<p>They also opined that several organisations are looking at online medium as effective channel for sourcing talent.<br /><br />"Online hiring has picked up in popularity, as it has been vastly used during the first half of this year from January-June," staffing firm TeamLease Services Vice-President (IT Sourcing) Surabhi Mathur-Gandhi told PTI.<br /><br />Job portal Monster.com Managing Director (India/Middle East/Southeast Asia) Sanjay Modi noted that online hiring activities have increased in recent years.<br /><br />A recent study by the portal showed that online job opportunities in October this year grew at a robust pace of 22 per cent, as compared to the same period in 2009.</p>.<p>Staffing services firm Ma Foi Randstad Director (Marketing) Aditya Narayana Mishra said that online hiring activities have been picking up and related challenges have also increased.<br /><br />Mathur-Gandhi stressed that many firms are resorting to online hiring to reduce costs.<br />"Accuracy, less dependency on human resources for evaluation, almost immediate assessment... have helped many companies move from the traditional testing methodology to a modern one," she added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mishra pointed out that organisations are facing challenges to keep pace with the volume of online applications coming in.<br /><br />According to Modi, there are also challenges related to hiring online, such as validation of the data provided by jobseekers.<br /><br />Mishra said that even though many companies believe that online hiring reduces costs, there are 'huge hidden costs associated with the hiring efforts'.<br /><br />He noted that return on investment is a more appropriate metric than measuring the direct cost of hiring a person, such as fees paid to a recruitment firm and cost of advertisements, he added.</p>
<p>They also opined that several organisations are looking at online medium as effective channel for sourcing talent.<br /><br />"Online hiring has picked up in popularity, as it has been vastly used during the first half of this year from January-June," staffing firm TeamLease Services Vice-President (IT Sourcing) Surabhi Mathur-Gandhi told PTI.<br /><br />Job portal Monster.com Managing Director (India/Middle East/Southeast Asia) Sanjay Modi noted that online hiring activities have increased in recent years.<br /><br />A recent study by the portal showed that online job opportunities in October this year grew at a robust pace of 22 per cent, as compared to the same period in 2009.</p>.<p>Staffing services firm Ma Foi Randstad Director (Marketing) Aditya Narayana Mishra said that online hiring activities have been picking up and related challenges have also increased.<br /><br />Mathur-Gandhi stressed that many firms are resorting to online hiring to reduce costs.<br />"Accuracy, less dependency on human resources for evaluation, almost immediate assessment... have helped many companies move from the traditional testing methodology to a modern one," she added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mishra pointed out that organisations are facing challenges to keep pace with the volume of online applications coming in.<br /><br />According to Modi, there are also challenges related to hiring online, such as validation of the data provided by jobseekers.<br /><br />Mishra said that even though many companies believe that online hiring reduces costs, there are 'huge hidden costs associated with the hiring efforts'.<br /><br />He noted that return on investment is a more appropriate metric than measuring the direct cost of hiring a person, such as fees paid to a recruitment firm and cost of advertisements, he added.</p>