E-recruiting may be referred as effective and a successful application in the area of e-commerce as it provides the HR director of each organization with the possibility of reaching the large pool of potential experts for fulfillment of the available vacancies. More than that, the capacity of the advanced tools of e-recruiting has provided the employers with an option of prompt and effective identification of the skillful experts and in such manner, they are able to establish the long-term relations with the potential and promising employees.
Among the core advantages of the practical application of the e-recruiting methods by the HR department it is possible to outline the following: efficiency, cost savings as well as high rate of convenience for the involved parties both employer and employees (Torres-Coronas and Arias-Oliva, 2005).
As an evident example of the cost effective employment method of e-recruiting, it is possible to refer to the Oracle’s PeopleSoft Recruiting Solution. This solution provides the career search tools of the word class both for the employers and potential candidates as well as for the human resource department of organizations of different forms and sizes. The core argumentation for such statement is the fact that Oracle offers the easy-to-operate and intuitive in terms of using web pages for each particular set of employment-related process, and in such manner, it allows candidates to search the vacancies, assess them and their potential for fulfillment of these vacancies as well as apply for such jobs on online basis.
The employer, in turn, may identify the talent and competence of potential employees in a prompt manner. In the case when such tool as Oracle is integrated with the MS Outlook, the user may create one’s own schedule of the interviews, while the need for dual entry is eliminated in such case. Finally, the option of profile integrating provides the user with the possibility of making the set of critical decisions regarding the most critical information about the major job requirements, qualifications of employee and applicant etc.
The core negative aspect of such form of recruiting is the lack of personal contact with the applicant which, inurn, eliminates the possibility of identification one’s personal qualities and communicational skills
Finally, the importance of the PeopleSoft Recruiting Solution may be supported by the fact that it is mainly developed for the hiring process’ expedition – as the real time visibility is provided to both parties, who may be located at different parts of the word, have different time zones as well as speak different languages (oracle.com, 2016).
It is possible to define the Employee Self Service (ESS) as an integration of the organizational change and technological options, which provides its users with the possibility of direct integration of the human resource data as well as enquire, assess and manage the transitions on the working place (Gueutal, 2005).
The importance of this type of human resource technology for the HR director is represented with the possibility of self service for the employees, who may access the system in a direct manner as well as the “administrivia” for human resource department is eliminated in such case – as the major transactions between the HR department and the potential and current employees are conducted with the use of computer. Such operations have already substituted the paper work in the HR department to a significant extent, and in such way, reduced the costs, needed for such type of administrators’ work and the time, required for it.
The most common and actively used forms of the self-service applications are the following: intranet, Internet and Interactive Voice Response.
The major advantages of the Employee Self Service (ESS) are the following - such service creates the secure and single depository for confidential HR-related processes and corresponding information (Torres, 2004). In addition, it establishes easy in terms of maintenance, environment, which us available 24/7 regardless the dislocation of its user (who has the access rights), which may be easily integrated with the Oracle’s PeopleSoft Recruiting Solution.
The major disadvantage of such system is that there is a high risk of unauthorized access to the data by the hackers, and its further use in an illegal manner. Thus, the HR director should maintain its security and invest some funds into improvement of security measures- as it is required by the online world (Anheier and Doherty, 2000)
In the context of human resource management, e-learning may be referred as the active application of available communications technology and networked information for professional development of the employees. Additional option, implied by such form of learning, is the just-in-time training, which may be provided for the employees of organization (or job applicants) per request and at any point of their dislocation, where the internet connection is available.
This form of learning may be offered to the personnel through the set of the following options - computer-based learning, digital collaboration, Web-based learning and virtual classrooms.
The major advantage of such form of learning and raining is that its content is offered to the target audience via audio or video tape, intranet/extranet, Internet, CD-ROM and satellite TV. In addition, it may be integrated into the Oracle’s PeopleSoft Recruiting Solution (whie. representing the core aspects of the daily routine in each particular or uncover the major aspects of work in a particular organization). Thus, the HR director is provided with the wide pool of options to choose from – depending on the purpose of each particular learning session.
The core weak point of such learning is that there is no direct interaction between the learner and the tutor, thus, in the case of some questions emergence or lack of clarifications, the quality of desired outcomes may be negatively impacted (Durai, 2010).
References
Anheier, N., Doherty, S. (2000) Employee Self Service. Retrieved from http://www.hrrevolution.com/Articles/ESS/
Durai, P. (2010) Human Resource Management. Pearson Education India
Gueutal, H. (2005). The Brave New World of EHR. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley
oracle.com (2016) PeopleSoft Enterprise Recruiting Solution. Retrieved from: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/peoplesoft-enterprise/human-capital-management/053291.html
Torres, T. (2004). E-Human Resources Management. Hershey, PA: ICI Global
Torres-Coronas, T., Arias-Oliva, M. (2005) E-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People. Idea Group Inc (IGI)
