15 November 2018

6 recommended sources of online recruitment

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Today, the online recruitment sources have multiplied thanks, above all, to the unstoppable growth of communication technologies, the popularisation of Internet access, the cheapening of mobile devices, etc. What are the most interesting sources of online recruitment? Read on!

Before we start...

For a personnel selection officer and your team, a thorough knowledge of the different recruitment sources available on the Internet is a must. We are talking, above all, about those general and specialised online recruitment sources that should be part of the “favourites” folder of our company's Human Resources department. And that is precisely the objective of today's article: to explain the advantages and disadvantages to use web sources for recruitment and training and to know the keys that will allow us to optimise the time we dedicate to the delicate task of recruiting personnel online in order to take less time when recruiting online and, in addition, to obtain the best possible result from our selection work.

Last but not least, we will note at the end of the text the name and web address of some of the best known, most used and recommended online recruitment sources in the wide and deep world of the Internet.

Let's take it step by step, if you like, starting from the beginning: advantages and disadvantages The benefits for our organisation of using the various sources of online recruitment that currently exist.

Online recruitment sources: advantages and disadvantages

The professionals senior Those of us who started working in the last century are still amazed at how things have changed in the last ten to fifteen years. Thousands of tasks that used to be done in an analogue way have come to be done in radically different ways: the ways in which we work and the ways in which we do things have changed. internal communication and external, the payment of retributions, the manner of imparting or receiving lifelong learning and, of course, the sources of online recruitment that are now just a click away.

The fact is that being able to carry out the different phases of the screening of curricula vitae from the comfort of our home or office was something unthinkable not so long ago, a dream some of us had and which, lo and behold, has finally come true. But beware, as you well know, all that glitters is not gold or, in other words, and sticking to this topic: using online recruitment sources has disadvantages and advantages. What are they? Let's look at a brief summary in almost telegraphic form.

Main disadvantages of using online recruitment sources

  • Difficulty in covering certain low-skilled jobs (candidates who do not use the Internet to search and apply for jobs).
  • Dehumanisation when assessing a professional simply on the basis of their digital or social profile.
  • Excessive number of recruitment sources online generalist and not very specialised.
  • Large number of profiles of candidates to sift through (each online job offer receives thousands of CVs from interested people who meet, or do not meet, the basic requirements listed in the job offer).

Main advantages of using online recruitment sources

  • Bigger and better dissemination of offers work.
  • Less time when making the first selection of CVs.
  • Possibility of working from home (teleworking, work-life balance policies for our human resources professionals, greater happiness of our staff).
  • Ease of working as a team from different headquarters, offices or posts.
  • Lower cost in terms of time spent and use of office or office meeting rooms.

Not long ago, we wrote an interesting article in which we talked in detail about the seven advantages Do you want to read it? ¡Click here!

Keys to optimising the use of online recruitment sources

Some of the disadvantages of using online recruitment sources that we have noted in the previous point can be eliminated or reduced by applying a series of keys quite straightforward. For example:

  1. Locate and choose three or four sources of online recruitment. and work with them. Review their usefulness and functioning from time to time to verify that they are still the recruitment tools your company needs and if they are not, find other sources of online recruitment (remember that the Internet is renewed every very little time and that new and interesting job portals emerge almost every day).
  2. Devote the necessary time and attention to write correctly the text of the job vacancy following the “three C's” rule: clear, short and concise.
  3. Divide between basic requirements and desirable requirements you would like the job candidate to have. Don't ask for too much or too little. For example, if you need to fill an administrative assistant position, you should not ask for a law graduate with two masters in business administration and who speaks three native languages.
  4. Try be very clear about the working conditions you are offering to the candidate: type of contract, salary (including the flexible compensation), your company's internal promotion policies, non-wage bonuses enjoyed by staff (Ticket Restaurant, Childcare Ticket...), etc.

6 highly recommended online recruitment sources

As we said a few lines ago, the web universe is updated daily and, of course, so do the various online recruitment sources that you can use to improve the personnel selection for your small, medium or large business.

With this in mind, we have selected some of the best sources for recruitment that exist today in the digital market: Linkedin, Infojobs, Infoempleo, TicJob, Tecnoempleo and, finally, Experteer. Let's take a look at a brief summary of each of these interesting online recruitment sources.

Linkedin

Some recruiters forget that Linkedin is not only one of the best social networks for companies and professionals; it is also a excellent recruitment centre online where you can search and find the best candidates for your job offers.

Infojobs

Infojobs is one of the generalist job portals The longest-lived job board in existence, which has been online for 20 years. Perhaps its main disadvantage is its great popularity among candidates who send their professional profile without paying attention to the requirements requested by the recruiter. 

Infoempleo

Infoempleo is another one of those job portals that have carved themselves good reputation over the years. It shares the same disadvantage as the previous one: its excessive popularity among job seekers.

TicJob

If your company needs to fill a position related to new technologies, TicJob is one of the sources of specialised online recruitment you must visit.

Tecnoempleo

Tecnoempleo is another online recruitment source specialising in technology and it is also an old acquaintance of recruitment professionals.

Experteer

If you are looking for candidates for managers, CEOs, CIOs, etc.., you should find one of the online recruitment sources specialised in locating highly qualified professional candidates. An example? Experteer.

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