These slides include Meaning, Feature of e-HRM, e-HR Activities, Meaning, e-Recruitment its Benefits & guidelines, e-Selection and its procedure, e-Training and its advantages and disadvantages
2. Meaning of E-HRM
e-HRM is , “a set of e-policies, e-methods, e-practices and e-programmes
designed to maximize both individual and organizational goals.”
e-HRM is the “Planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the e-recruitment,
e-selection, e-learning, e-development and e-integration of human resources to
the end that personal, organizational and societal objectives are accomplished.”
3. Features of E-HRM
1. Web-based HRM (Information technology, web-based HR activities)
2. Different from HRIS (collecting, storing, maintain and retrieving the data)
3. Innovative Practices (Online application, info. by using blogs, interviewing via
video or telephone)
4. More scientific (Theoretical concepts with academic domain of HRM and
Management of IT)
5. Procuring personnel (e-recruitment, e-selection, etc.)
6. Complete integration of HR system (with its process)
7. More flexible (E.g. e-HR policies can be changed with circumstances, etc.)
5. e-Recruitment (Online Recruiting)
“e-recruitment is the e-process of………… searching for prospective employees
and………… stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation.”
Benefits of e-recruitment
Apply online
Wide reach
Reduced cost
Reduced time & energy
Reduced administrative processes.
6. Guidelines regarding e-Recruitment
1. Must be according to strategic goals
2. Develop organizational Image (reputation)
3. Easy accessible (so that can attract the candidate)
4. Develop online screening systems (Job analysis, should be reliable and valid )
5. Provide relevant Information (about company and position of applicant)
6. Use website to promote values (can attract most suitable…not traditional one)
7. Collect Feedback (can be direct indirect, regarding climate of organization)
8. Use appropriate languages (appropriate for applicant with diverse background)
9. Other cautions while using e-recruiting (should not cause anxiety, simple, free from
bias, secured, protect privacy, etc.)
7. e-Selection
Cost Reduction
Maximum utilization of
Human capital
Time Saving
Sustainability
Objectives of E-Selection
E –selection is e-hiring the best candidate from the pool of e-applications.
It is a process start with joint efforts of HR manager and IT manager.
8. Procedure of e-Selection
1. Planning for e-selection (design recruitment page with mail ID of HR dept.)
2. Resumes uploaded by the job seekers (or simply enter the informations required
for given post)
3. Online screening (by using technologies/software shortlist the potential candidate for
next stage)
4. Online Testing (emails/calls, alerts, greets/connects, read instruction, appear test,
take feedback from Unsuccessful & Successful candidate, recruiter get result by email
& successful will send to next stage)
5. Online Interview (Specialist hiring manager appointed & select a type of
interview…one-on-one, in depth one-on-one, video conferencing, web-cam.)
6. e-Offer letter (mentioned all terms & condition & accepted, approved by candidate))
7. e-Appointment letter and placement (sent on candidate’s mail ID, finally ends with
placement on job)
9. e-Training
“Online Training is an act of increasing the knowledge and skill of a employee for
doing a certain job by using web-based programme.”
e-Learning and e-Training requires sufficient top management support and
funding needs to be committed to develop and implement e-learning.
10. Advantages of e-Training
1. Online training materials are made available
2. Relatively easy for trainers
3. Learn on their own time
4. Cost effective
5. Better access to subjects
6. Saves time, money and energy
7. Suitable for idealistic workforce
8. More flexible
9. in-house training possible
10. Interactive
11. Allows for consistency
12. Used to enhance instructor-led training
13. Use when needed
11. Disadvantages of e-Training
1. Online assessments are objective in nature
2. Problem of the extent of security.
3. Cause trainee anxiety
4. Not appropriate for all training content
5. All trainees may not be ready
6. All may not have easy & uninterrupted access to computers
7. Require huge amount of investment
8. Requires significant top management support