The growth of Internet has changed the hiring landscape. Job seekers register their resume on the website and they are informed of vacancies in any organisation that match their qualifications through e-mail.
Automated staffing software would seem to provide a much-needed technological edge for human resource professionals in the high-tech age. It allows employers to create a reusable pool of applicants from resumes they receive. Resumes received by employers may be in electronic formats—through e-mails, Internet applications or diskettes — or on paper that must be optically scanned and converted into computer files. The software programmes typically rank the resumes on the basis of how well each applicant matches the employer’s criteria.
