即使是最保守的人力资源专业人士也不能够忽视日益崛起的网上招聘。从最初的5年前发展到现在，英国的网上招聘市场，已经发展成为了一个拥有多亿英镑的产业，吸引着数以百万计的求职者前往各种各样的广阔的就业领域。
就在上个月（八月份）就业网站gojobsite声称，有82 ％的求职者认为互联网是最简单的寻求就业机会的方法，而84 ％的人认为这是最简单的申请职位的方式，同时55 ％ 的人发现它是找到工作的最好的方式。
在一项由网上招聘公司Workthing in May （从属于管理者传媒集团）发起的、9000余人参加的调查中，发现约3 6 ％的互联网用户，或者估计有630万人在网上寻求就业，而这一数据比去年增长了百分之五十。
但至今网上招聘仍处于起步阶段。网上招聘totaljobs估计网上招聘仍然只是占据了大约5 ％左右的数亿英镑的招聘市场份额。
那么，如何让人力资源专业人士最大限度地开发这个极具潜力的市场，并确保他们没有留下遗憾？为了找出答案，人事部门今天专门组织了会议，就此问题进行辩论。我们邀请资深人力资源从业人员，不管是来自私营还是公共部门的，来共同讨论网上招募的好处、挑战以及未来。
网上招聘会带来真正的商业利益吗？
E-recruitment: does it work?
Even the most Luddite of HR professionals cannot afford to ignore the rise and rise of online recruitment. From a standing start five years ago, the online recruitment market in the UK is now a multi-million pound industry attracting millions of jobseekers to a vast array of sites.
Only last month (August) jobs website GoJobsite claimed 82 per cent of jobseekers considered the internet to be the simplest way to source new job opportunities, while 84 per cent thought it the easiest way to apply for jobs and 55 per cent found it the best way to land a position.
And a survey of 9,000 people by online recruiter Workthing in May — part of the Guardian Media Group — found some 36 per cent of internet users — or an estimated 6.3 million people — had sought jobs online — a 50 per cent increase on last year.
Yet it's still early days. Online recruiter Totaljobs estimates online recruitment still only makes up about 5 per cent of the multi-billion pound recruitment market.
To find out, then, how HR professionals should best exploit this potentially lucrative market — and make sure they are not left behind — Personnel Today organised a roundtable debate on the issue. We invited senior HR practitioners from both the private and public sectors to discuss online recruitment — the benefits, the challenges and its future.
