Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Self Assessment Questions
1. 
What is recruitment? 
2. 
What is the difference between selection and recruitment? 
3. 
Explain different selection tests. 
4. 
State the importance of induction. 
Summary 
Recruitment, selection, placement, induction, training and 
development are all the core functions of HRD. Recruitment is the process 
of locating, identifying and attracting capable applicants. Both internal 
and external factors influence recruitment. Internal factors are  the size 
of the organization, policy of the organization, and the usage of the jobs. 
External factors are demographic factors labour market, unemployment 
situation and labour laws. 
In recruitment both internal and external sources can be made 
use of. Selection starts where recruitment ends. Selection is the process 
of differentiating between applicants in order to identify those with a 
greater likelihood of success in a job. The various selection processes 
are i) Preliminary interview, ii) Application blank, iii) Selection tests, iv) 
Selection interview, v) Reference checks,, vi) Physical examination and 
vii) Final selection. 
The different selection tests are ability tests and personality 
tests. After the tests, interviews will be conducted. Reference checks 
physical examination and final selection follows. 
The selected candidates are placed in suitable positions. 
Placement involves assigning a specific job to each of the selected 
candidates. Then they are inducted. Induction is introducing the new 
employee to the work surrounding and the people who are already 
working there. There is formal induction and informal induction. 

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Answer Key     
1. 
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.”
2. 
Note the differences tabulated in the text of this lesson. 
3. 
Ability tests and personality tests. The different ability tests are    i) 
Aptitudes  tests,  ii)  Achievement  tests,  iii)  Intelligence  tests,  and              
iv) Judgment tests. The personality tests are a) Interest tests                 b) 
personality inventory tests c) Projective tests and d) Attitude tests. 
4. 
Induction is the process of receiving and welcoming an employee 
when he first joins a company, and giving him the basic information 
he needs to settle down quickly and happily and start work. There 
can be formal induction and informal induction. 
      
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