. E-recruitment was already preferred by the maximum organization but in this pandemic situation, E-recruitment process has acquired huge response as applicants will be helped in reaching a vast amount of jobs opportunities through internet. In this research it was observed that maximum respondent prefer social media platform for their job search.