E-recruitment is the name of the game

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: and probing skills will get you the best yield. When used in isolation this might actually result in the loss of some potential top-notch candidates that no organisation can afford in this day and age, with the raging war for talent, he points out.

A significant drawback in the evolution of technology is the loss of human interaction, which is applicable to the online recruitment process. In India, the cultural shift is a challenge in the online recruitment space, as organisations prefer to deal with people rather than e-mails. This is especially true for the hiring for senior executive positions. Traditional recruiting channels would be more appropriate keeping the confidentiality and the extent of networking and assessment in mind.

However, for larger volumes online recruiting would help reach out to more people and facilitate a larger pool generation. When it comes to short-listing and screening candidates, interviewing, negotiating and finally convincing candidates to join a particular company, offline placement agencies have a distinct advantage.

With online recruitment come online assessments. Impersonation and fudging during online tests are issues that sometimes keep companies away from online recruitment. However, job portals say that they have devised ways to restrict these if not completely prevent them.