Understanding the perception and experience of job seekers’ online recruitment

Abstract

Recruitment is one of the functions of an organization. To seek out and hire the desired candidate for the job that was recruited for. Before the internet came, it was all about the in-person meeting, interview, and then getting selected for the job. But now, in this 4th Industrial Revolution, where digitalization is in every aspect and globalization is a continuous process, online recruitment is already at a good pace alongside offline recruitment. COVID-19 pandemic has already opened remote work opportunities and so many organizations have adapted well to the change. And so is the online recruitment has too increased with time. It was not that before the pandemic, it was not happening, rather online recruitment was also taking place at some organizations. But now many companies are adapting to hybrid work methods (both online and offline), the work process has also shifted and thus many job seekers are going through the online recruitment process. Now, since it has increased in recent times, surely the assessment and the technicality has also increased. And the assessment that is being conducted is well relevant to the academics that the job seekers have acquired. The importance of online recruitment is not just about cost reduction from the organization’s end, but also, a representation of globalization that is taking place in this 4th Industrial Revolution.