Online recruitment has many potential advantages. It can speed up the front end of the selection process (something both graduates and employers want) and it can reduce the risk of selection bias, by attracting a wider range of applicants.
However, in such a mechanised process, involving ever greater numbers of candidates, setting unbiased selection criteria can be difficult. Although most employers seek examples of applicants' skills and behaviour to match the job vacancy and role requirement, 42% in the sample demanded traditional educational qualifications such as GCSEs and A-levels before their "first sift".
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