Role of Company’s Own Career Portals in Recruitment: A Suggestion for IT Companies Operating in Pakistan

Abstract

Attracting and hiring a talented workforce is the primary role HR professionals have to play. For recruitment in IT industry, companies usually prefer different online job portals for advertising the open vacancies. The selections of these popular channels mainly depends upon the size of that particular company, average number of vacancies they have to fill and budget allocation for R&S activities. In small and medium sized organizations, budgetary constraints and limited staff strength in HR departments make it even harder to shortlist only the talented candidates. On the other hand, professionals tend to apply on every vacancy they see in order to grab a better opportunity or just grab an opportunity in heavy unemployment shadows and tight job markets. Company’s own career portal can be a comprehensive solution to all the challenges being faced by the recruiters in software houses.