Directorate of distance education master of business administration

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Lesson  8 - Selection And Induction 
Lesson Outline 
 
ӹ Recruitment 
 
ӹ Selection – Differences 
 
ӹ Selection tests 
 
ӹ Interview
 
ӹ Induction 
Learning Objectives 
After reading this lesson you should be able to 
 
ӹ Appreciate the differences between recruitment and selection 
 
ӹ Understand the intricacies of selection tests. 
 
ӹ Skills needed to conduct interview 
 
ӹ The importance of induction 
Introduction 
          Recruitment, selection, placement, induction, training and 
development are all the core functions of HRD. Once it is determined 
what types of jobs in how many numbers are to be filled up with the 
qualifications fixed, the next step is for search of qualified people. Hiring 
of people involves these broad groups of activities but not mutually 
exclusive viz., recruitment, selection and placement. Recruitment is the 
first step in the process of filling a vacancy. Recruitment is the generating 
of applications or applicants for specific positions to be filled up in the 
organization. It is a process of searching for and obtaining applicants for 
jobs so that the right people in right number can be selected. 
According to Dale Yoder, “Recruitment is a process to discover the 
source of manpower to meet the requirements of staffing schedule and 
to employ effective measures for attracting that manpower in adequate 
numbers to facilitate effective selection of an efficient working force.”

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According to Bergmann and Taylor, “Recruitment is the process 
of locating, identifying, and attracting capable applicants.”