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The recruitment business has come a long way since newspaper classified ads and cold calls. Employers and job seekers across the globe have embraced the power of online recruitment. The emergence of online job portals, a few years ago, undoubtedly transformed the way recruitment took place in India. However, so far online portals have conclusively provided value only at entry and junior management levels. The web is yet to make its presence felt in a significant way in senior level recruitment in the country. What are the challenges that job portals continue to face when it comes to senior hiring? At senior levels, recruitment can be complex and it requires an in-depth understanding of the nuances of senior hiring. The challenge is to find the right job and fitment for a candidate, rather than any job. Senior hiring also calls for expert knowledge of each industry vertical and the organization structures within the industry. As a result, the expertise and personalised approach of recruitment consultants is what most candidates prefer over cluttered job sites. Some executives at higher positions also find that job portals lack the insider’s perspective that is imperative in the specialised hiring of senior professionals. Moreover, they believe that job portals may not attract C-level and senior level jobs as employers find it tedious to search through piles of irrelevant responses on job sites. Free-to-all and open-access job sites attract hundreds of unqualified applicants who apply to the bestRelated Articles -
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