Assistant Professors, School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore
Online published on 11 November, 2013.
‘Grab your desktop computer and throw it out the window’. Well, perhaps we don't need to move quite so fast, but park that thought. The growth of mobile devices, those pieces of technology we carry with us 24/7, is in the fast lane and it's bringing big changes. These days, we can do most anything on our smartphones. Book a taxi, order takeout, shop during the holidays… Wouldn't it be a logical next step to think that the job search market will soon want to go mobile as well? Millions of job seekers are using mobile devices to communicate, conduct business, and build relationships and search for jobs. The time to change your career site with the mobile job seeker experience in mind is now.
The mobile recruitment industry is on a rapid growth spurt and smart phone growth such as Apples iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy 3s and 4s is at the forefront, fuelling this significant revolution. If that was not enough, there is so much more to come with the arrival of 4G mobile services and the absolute plethora of new smart phone and tablet releases imminent.
Mobile Apps are becoming more popular in social recruiting efforts. In today's world there are billions of people actively using Apps, SMS text messaging and chats. For the past few years, I have been playing around with apps that identify talent by their locations, connecting socially, and private messaging
Mobile Recruitment, Job Search, Candidates, Recruitment, Market Mix
