FT: e-Recruitment Triple-Threat

The Financial Times print edition today offers a troika on e-Recruitment...

"Computer says: 'You're hired'" | Jessica Twentyman

Take KPMG, the management consultancy, for example, or the Royal Bank of Scotland, or data storage giant EMC – all three have held careers fairs in Second Life, the online “virtual world”. And in a recent survey of IT recruiters by the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), 58 per cent said that social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace are more useful for recruitment than print advertisements. Eighty-three per cent, meanwhile, said they used those sites to trawl for potential job candidates.

"e-Recruitment: Tools help staff..." | Sam Hiser

“You want to turn the business rules into compensation. With a centralised book, you can cascade strategic changes in the call plan,” says Leslie Stretch, senior vice-president of global sales, marketing and on-demand business at Callidus Software. The implications penetrate to the bottom line.

"Computer says: 'You're fired'" | Joia Shillingford

Samantha Hanson, vice president of human resources at Vurv, says: “Previously, every time I’ve done a restructuring, the chief financial officer has his spreadsheets, human resources have theirs and legal are looking at another. They’re not looking at the same thing.

Comments

[sarah]

I think this is just a start. e-recruitment is going to face more competition from small startups like ReecruitingWire.com where recruiters can post jobs for free.