Thursday, October 30, 2014

Virtual Platform offering innovation in hiring process



Human resource is the backbone of an organization and sound selection at the time of recruitment makes a big difference in the company’s success. Here steps in the role of HR department whose one of the major tasks is to ensure the selection of apt candidates who best suit the available job profiles in the company.
The HR professionals in emerging as well developed economies are resorting to more innovative recruitment practices owing to the surge in demand for employees that are perfect fit for the role. The recruitment methods have witnessed substantial changes from the earlier times till date. The virtual platform has taken over the charge for this category too.
From the times when resumes were the only way to determine if candidate is deft for the role; we have moved to the scenario wherein the process is way more advanced. Nowadays, recruiters perform web searches on the candidates for more accurate know how of candidate’s interests as well as characteristics. This necessitates proper maintenance of the social networking profiles on the part of individuals as the recruiter could eye the same for short listing candidates.
In the recruitment run job portals have gained prominence for the job seeker as well as the recruiter. Several job portals have cropped up but few have made it to the top, one of them being shine.com-an HT media venture. Shine.com too recognized the pertinence of social media sites even during the time of job search, Shine.com partnered with MyParichay, a social media recruitment solution where job seekers can apply via Facebook without necessarily signing in at Shine.com.
Social media is all over the place and LinkedIn’s power as an efficient job search tool cannot be underestimated. This professional social network has groomed significantly which is evident from the fact that Human resources departments use LinkedIn to research job candidates, reviewing their profiles to see if they are qualified for their open positions. In addition to this, they review candidates' recommendations to see what previous employers, customers and associates have written. Even the open positions in good firms are displayed on LinkedIn and could be located through appropriate search which helps fill the vacant positions faster.

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