Recruitment Data Collected via Web Scraping from 80K Job Websites
Collected data from 80K websites and 20 job seeker platforms with 99% accuracy.
The case is about a leading recruitment agency providing human resources across multiple industries. The agency currently operates from Califonia, the US, where the headquarters is located. At present, the agency owns more than hundreds of networks to find candidates for suitable roles. It schedules and conducts interviews with the candidates to help its associate companies finish the recruitment process. Besides recruitment, the company also trains candidates and conducts induction sessions accordingly.
Many big multinational companies are tying up with this agency to fill their skills and manpower needs. But the need for a perfect Web Scraping process was felt there. The agency also gained a significant position in the recruitment industry through its inclusive and diverse networks. However, to sustain the operation, the agency currently needs more data, particularly regarding the candidates. Hence, the agency thought of outsourcing the Web Scraping services to fulfill the candidates' data requirements. The agency, impressed by the reviews, approached AskDataEntry for its data collection services.
Importance of Data Collection for Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment agencies work at a rapid scale to find and fit suitable candidates for the right position. They collect candidates' information from different job portal applications, publicly available databases, and other resources. Also, they have to maintain networking with different partners to fulfill the recruitment needs of their client companies. Having a proper database with candidate information plays an important role in recruitment agencies. Therefore, Web Scraping services can help these agencies to fulfill their data needs.
A professional data collection service provider knows the art of gathering information from different sources. Besides that, these professional service providers know numerous ways to scrap data from publicly available datasets. Therefore, recruitment agencies would never run out of data if they outsource web scraping services. They not only collect data from random public platforms, rather they maintain proper decorum throughout the entire process. First, they scrap data from different websites by applying various tricks of web research; thereafter, they will create a database. Mainly, they store all the collected information in the database and perform data cleansing operations, if required. Overall, they will improve the operation of the recruitment agencies with their support and help.
Issues Faced by the Agency
The agency had a separate department for the task of collecting data from different websites to find desired candidates. However, the department hired some unskilled people for the task, and therefore the agency dismissed the department completely. It has decided to outsource the Web Scraping process via outsourcing to tackle all its challenges; which are;
The team did not possess any skills to conduct proper web research for the agency. They just perform the basic functions to collect information available on the web. However, the client wanted to go deeper through proper research to find more defined information about the candidates. Therefore, it wanted to have a team that could perform deep research and provide more information about candidates.
The agency has assessed the work of the team and found inaccurate information everywhere. The team did not validate candidates' information but put them on the database. For instance, they put the wrong contact numbers of the candidate in the database. Therefore, when the HR team tried to reach the candidates they did not find them over calls. The same pattern of mistakes they commit in providing the email IDs.
The process of collecting data was taking unnecessary time from the team's side. They were performing various measures to scrap data from different platforms, which caused the delay. However, it costs huge for the company to make up for the delay, which was unnecessary. On top of that, the team was making mistakes continuously in adding important candidates's information.
Due to errors in scrapping candidates' profiles, the team was hampering the inclusivity of the agency. The agency is famous for its inclusive recruitment process where it prioritizes every marginal section of the society. However, the team did not follow this measure while extracting candidates' information from the web. As a result, the agency had to compromise the inclusivity aspects of its recruitment process.
Custom Web Scraping Solutions from AskDataEntry
With the help of our excellent data entry team, we developed, projected, and delivered solutions for the client. Our main focus was removing all the challenges that the client faced over a period. We implemented a methodical process to deliver our robust solutions to the client. Our methodical process includes the following aspects;
The team deployed in the process to understand the requirements of the client. Through efficient analysis, our team understood the business goal of the client and worked accordingly. The client shared some resources with us to make us understand what they want through this Web Scraping project. They made us clear about their inclusive recruitment process and we followed their instructions thoroughly.
We made this project phenomenal by incorporating skills and cutting-edge technology altogether. Our efficient team members used cutting-edge technology to extract data from different job placement portals. It helped us to extract accurate information from these portals without making any mistakes. Besides that, our skilled members have shown their talents in extracting information accurately from different portals.
As the client's team made several mistakes by not crosschecking all the data we did not repeat that mistake. Rather, we incorporated various robust technical formulas to deploy a double validation process. This allows us to validate each data twice before recording it to the client's database. Even after recording the data into the database, we validate everything again and delete files if we find some misinformation.
Our team is very efficient in processing all the Web Scraping and data collection work within time. In this project also they did their best to deliver the database to the client on time. By incorporating all the measures, they delivered the database within 3 months. To prepare the database, the team has extracted data from 80K websites and 20 job seeker platforms. Also, after delivering the files, we updated the database every month with all the latest information.
Vin Genri
AskDataEntry solved our deadlock situation with the help of its Web Scraping services. Our team was not able to perform the right measures to fetch data on genuine job seekers. However, AskDataEntry has efficiently extracted all the data from different platforms and met all our requirements. We are very thankful to AskDataEntry for this help and we want to recommend AskDataEntry to all recruiting agencies.
