Producing Candidate Separation through Recruiting Technology

Abstract

With millions of potential employment candidates leveraging the Internet to search for jobs (Borstorff et al, 2006) and a massive global economic recession providing increasing availability to otherwise gainfully employed professionals, it is staggering to think that employers cannot find qualified candidates. The number of global candidates is growing, but claims of weak qualifications or poorly drafted resumes that do not appropriately reflect skills or experience leave many positions open. Gallivan et al (2004) found that the technical gap is due to the ease of posting specific technical skills and recruiting for a specialty and the complex, multi-functional modern employee companies now desire. A better method of qualifying and matching candidates with broader skills is required to meet this ever-increasing demand. While no system can incorporate all information, this proposal would provide a modular Information System capable of providing the most relevant information.