Social Media Impact on the Recruitment and Selection Process in the Information Technology Industry

Dhanya Pramod and S. Vijayakumar Bharathi
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Dhanya Pramod: Symbiosis Center for Information Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
S. Vijayakumar Bharathi: Symbiosis Center for Information Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP), 2016, vol. 7, issue 2, 36-52

Abstract: The origin of this work stems from the fact that there is a demand to see how information technology organizations are maximizing the potential role of social media in recruitment and selection. This study revealed certain convincing insights into the usage of social media in the recruitment process. A sample of 125 human resource professionals participated in the study, and using principal component analysis, this analysed the impact factors in three broad areas, namely pre recruitment screening, recruitment activities and social media benefits perceived in recruitment and selection. The study resulted in the emergence of eight distinct latent factors, namely the social media involvement, experience and expertise, achievements and endorsements, candidate quality, profile match, efficacy and reachability, target setting and branding. How the organizations make use of social media is not yet explored and this study aims at collecting the industry practices and the factors influencing the adoption of social media.

Date: 2016
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