--- title: Recruitment vs. E-Recuritment - A Workforce Management Solution --- [![logo-optimized](https://blog.synerion.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-optimized.jpeg?width=185&height=69&name=logo-optimized.jpeg "logo-optimized")](https://www.synerion.com) - [Client Support](https://www.synerion.com/client-support/) - [Request a Demo](https://offers.synerion.com/request-a-demo) - [Contact Us](https://offers.synerion.com/ca-contact-us) - [FR](https://www.synerion.com/fr/our-people/) - [Products](https://www.synerion.com/agile/) - [Agile Workforce Suite](https://www.synerion.com/agile/) - [Enterprise Suite](https://www.synerion.com/enterprise-suite/) - [Solutions](https://www.synerion.com/workforce-management/) - [Workforce Management](https://www.synerion.com/workforce-management/) - [Time & Attendance](https://www.synerion.com/time-attendance/) - [Time Clocks](https://www.synerion.com/time-clocks/) - [Employee Scheduling](https://www.synerion.com/employee-scheduling/) - [Absence Management](https://www.synerion.com/absence-management/) - [Labour Costing](https://www.synerion.com/labour-costing/) - [Mobile & Tablet](https://www.synerion.com/mobile-tablet/) - [Reporting & Analytics](https://www.synerion.com/reporting-analytics/) - [Integrations](https://www.synerion.com/integrations/) - [Why Choose Us](https://www.synerion.com/why-choose-us/) - [Why Choose Us](https://www.synerion.com/why-choose-us/) - [Our People](https://www.synerion.com/our-people/) - [Blog](https://blog.synerion.com/) - [Products](https://www.synerion.com/agile/) - [Agile Workforce Suite](https://www.synerion.com/agile/) - [Enterprise Suite](https://www.synerion.com/enterprise-suite/) - [Solutions](https://www.synerion.com/workforce-management/) - [Workforce Management](https://www.synerion.com/workforce-management/) - [Time & Attendance](https://www.synerion.com/time-attendance/) - [Time Clocks](https://www.synerion.com/time-clocks/) - [Employee Scheduling](https://www.synerion.com/employee-scheduling/) - [Absence Management](https://www.synerion.com/absence-management/) - [Labour Costing](https://www.synerion.com/labour-costing/) - [Mobile & Tablet](https://www.synerion.com/mobile-tablet/) - [Reporting & Analytics](https://www.synerion.com/reporting-analytics/) - [Integrations](https://www.synerion.com/integrations/) - [Industries](https://www.synerion.com/manufacturing/) - [Why Choose Us](https://www.synerion.com/why-choose-us/) - [Our People](https://www.synerion.com/our-people/) - [Blog](https://blog.synerion.com/) - [Client Support](https://www.synerion.com/client-support/) - [Request a Demo](https://offers.synerion.com/request-a-demo) Menu ## Synerion Blog # Recruitment vs. E-Recuritment - A Workforce Management Solution [Team Synerion](https://blog.synerion.com/author/team-synerion) Mar 12, 2012 4:27:00 AM **What is E-Recruitment and why is it needed?** Recruitment involves advertising a position, attracting candidates to apply for the position, screening the candidates and ultimately selecting one of the screened candidates to fulfill the position. Organizations may choose to utilize recruiters in-house, have an external agency do their recruiting or take a hybrid approach where an external agency will send pre-screened applicants to an in-house recruiter. The decision of how an organization would conduct its recruitment process would be based on a number of factors such as: - Financial Resources - Time constraints - Number of positions which need to be filled - Number of applicants that apply for a position - Seniority of the position Although recruitment is integral to the success of a corporation, traditional recruitment was prone to a variety of issues which included: - Escalating costs of advertising job positions - Difficulties in screening out unqualified candidates - Having enough qualified candidates apply for positions However once again technology intervened and has helped make the recruitment process much easier to manage thanks to E-recruitment. E-recruitment is similar to traditional recruiting as the goals are still to advertise a need in an organization, attract candidates, screen them and then select the appropriate candidate(s). The difference is that with E-recruiting this process takes place online. E-recruitment has evolved to the point where employers are now advertising jobs, accepting resumes, using tools to screen resumes and even conducting interviews completely online. The benefits of E-recruitment include: - Costs: Many websites will allow organizations to post job listings online for free - Attracting more applicants: Organizations can leverage online tools such as LinkedIn to attract more candidates - Screening Employees: Recruitment software allows organizations to capture incoming resumes and match them against pre-defined criteria so that HR professionals do not have to spend their time reading unqualified resumes - Interviewing: Using webcams and the internet organizations can easily meet with candidates that may be located in another geographical region at minimal cost [Blog](https://blog.synerion.com/topic/blog) ## Read On ### [The Significance of Returning the Control of the Recruitment Process to the Organization With the complete transfer of control over the recruiting process out of the organization, HR...](https://blog.synerion.com/the-significance-of-returning-the-control-of-the-recruitment-process-to-the-organization) ### [Should You Work with a Recruiting Agency? 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