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Online recruitment software is a digital application designed to help organisations hire qualified people more quickly and efficiently. It’s so much faster and more effective than reading through tens or even hundreds of covering letters and CVs. The tools quickly analyse candidate data to suggest the best people with the most relevant experience and qualifications. All this helps make HR recruiters more efficient and, ultimately, reduces expensive employee churn. Online recruitment software also stores applicant data securely, helping you comply with the GDPR and also create a talent pool that you can refer back to for future vacancies.

There’s a wide choice of HR recrutiment software out there. They’re all designed to support talent and recruitment. The right platform for you will depend on the size of your organisation, the volume of roles you need to fill, the volume of applications you receive, and your goals for your recruitment process. You might want to look for recruitment software that helps you manage candidate relationships, enables recruitment video interviews, and integrates with job boards for more efficient advertising, among other features.

E-recruitment takes the whole process of employing a new member of staff online. Usually cloud-based, recruitment software harnesses web-based resources and other tech to find, attract, interview, and take on new people. It’s designed to make every step of the recruiting process both more efficient and less costly, and to do such a good job that employee retention rates rise.

Filling just one role properly, with the perfect person, can eat up so much time. We need recruitment software to grab the best candidates while they’re still available, and weed out unsuitable people fast. The software eats through huge amounts of data, much more easily than an HR expert could wade through CVs and covering letters. And it uses keywords and phrases intelligently to pin down the perfect people. Your HR people are free to use their great interpersonal skills for the actual interviews, rather than spending endless time creating a shortlist.