Guideline The Recruitment Process Through Interculturality Using Information Systems

Building strategic partnerships between organizations from different countries, opening the borders and increasing the possibilities of emigration in Europe determined the appearance of a large number of employees with different cultural backgrounds in organizations. Relating to interculturality, information systems have a crucial role by establishing the link between the recruiter and candidate, and vice versa. It represents a communication bridge, relating the two cultures, employer’s culture and employee’s culture. The space between the two cultures can be explored, negotiated and finally accepted by both entities using specialized information systems. The purpose of this paper is to define intercultural recruitment process, to identify intercultural problems in recruitment and to show the intercultural role of information systems in recruitment process. This article highlights the importance of creating a cultural space through information systems, from the recruitment phase, because it reduces the costs and the integration of the two cultures.