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Notes applicants, who have put their CVs and resumes online, but are not actively looking for a
job. The market today is flooded with solutions for e-recruitment making in difficult to
decide and choose the best suitable option. The employers are basically looking for solution
providers who offer:
(i) Online test delivery with minimal manual efforts.

(ii) High quality assessment content for various IT technologies.
(iii) Time simulated testing environment.
(iv) Comprehensive organization wide reports.
(v) Deliver questions in different order to each candidate by creating randomized tests.

(vi) Option to conduct on-premise tests in the controlled environment and off-premise
tests over the Internet for remotely located candidates.
As someone rightly pointed out "Recruitment is not hiring the best among those knocking at
your door; rather it's a quest to enroll the right candidate in your human capital, transcending
all barriers with the help of latest technology."

5.5.3 Third Party Methods

1. Private Employment Search Firms: Like Arthur Anderson, Noble & Hewitt, ABC
Consultants, SB Billimoria, Ferguson Associates.
2. Websites: There are three main types of recruitment sites:
(a) Job sites: These are operated by specialized firms and can contain thousands of
vacancies. Companies pay to have their jobs listed on the sites, which are usually
not linked to the agency.
(b) Agency sites: are run by special recruitment agencies. Candidates register online but
may be expected to discuss their details in person before their details are forwarded
to the employer.
(c) Media sites: which may simply contain a copy of an advertisement appearing in the
press, but may include an external description of the vacancy and the company and
provide a link to the company's website.
3. Employments Exchanges
4. Outsourcing recruitments

5. Gate Hiring & Contractors
6. Unsolicited Applicants/Walk-ins

5.6 Alternatives to Recruitment

Over-time: Short-term fluctuation can be solved through overtime.

Subcontracting: To meet the sudden increase in demand for its product & services, sometimes
the firm go for sub-contacting, i.e. by allowing an outside agency to undertake part of work to
mutual advantage.
Temporary Employees: Employees are hired for a limited time to perform a specific job. They
are useful in meeting short-term demand of human resource.

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