The Perception of Job Seekers on the Adoption and Use of the E- Recruitment in Tanzania: A Case of Ajira Portal

Abstract

This paper aimed to examine the perception of job seekers in the adoption and use of e-recruitment in Dodoma City, Tanzania. The study sample involved 100 respondents; and data were collected using interviews and questionnaires. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyse the data whereby correlation and regression analysis were used to analyse quantitative data; whereas content analysis, narrative analysis, and discourse analysis were used to analyse qualitative data. A computer software statistical package for social science IBM SPSS statistics 25 version was used as a tool to process and analyse the collected data. The findings from regression analysis revealed perceived ease use of the technology, perceived usefulness of the technology, and perceived credibility of the technology influenced the adoption of e-recruitment in Tanzania (R2=0.802). Furthermore, the findings show the contribution of each variable in the equation whereby the perceived usefulness of the technology had the beta value of 0.698; perceived credibility of the technology B=0.237; and perceived credibility the technology B=0.268). The study has found that low knowledge of users, privacy issues, impersonal and sometimes no response from the employers have been the great challenges facing job seekers when using the e-recruitment. The study, therefore, concludes that online recruitment is becoming one of the crucial methods for taking recruitment and selection in Public service Tanzania, therefore more initiative must be taken by the Tanzanian Government to support the use and adoption of Ajira Portal.