Dynamics of Employee Recruitment Methods in the Digital Era

Preface: Employees are the most important assets to any organization. Attracting the best, significant and valuable employee is key to the success of the organization. Today’s fast growing markets and changing business processes and competitive environment has led companies to be more demanding regarding the quality of the employee. On the hindsight the world today has emerged as a big global village where the employee and the employer may not be from the same geographical location and site. It is here where the mediation of digitization has become a compulsion which acts as a bridge between the employer and the employee. So also the advent of digitalization has rendered the traditional Human Resource Management practices inadequate. At this stage it becomes a necessity to study and examine various recruitment functions within the scope of Human Resource Management vis-à-vis digitization process. This study necessitates a discussion about the basic dynamics, tools of e-recruitment. An attempt has been also made to highlight various advantages and disadvantages. Objective: The present paper attempts to study and examine various recruitment functions within the scope of Human Resource Management vis-à-vis digitization process. This study also discusses the basic dynamics, tools of e-recruitment and highlights various advantages and disadvantages