E-recruitment means using internet for the recruitment services.

Three main techniques used in e-recruitment are:

☛ Advertising on job portals

☛ Building a recruitment section on company's website.

☛ Screening the database of candidates on job portals

The advantages of e-recruitment are:

☛ Lower cost of advertising the job openings

☛ Helps in saving time

☛ Large pool of candidates to choose from

☛ Day in - day out access to the database

☛ Screening the database brings in only relevant candidates

☛ Paper less process - more organised