“A study of the applicants’ perception and awareness about use of e-recruitment with reference to Kolhapur District”

The recruiting and attracting the best employees is one of the great challenges for human resource management in today's scenario. In the last ten years, E-recruitment has been considered as the latest tool in hiring. It has created the real revolution in the field of Human Resource Management and now the hiring process becomes very simple. Today online recruiting is the noteworthy tool for HR department in many organizations. Organizations are using E-recruitment to post their vacancies and to accept resumes on the internet. Also, organizations are communicating with applicants through e-mail for the further correspondence regarding the recruitment process. However, to cope up with new changes and challenges in the present scenario it is essential to know perception and awareness of applicants ’about the use of E-recruitment.

This study investigates applicants ’perception and awareness about the use of E-recruitment based on several parameters. The results will provide valuable insights on awareness and perception of applicants ’towards the use of E-recruitment and same might be useful for HR professionals while recruiting the employees in an organization. And also, the study would be very useful to E-Recruitment companies.