An Over-view of Online Recruitment: The Case of Public and
European Journal of Business and Management
ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online)
Vol.5, No.32, 2013
www.iiste.org
An Over-view of Online Recruitment: The Case of Public and
Private Sectors in Tanzania
Nuran Ally Mwasha
School of Economics & Business Administration, Central China Normal University,
152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, P.R. China nuranally@yahoo.com Abstract:
The online recruitment has been a motivating method for many Organizations around the globe for employees’ recruitment. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the online recruitment and selection system in the public and private sectors in Tanzania, by analyzing the general ICT situation, the current online recruitment methods, the challenges on effective operation on online recruitment, the steps taken by government to ensure the favorable environment on ICT sector and the recommendations for future research. According to different surveys as we will discuss later, Tanzania lacks adequate data on online recruitment. For this case, I will use the data about recruitment in general from the study done by Egbert et al, (2009), the available data on corporate websites and other researches related to the internet usage in Tanzania. The results depict that online recruitment is used by different companies in Tanzania though in low rate compared to other sources of recruitment. Key words: recruitment, online recruitment, corporate websites, job boards and Internet
1. Introduction
Over the past one decade there has been a tremendous increase in the use of internet including online recruitment specifically the web technology to recruit, select and test the applicants. It has been taken as the modern instrument to get highly qualified and effective talented employees who will act as a ladder to achieve the
Organizational goals. Cappelli, (2001) as cited by Lievens, (2003) argues that the use of the Internet for recruitment and testing has grown
ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online)
Vol.5, No.32, 2013
www.iiste.org
An Over-view of Online Recruitment: The Case of Public and
Private Sectors in Tanzania
Nuran Ally Mwasha
School of Economics & Business Administration, Central China Normal University,
152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, P.R. China nuranally@yahoo.com Abstract:
The online recruitment has been a motivating method for many Organizations around the globe for employees’ recruitment. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the online recruitment and selection system in the public and private sectors in Tanzania, by analyzing the general ICT situation, the current online recruitment methods, the challenges on effective operation on online recruitment, the steps taken by government to ensure the favorable environment on ICT sector and the recommendations for future research. According to different surveys as we will discuss later, Tanzania lacks adequate data on online recruitment. For this case, I will use the data about recruitment in general from the study done by Egbert et al, (2009), the available data on corporate websites and other researches related to the internet usage in Tanzania. The results depict that online recruitment is used by different companies in Tanzania though in low rate compared to other sources of recruitment. Key words: recruitment, online recruitment, corporate websites, job boards and Internet
1. Introduction
Over the past one decade there has been a tremendous increase in the use of internet including online recruitment specifically the web technology to recruit, select and test the applicants. It has been taken as the modern instrument to get highly qualified and effective talented employees who will act as a ladder to achieve the
Organizational goals. Cappelli, (2001) as cited by Lievens, (2003) argues that the use of the Internet for recruitment and testing has grown