Some 77% of international organisations implement HR information systems in order to improve quality, speed and flexibility of information, according to a study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, says White Wall Webb.
Peter Flynn, MD of White Wall Web, a Web application development company, says technology is changing the way companies recruit today, and companies need to change their mindset in order to reap the full benefit of technology innovations.
The economic downturn and tighter budgets result in more cost-effective recruiting methods. “Making use of the online revolution and using technology such as Facebook and online interfaces, recruiters can now tap into a wider variety of candidates and vast amounts of information at the click of a button, considerably reducing costs,” he says.
According to Flynn, PersonL, a Web-based recruiter assignment management software suite, affords recruiters the ability to fully control the recruitment process from start to finish using purely Web-based tools.
“PersonL incorporates the entire recruitment and placement management process from the creation of job specifications, advert management, registering of applicants in terms of CVs and personal profiles, intelligent matching algorithms, interview stages with automated regret, as well as final approval and pre-appointment reference checking correspondence.”
Other innovative technologies changing the HR and recruitment environment, notes Flynn, are more user-friendly online interfaces that enhance business performance, such as knowledge management and enterprise Wikis. “Tools such as these save companies not only time and money, but also relieve some of the stress surrounding employee retirement, retrenchment and resignation,” says Flynn.
Technology will continue to offer opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness, and with the increase in candidate sourcing from foreign nations, “this new technology will mean it is easier to recruit candidates from disparate geographical locations," he concludes.
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