With all the pros involved in online jobs recruitment, you should know that, there is a downside to it which include the following
It is possible for the costs to spiral
Depending on the online platform which you are using, you might have to pay a particular subscription fee or other related costs for the vacancy to be posted. There are certain sites which might want you to pay a membership charge or fee for extra services such as analytics or tracking to be able to manage your advert. At the same time, if you aren’t getting the type of response that you are looking out for, the cost of having to leave the ad running for long mind be high.
It might be hard measuring its effectiveness
It is not all the online recruitment services which tend to offer an analysis which is in-depth of your posting and thus, it might be hard figuring out what isn’t and what is working and the way you can be able to optimize your ad.
It is something that is quite common as a problem when it comes to recruitment as well, but worth to remember that just since you have posted an online ad doesn’t denote that you are going to access the reams of the supporting data and metrics.
It is quite informal
When it comes to some roles, there are companies that perceive that online posting of jobs especially on the social media platforms, gives a wrong image of the company. It tends to be true especially for roles on the executive level, especially for industries or firms which tend to have a corporate that is strong or a professional culture.
But it is not uncommon for firms which are high caliber to advertise their roles of C-level in print publications which are reputable like the Financial Times or The Economist.
It tends to attract the wrong candidates
It is quite easy for those who apply for the job online to do so and this is something which might lead to negativity being attracted as well. When you post a job online, the results are hundreds of applicants, with most of them being unsuitable for or not quite serious regarding the role, thus, it dilutes the quality of your talent pool.
The competition is high
The major downside when it comes to trends following is that, everyone else happens to be doing a similar thing. Because of that, your post might end up becoming buried in the mountain of other offers of similar jobs, which will force you to pay extra for more exposure or to risk not to be seen at all.
When using social media, you might at time be at the mercy of the Twitter or Facebook algorithms which means that, the person you are targeting might be in the hands of someone else and not you entirely.
It might end up leading to lost labor hours
If you receive large application volumes which require to be pruned, there are technical issues that are with the platform that you work with, or the ad for the job itself tends to require to be changed constantly, then the process might become hard to manage.
