There is no doubt that people are the most valuable assets for every organization. It needs people who can help the organization create benefit and ultimately achieve its goals. The right recruitment strategies hold the key for success for any organization. Today’s cut throat world with demand for highly skilled professional and access to the latest technology has opened a new horizon of opportunities for the human resource manager . E-recruitment helps reach a wide variety of employers as well as prospective candidates spanning geographical boundaries and is so much quicker, easier, cheaper and efficient than traditional means. E-recruitment facilitates 24 x 7 accesses and pick over out the unqualified candidates in an automated way. Despite the challenges of a lower Internet penetration, time consumption, unable to dependent solely on the online, room for impersonation, duplication of resumes by job seekers, and importance to conventional recruitment methods, online recruitment is likely to pick up momentum. With the convergence of greater connectivity, more cost effective software solutions and ever more competitive business environments, human resource departments face a new challenge. Thus, the aim of this paper is to discuss the origins of e-recruitment and to explain the importance and challenges of e-recruitment in emerging economies like India.