What are the problems with online recruitment?

The problems existing in online recruitment are: low information authenticity, narrow application scope, weak basic environment, poor service system, difficult information processing, and low success probability.

1. Low information authenticity

Online recruitment faces the same problem as traditional recruitment, that is, the authenticity of information. How to authenticate online identities to avoid the intrusion of false information and non-serious behavior is the biggest problem plaguing the development of online recruitment. Untrue information in online recruitment comes from employers, recruitment websites and individuals.

Some recruitment websites do not have sufficient information sources, so they resort to "stealing" information from well-known recruitment websites. In this way, it is clear that a company's recruitment has ended, but expired recruitment information and invalid email boxes are still hanging on a website that has not been officially commissioned by the company, becoming invalid information garbage and misleading applicants.

2. Narrow scope of application

my country's overall network environment is not yet mature, and network technology is not popular among domestic enterprises and ordinary people. The job positions suitable for online recruitment are relatively single. Those companies that may use online recruitment are mostly limited to industries with high penetration rates of computer applications, and the recruitment targets are mostly limited to personnel with higher educational levels.

In addition, among the existing people, those who use the Internet more are young people or people engaged in high-tech industries, which limits the number of applicants. For people who do not use the Internet or use the Internet less, the role of online recruitment is not obvious.

3. Weak basic environment

The weak basic network environment in my country is also an important reason that limits the development of online recruitment. On the one hand, due to limited computer resources, there are relatively few groups with Internet access conditions; on the other hand, my country's network bandwidth is limited and the Internet speed is relatively slow. Therefore, given the technical level, it is difficult to collect job information through the Internet, conduct electronic assessments and electronic interviews (for example, the confidence level of some electronic interviews cannot be guaranteed and the cost is high).

4. Poor service system

Online recruitment is not simply about moving recruitment information online and getting rid of the problem. In addition to having the necessary technical strength, recruitment websites must also have a deep understanding of human resources and strong market planning and promotion capabilities to attract more applicants.

However, most recruitment websites are still weak in in-depth services, and their consulting services in terms of analysis of the talent market, market supply and demand trends, salary levels, changes in related personnel systems, etc. are also very limited. The online recruitment service system is still in its initial development stage and needs further development and improvement.

5. Information processing is difficult

The great abundance of information also means the great proliferation of information. Advanced network technology has greatly increased the speed of information transmission, and many job seekers will be generated for one position at the same time. When recruiting organizations receive an extremely rich resume, there will also be a phenomenon where the number of resumes is too large and the human resources department has to spend a lot of time screening and is overwhelmed.

6. Low probability of success

In addition, a large amount of invalid information will increase the possibility that truly qualified candidates will be missed. Statistics show that some larger companies that conduct online recruitment receive 500 to 1,000 new resumes every week.

Faced with so many resumes, human resources managers usually delete 80% of them after browsing them in a hurry. Generally, the time spent browsing each resume does not exceed half a minute. You can imagine how difficult it is to get a company to become interested in an applicant through an email within half a minute. 75% of people who have applied for jobs online have experienced failure.

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