Mideast employers turning to online recruitment
An increasing number of employers across the Middle East are turning to the Internet for their human resource requirements.
When asked what method was employed to source professional candidates, 63 per cent said online job sites, while newspapers came in at a distant second with only 15 per cent. Approximately six per cent of employers still rely on networking/word of mouth to source the bulk of their professional candidates.
Online search tools have been developed extensively over recent years, an advance which has enabled employers to swiftly and effectively meet their specific criteria when searching for potential candidates.
Some 75 per cent of respondents said they believed that Internet recruitment was faster than traditional methods with 42 per cent of respondents indicating that internet recruitment has speeded up their recruitment activities by as much as 81 to 100 per cent.
Thirty seven per cent believed the biggest advantage of online recruitment was the speed of the whole process, while 16.3 per cent credited its ease of use.
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