6 Major Benefits of Online Recruitment

There is no doubt that online recruitment has changed the face of the wider recruitment market forever. Both benefitting employers and job seekers, online recruitment has made recruiting or applying for a position a whole new proposition altogether.

Ten to fifteen years ago print advertising was considering the most effective and really only way to advertise but as more and more companies moved into the online space they began to shift towards a much easier, faster, more efficient and frankly cheaper way to advertise job vacancies. Plus, what may have started as the domain of only the most tech savvy and IT literate, has now become widely accessible to the masses and is used by companies up and down the country to match candidates to vacancies with minimum fuss.

We have taken a closer look at some of the clear cut benefits of online recruitment and what this means for busy HR departments and perhaps most importantly, your company bottom line.

Quicker and more efficient

Online recruitment, often also known as e-recruitment means the process of writing a job advert, posting it online and receiving your first applicants can all happen within the space of a mere 20 minutes. Industry research shows that online recruitment is on average 70% quicker than traditional forms of advertising vacancies such as in print.

It is cheaper

And just because it cost less does not mean you are getting any less for your money either. An advert in a newspaper could run into the 1000's if you wanted to post it every day for a whole month. Post it online via a job board like Pinks Recruitment and you have slashed this cost to just a few hundred, plus you benefit from a money back guarantee that will not be matched by your local or national newspapers.

Using online job boards are also much more cost effective than recruitment agencies, whether online or not who tend to charge anything up to 30% of the annual salary being offered as a fee.

Bigger pond to fish in

Employers can wider or narrow down their search as much as they like and are not restricted by readerships, or geographical areas.

Bigger pond to swim in

Candidates also benefit from the wider reach of online job boards. Whilst you might be thinking it opens them up to a new level of competition this is more than counteracted with the access to companies and vacancies they might not have otherwise got the opportunity to hear about. Job seekers can concentrate their search to their home town or city or even look at UK job vacancies to get an idea of the overall market place, who is hiring and even things like how the salaries offered compare with other parts of the country.

Plus what is great about job boards is that when candidates opt to ‘register my cv online companies will come to them as well as the other way around, sometimes even for roles than are not even being advertised. This means employers are able to choose really specific criteria, such as qualifications, and see who meets this and have their pick of the best people in a certain field and candidates can find a new role without having to lift a finger.

Search criteria

The best job boards, like Pinks of course, offer sophisticated filtration capabilities which mean employers and job seekers can narrow their search to their own set of criteria and target only those results that are relevant to their search.

Stay confidential

There are times when either a company wonnot necessarily want the marketplace to know they are recruiting for a certain position for one reason or another. Or, a candidate might not want their current employer to know they are thinking of leaving their current job. Online recruitment gives the protection of anonymity as employers do not have to advertise their logos and job seekers do not have to disclose their full names in the initial stages.

So what makes Pinks Recruitment so special?

We have looked at why you should be using online recruitment to fill your vacancy but we know there are plenty of other job sites out there that claim to help you do this too.

What is special about us is that once your advert appears on our website it will automatically be distributed to over 2500 jobsites in the UK including Reed, TotalJobs, CV Library, Jobsite & Monster etc. Whilst we are not an agency and therefore do not charge agency fees, one of our team will go through the responses to make sure only that are actually relevant to your advert are put forward to your advertisers log in. This does not mean we decide what you are looking for it just means that if you are recruiting for a facilities manager and a coffee barista applies we will take the time to sift through at the first stage so you do not have to.

Oh and we guarantee results! Unlike the mainstream jobsites, your posting is not treated as just another advert, our in house team meticulously monitor each advert in great detail and guarantee at least 10 applications, 5 of which must reside within a 35 mile radius, have 18 months experience in a similar role and generally meet 2 thirds of the advertisers spec. If the ad does not meet the criteria we will repost the ad at our own cost or simply provide a cash refund in full to the advertiser!

So you get all the perks of online recruitment at a fraction of the cost!

I am a professional content developer, having years of experience in writing content related to online recruitment and its solutions.