Does the traditional recruitment procedure of higher education institutions cause paper waste?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Recruitment cycle.

Table 1. Options for submission of application by candidates

		Options for submission					Total
		Email	Online	Hard Copy	Online & Hard Copy	Email & Hard
Type of Jobs	Visiting	2	0	10	0	1	13
	Contract/TTS	0	2	5	0	0	7
	permanent	9	4	15	2	1	31
Total		11	6	30	2	2	51

Table 2. Percentage of options for submission of application by candidates

		Options for submission					Total % Out of Total Ads
		Email	Online	Hard Copy	Online & Hard Copy	Email & Hard
Type of Jobs	Visiting	15.4%	0%	76.9%	0%	7.7%	25.5%
	Contract/TTS	0%	28.6%	71.4%	0%	0%	13.7%
	permanent	29%	12.9%	48.4%	6.5%	3.2%	60.8%
Total		21.6%	11.8%	58.8%	3.9%	3.9%	100%

Table 3. Number of hard copy sets required

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent
Valid	Not required	17	33.3	33.3
	One set	29	56.9	56.9
	Two sets	1	2.0	2.0
	Three sets	3	5.9	5.9
	Five sets	1	2.0	2.0
	Total	51	100.0	100.0

Table 4. Demographic Statistics

Demographic Data	Percentage
Gender
Male	72%
Female	28%
Age
Less than 20	0 %
21–30	42.9 %
31–40	40 %
41–50	14.3 %
50 and above	2.8 %
Experience (Years)
Less than 5	31.4 %
6–10	34.3 %
11–15	20 %
16–20	7.2 %
21 and above	7.1 %
Qualification
Matriculation	0 %
Intermediate	1.4 %
Bachelors	15.7 %
Masters	64.3 %
PhDs	18.6 %
No. of Pages in CV
One page	20.3%
Two pages	37.7%
Three pages	18.8%
Four pages	13%
Five or above	10.1%
No. of Testimonials
Less than 3	11.6%
4 to 6	43.5%
7–10	18.8%
11–14	15.9%
15 and above	10.1%
Experience Certificates
3 or less	50.7%
4–6	33.3%
7–10	14.5%
11–14	0%
15 or above	1.5%

Table 5. Cross tabulation of application submission options from HEIs

			Application Procedure					Total
			Email	Online	Hard Copy	Online & Hard Copy	Email & Hard Copy
Sector of HEI	Public	Count	2	2	14	0	1	19
		% within sector	10.5%	10.5%	73.7%	0.0%	5.3%	100.0%
		% of Total	3.9%	3.9%	27.5%	0.0%	2.0%	37.3%
	Private	Count	9	4	16	2	1	32
		% within sector	28.1%	12.5%	50.0%	6.2%	3.1%	100.0%
		% of Total	17.6%	7.8%	31.4%	3.9%	2.0%	62.7%
Total		Count	11	6	30	2	2	51
		% within HEIs	21.6%	11.8%	58.8%	3.9%	3.9%	100.0%
		% of Total	21.6%	11.8%	58.8%	3.9%	3.9%	100.0%

Data availability statement

The data that supports the findings of the study is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.