Job application
13 September 2012
Quick and easy, Internet recruitment is catching on fast. But, despite being effective, it is unlikely to replace the need for human contact, says Mark Whitehead
A major UK telecommunications company needed to recruit a senior manager, so it contacted a national Sunday newspaper to place an advertisement in the appointments section. The company also decided to advertise the vacancy on a jobs website. The next day, the first application had arrived by e-mail from the Internet advert.
Three days later, there were 50...