E-Recruitment What Is It and How to Implement

If you’re currently recruiting for technologyroles in this candidate-focused market, it’s important to gain any advantage you can over your competitors. One smart way is to streamline and expedite your hiring process by utilising e-recruitment tools in your day-to-day hiring. Understanding what e-recruitment is, is the first step to using these new tools in your business!

What Is E-Recruitment?

E-recruitment refers to the use of cloud-based recruitment software and internet resources to support finding the best talent for your business. The best part is that specialist recruitment agencies are implementing most of these tech tools, so even if you don’t have the capacity to use them in-house, you won’t need to.

It can help to understand the types of tools that are out there, especially if you are relying on tech recruitment businesses to help you with your hiring. Some of the tools that they’ll use include:

Integration of ATS Software

The Technology and Digital recruitment industry has long-used Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software for CV parsing (i.e. automatically scanning candidate CVs to analyse their skills, experience and education).

The data is then used to create a candidate profile, which is added to a database that recruiters can search using keywords and phrases relevant to the open role, with the program then putting out a list of pertinent candidates. It is quite obviously a tremendous time saver when you consider the hours involved in manually reviewing CVs.

In recent years, ATS software has taken a technological leap forward. The best systems now take advantage of the wonders of AI and CRM integration to further optimise hiring and create an enhanced candidate experience. The best Australian ATS software programs also ensure your company complies with National Employment Standards and other applicable legislation.

Job Boards

Job boards are by far the most commonly used e-recruitment method. Over one in two Australian employers (56%) utilised them to find new talent in 2021. The results are almost identical when it comes to where candidates look for new roles.

Good ATS software programs can assist in speeding up your time to hire. They bypass the time-consuming task of posting to individual job boards by sharing your ad across multiple platforms in a few clicks. But it pays to be picky when it comes to the job boards you use.

Stack Overflow recently interviewed 550 developers about the obstacles they face when using job boards for new roles. They found that developers wanted to use ones that allowed them to find jobs by framework or languages used, location, years of experience, compensation and benefits. It is therefore highly beneficial to choose job boards that have the right functionality to enable candidates to find your role with ease.

Video Interviews

As speed is of the essence in Technology and Digital recruitment, there has been a big uptick in utilising video interviews, as well as online technical testing platforms that assess competency in coding languages, data visualisation tools and cloud platforms.

People are more likely to work remotely today, so using platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams to video interview not only saves time, but it helps you to put a face to the people who are working remotely for your business.

Advantages of Using E-Recruitment Tools

There are numerous advantages to using e-recruitment methods. The most obvious benefit is a speedier hiring process – which is why most tech recruitment companies use it. With many of the time-consuming tasks automated, you arrive at your candidate shortlist that much quicker, allowing you to move faster to the all-important interview stage.

Using e-recruitment tools also exponentially enhances the candidate experience. As each applicant receives constant updates about where they are in the recruitment process, they’re no longer left waiting and wondering about their prospects of an interview, only to become frustrated and move on to the next opportunity.

In addition, a great candidate experience does wonders for your employer brand – a key way to help you stand out from your competition and become an employer of choice. Another advantage of using e-recruitment tools is the cost savings, particularly when you factor in the time it takes for your HR team to recruit the traditional way.

The Human Factor

TNot all businesses will be equipped to implement tech tools to ensure that they rely on e-recruitment to bring in the best candidates. Instead, you need that human element combined with the right tools to find and hire the best tech talent.

Here at Emanate, we use the latest e-recruitment software along with our recruitment knowledge and people skills to ensure that you are only ever provided with the best candidates.

We also have deep expertise when it comes to interviewing and understanding whether a candidate is the right cultural fit for our client. In using our professional services to source tech talent, you benefit from holistic recruitment that combines the best of AI and that essential human touch.

Please connect with one of our recruitment specialists in Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne to find out more about how we can help you locate talent for your open Technology roles.