RESEARCH AND VIDEO BASED ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES ESSAY: ONLINE RECRUITING

Gone are the days when all recruitment was done with pen and paper and face to face. Although interviews still exist for some candidates at the end of a long a grueling process, most of the selection and elimination process now takes place online. Before looking at the points and starting your research, access bbc.com/youngandjobless on the BBC website; watch the video, read and take notes. Advocates of this new trend claim it has the following advantages:

1.       Online recruiting helps in reducing the volume in the beginning.

2.       The system is fairer as individuals use their judgment and could be subjective.

3.       Recruiting agencies keep the data enabling people to be offered a different job that they didn’t apply for later on.

However the system does have its disadvantages too:

1.       The quality of applications is going down. People send in hundreds of applications and cut corners while doing so.

2.       People sometimes copy paste parts of good applications so finding really good ones is hard

3.       Hundreds of people applying for the same job; hard to get noticed.

In the conclusion, you might like to suggest some solutions:

1.       Think about what you want and target companies that provide the kind of job you want.

2.       Don’t send exactly the same CV, cover letter and answers to every company; tailor your answers.

3.       Check the job offer and use the key words in the job advertisement. Computers are programmed to eliminate by key word

4.       Take rejection on the chin and be persistent.

5.       Don’t aim for the top job at the start; take any reasonable job.
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