With the recent growth of competition in the employment marketplace, companies are
looking to the web to hire quality candidates quickly and cost-effectively. The Internet has
opened up the recruiting roadway, offering the assistance necessary to hire top talent,
decrease recruiting costs and reduce time-to–hire.

The Internet is taking the competitive job pool and offering a well-educated, computer
savvy community of candidates for recruiters searching for great employees. It is also
creating a way for recruiters to quickly connect with candidates with a specific skill-set,
in a particular region or in a specific industry with the simple click of a button. No longer
do recruiters have to search through hard copy resumes, when with the use of a few simple
keywords, they can have immediate information on the brightest individuals at their fingertips.

The days of waiting for "snail" mailed resumes are long gone. The web has
decreased the time-to-hire significantly by offering 24-hour service. Recruiters can now
search resume banks for candidates, receive emailed resumes and contact potential hires at
any time – anywhere. Response time from the candidate has also been reduced due to the
ability to conduct business via email. Thus, the web is allowing for recruiters to connect
with candidates in a much more time and efficient fashion.

The net is offering information to recruiters ranging from the latest findings HR Law
to interviewing methods and hiring strategies. Networking with other HR professionals is
also much easier via HR sites and email. Recruiters have found a new outlet for sharing
ideas, information and comments.

Recruiters have also found the Internet to be much more cost-effective than conventional
hiring methods. What usually cost into the thousands for one cost-per-hire through traditional
methods, cost about 10% of that via the Internet. Most career sites charge about $100/per job
posting that will be seen immediately by millions of job seekers all over the world. How
can that even compare to local newspaper advertising that is more expensive and seen by
only a small group of candidates? Recruiters also save money in administrative tasks like
filing resumes and manually opening & sorting mailed resumes.

In summary, the Internet has become a revolutionary new tool for recruiters around the
world. It costs less and provides better results than conventional recruiting methods. It
promotes more efficient and effective communication between recruiters and candidates. The web
has become the recruiting tool of the future.

Article sourced from www.careerbank.com