DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB BASED RECRUITMENT PORTAL (A case study of Nigeria Civil Service Commission Enugu)

ABSTRACT Web based recruitment portal is a web based application that monitors the recruitment process of any organization online.  It has the features that allow the user to apply for job online.  When application is sent through the web portal, based on the requirement of the said job description, the portal screens the candidate and determines whether or not the applicant is qualified.  If the applicant is not qualified, the portal rejects the application and returns a feedback to the user, else the applicant’s information will be sent to the portal’s database, where the administrator can access notify the applicant of a date of an interview. The web based recruitment portal is or should be recommended for every organization in their personnel department because it will ease the stress of the personnel managers and as well help them to select the suitable people to suit the position. This web portal will be developed using dream weaver platform and the scripting writing with PHP server technology.  The database will be administered using mySQL. 

KEY WORDS; Web, Recruitment, Portal, Application, Dream weaver, Database, mySQL, Server.

LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 Data Structure                                             Table 4.2 Data Structure of the Report                   
LIST OF FIGURES Fig 4.1 Application Form                                                                         Fig 4.2 Typical Report from the System                Fig 4.3 Flowchart of the Recruitment Process        Fig 4.4 Resourcing Flowchart                                  Fig 4.5 System Flow Diagram                                       Fig 4.6 Site Definition Window in Dreamweaver                                                             TABLE OF CONTENT Cover page Title page Certification Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement List of Tables List of Figures Table of content Abstract
Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.2.1 Solution 1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.4 Significances of the Study 1.5 Scope of the Study 1.6 Limitations of the Study 1.7 Definition of Terms/Variables
Chapter Two:    Literature Review 2.1 Overview of Recruitment Process 2.1.1 The Induction Timetable 2.1.2 The Induction Process 2.2 Implication of Poor Recruitment by Line Managers 2.3 Overview of Web Portal 2.4 History of Web Portal 2.5 Types of Web Portal 2.5.1 Personal Portal 2.5.2 Vertical Portal 2.5.3 Regional Web portal 2.5.4 Vertical Information Portal 2.5.5 Search Portal 2.5.6 Government Web Portal 2.5.7 Corporate Web Portal 2.5.8 Stock Portal 2.5.9 Tender’s Portal 2.5.10 Hosted Web Portal 2.5.11 Domain-Specific Portal 2.5.12 Engineering Portal 2.6 How Portals Functions and Components 2.6.1 Channels 2.6.2 Directory Services 2.6.3 Roles 2.6.4 Customization Backend Integration
Chapter Three:    Research Methodology and System Analysis 3.1 Research Design 3.1.1 Sources of Data 3.2 Analysis of the Existing System 3.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Existing System 3.3.1 Advantages of the Existing System 3.3.2 Disadvantages of the Existing System 3.4 Analysis of the New System 3.4.1 Online Application Form 3.4.2 Form Validation 3.4.3 Database 3.4.4 Job Advert Page 3.4.5 How the Site is Run 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of the New System 3.5.1 Advantages of the New System 3.5.2 Disadvantages of the New System 3.6 Justification of the New System
Chapter Four:    Design, Implementation and Testing of the New System 4.1 Object of the Design 4.2 Input and Output Specification 4.3 Input and Output Format 4.4 System Flowchart 4.5 Overall Data Flow Diagram 4.6 System Implementation 4.7 System Documentation 4.8 Testing and Integration 4.9 User Guide 4.10 Choice of Programming Language 4.11 Software Testing and Integration 4.11.1 The Test Plan 4.11.2 System Testing 4.11.3 Main System Driven Testing 4.11.4 Database Testing 4.12 Performance Evaluation/Cost Analysis
Chapter Five:    Summary, Recommendation and Conclusion 5.1 Summary 5.2 Problem Encountered and Solutions 5.3 Suggestions for further Improvements 5.4 Recommendation 5.5 Conclusion Bibliography Appendix : Appendix 1; source code  Appendix 2; Application form Appendix 3 ; A Typical report form for the system Appendix 4; Site definition in Dreamweaver