Review How the Latest Advances in Technology Have Impacted on the Recruitment and the Selection Process

Review how the latest advances in technology have impacted on the recruitment and the selection process Managing People - 4BUS1037
Benjamin Walker - 10236758
Module Leaders - Marilyn Farmer and Wendy Yellowley
Word Count - 1845

This essay will review the impact that the latest advances in technology have had on the recruitment and selection process. “Recruitment is the process of having the right person, in the right place, at the right time” and is crucial to organisational performance. Recruitment is a crucial activity, and a number of areas of a company are usually involved in the selection process, not just for the HR team (CIPD, 2011).
There are a number of ways that technology can be applied to the recruitment and selection model at nearly every stage. Firstly in Appendix 1 the personnel specification and the information pack for applicants could both be prepared on a word processing programme. The advertising for the job could not only be just put on job advertising website or the company’s actual website but technology now allows companies to use; blogs, podcasts, reports about their industry, reciprocal links, reciprocal banner ads and even coupons (Verio, 2010). When getting a response from applicants it is usually linked to a company’s HR email address so it can be dealt with instantly. Advantages in technology now mean interviews can take place in several different ways, not just over the phone or in person but now video communication can be used through programs such as Skype. Skype can be used when interviewing people anywhere and at anytime (Doyle, 2011).
Over recent years, the biggest change in the human resource and recruitment industry has been the advancement of technology. It has allowed HR departments to reduce the amount of staff time being wasted on manual administrative tasks (Byron, 2009).

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