E-Recruitment & the effectiveness of the diffrernet means of internet as a recruitment source: A case study of five stars hotels in Qatar

Abstract

The use of technology and internet has increased in the last few years in all fields. With the high competition in labor market to attract talents it was necessary for all organizations to enhance their recruitment process. The aim of this paper is to understand the effectiveness of the different means of internet as a recruitment source used by five stars hotels in Qatar and show if these hotels are benefiting from these tools to attract qualified applicants. It measures how company website, social media and recruitment websites are being effective to the hotels based on four factors. These factors are: quality of applicants, workload required, cost efficiency and geographical spread. The study adopted a multi-method approach combining literature review and a case study research using semi- structured interview. The results indicated that all five stars hotels and considered e-recruitment to be an effective tool. Company website is the most used method and most of the hotels link it to a recruitment website. Social media is not used by all of the hotels, for some of them it is not considered a professional method of recruitment. The study also includes some recommendations that can help the hotels to get the maximum benefits of e-recruitment.