|
Major
characteristics |
Three different Recruitment
Methods | ||
|
Conventional
methods (email or paper based systems) |
Online
applications through corporate web site (or job boards) |
JAA+ method
(repository building and shortlisting from online
applications) | |
| Labour (organising, entering resumes into system) | Labour intensive | Clerical labour saved | Clerical Labour outsourced to specialists. more... |
| Applicants averse to spending time on applying | Applicants averse to online entry stay away, many good candidates lost more... | Applicants can enter online as well as apply with own text resumes wihtout any effort | |
| Reach - how many candidates aware and how many considered in matching? | Reach limited to website visitors or those exposed to ads | Reach limited to website visitors or those exposed to ads | Reach extended because of multiple ads from many recruiters and also canvassing to campuses and direct mailers. more... |
| Shortlisting: Experts' and managers' time consumption | Shortlisting done in two steps, junior persons eliminates by simple criteria | Data mining expertise required to hunt for people with "combination of expertise/qualifications" | No data mining expertise needed and managers quickly shortlist best candidates. more... |
| Managers forced to scan very large number of "eligible" applicants | Managers time is still consumed in shortlisting in a large measure | ||
| Number of candidates shortlisted for interview | Many | Fewer | Very few |
| Interview time per candidate typically available | Least (interviews are rushed) | Moderate (interviews are under some pressure of time) | Maximum (interviews conducted with maximum time per candidate) |
| Cost-effectiveness | Least | Moderate | Most cost-effective. more... |