TOPIC 5: WEB-BASED HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING: RECRUITING AND STAFFING

Nowadays in the era of globalization and technology, many organizations use the automatic and easiest way in managing their operation which include human resource functions, operational process and so forth in order to decrease the time consuming and reduce cost. More than that, it is also as a challenge for organizations to compete and show their effectiveness of using technology and system to competitors and to attract vendors and investors to invest in their organization. By using the system and technology, the work become easier and any error regarding the workforce and operation can be detected and taking action directly.

            As mentioned in the above, organization use a system or a web based especially in managing human resource functions. Major uses of web based in HR functions are recruitment and selection or staffing. Recruitment is a process of promoting, screening and selecting qualified people to a positions that organization offers to current employees or public by using a variety of methods such as advertising, online promotion, direct promotion and so forth. In a recruitment process, organization will state and list out the criteria and qualification that they are looking for to choose the best candidates to pursue the next stage which called selection or staffing. Staffing is different from recruitment where this process is done by organization to select and train individuals for particular or specific job in order to identify whether the person is suitable to the task that given. Some of the test and interview might be used in this process.

            Basically the elements in electronic recruitment (E-recruitment) consist of input where personal information of candidates is store in information system and HR research system is to identify and managing job analysis and evaluation of candidates, HRIS database is to store and provide all information and lastly are output where it navigates candidates or users to get information and to be use. One of the roles of e-recruitment is to hiring candidates which suits to company. Other than that, it also to plan and analyze workforce that needed in order to maintain or keep the employees besides attract candidates to join and run an assessments.

Lastly, the implication of recruitment and selection on management are HR administration can decrease their burden because the more focusing to particular field and position. Besides, management can to be cost effective and efficient. Online recruitment and selection may permits administration to cast a wide net across a broad labor market and more likely to reach high-quality applicants. Administration can easily update all the information via using on this system.

 Resource: Kimberly M. Lukaszewski, David N. Dickter, Brian D. Lyons, and Jerard F. Kehoe. Recruitment and Selection in an Internet Context