What is a Web Based Hiring Management System?
In case you haven”t been reading the reviews, web based hiring or recruitment management systems are usually provided through an application service provider (ASP) model. You build a corporate recruitment site with the help of the vendor and then host it on their servers. You pay fees (usually monthly) for the vendor to host and maintain your site. The various solutions let you manage your site using a web browser. One major advantage of the ASP model for corporate recruitment sites is you can usually implement your site within one week, and in some cases in less than one day. Another advantage is you gain access to sophisticated and powerful tools at a fraction of the cost you would incur to develop them internally. A third is that you don´t need to maintain and improve an ASP solution. The vendor takes care of your site, and invests resources to continuously improve the product. Many of the vendors aim to provide true end-to-end hiring systems. None are quite there yet. But several
