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Online Recruitment: A Focus Group Study with Portuguese Recruiters

  • Ana Sofia Freitas,
  • Catarina Brandão

摘要

Technological development has influenced recruitmentRecruitment and selectionSelection (R&S)Recruitment and Selection (R&S) processes, with the increasing use ofOnline Recruitment (OR) online recruitment (OR). Despite this development, the literature on this process is scarce, especially regarding the perspectives and practices of PortugueseRecruiters recruitersPortuguese recruiters. This study explores and characterises OR in the Portuguese contextPortuguese context from the perspective of recruitersRecruiters, and addresses the operationalisation of this process. Two focus groups were conducted with 10 recruiters. A reflexive thematic analysis supported the definition of five main themes. TechnologyTechnology permeates the R&SRecruitment and Selection (R&S) process from the outsetOutset, ranging from management software and job boards to social mediaSocial media, whose role goes beyondBeyond the dissemination of vacancies. The results also reveal the transmission of organisational valuesOrganisational values by recruitersRecruiters during the process, theUnchanged unchanged profile of the desired candidate in OR, and the growing normalisation of OR, which is perceived as the future of R&SRecruitment and Selection (R&S), while preserving its traditional fundamental goalsRecruitment and Selection (R&S). This study contributes to a more in-depth understanding of the use of OR in Portugal and how it is perceived by recruiters andRecruiters supports the understanding of this contemporary R&SRecruitment and Selection (R&S) method.