| | | | | III cities. |
| Over the past five years the recruitment industry | | | | Current Student expectations |
| has undergone a vast change. With the advent of | | | | What Job seekers need is personal attention and this |
| latest technology innovations, websites, resume | | | | is not provided by current online job portals. This |
| databases, Job listing services and applicant tracking | | | | trend is highly evident among fresh college graduates |
| systems have become the buzzwords in recruitment. | | | | who are increasingly concerned that current electronic |
| As of late online job portals contribute towards a | | | | recruiting strategies are impersonal and do not satisfy |
| major share of the recruitment process. But these | | | | their needs for human interaction in the initial stages |
| high technology services while helping to reduce | | | | of recruiting via job portals. |
| candidate identification and screening time have | | | | Bridging the gap |
| widened the gap between an employer and a job | | | | One of the challenges faced by an institution in |
| seeker. | | | | guaranteeing jobs for graduates is the wide gap |
| Current employer practice | | | | between the institution and the corporate sector. |
| Campus recruitment and job fairs are the major | | | | With WIMB’s new LIVECONNECT points this |
| areas of concentration for employers to absorb fresh | | | | wide gap is effectively shrunk, enabling the |
| talent. But nationally focused recruiters overall were | | | | institutions to effectively place more students soon |
| seemed interested in using technology to make the | | | | after graduation. Over a period of time our Live |
| process of recruiting much easier and viable. They | | | | connect points will evolve into an information hub for |
| also think that online recruiting is more important for | | | | employers and will also become a nationwide career |
| taking the recruitment process into the tier II and tier | | | | network across a virtual infrastructure. |