Selection and recruitment

SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT

Recruitment:

• Meaning
• The process of searching and obtaining applicants for jobs, from among whom the right people can be selected

Purposes and Importance

• Determine the present and future requirements
• Increase the pool of job candidates at minimum cost
• Reduce the probability of employee turn over
• Increase the success rate of the selection process
• Increase organizational and individual’s effectiveness

EFFECTS

• Positive Recruitment Process
• Attract highly qualified and competent people
• Ensure that the selected candidates stay longer with the company
• Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit
• Help the firm create more culturally diverse work-force

Negative Recruitment Process:

• Failure to generate qualified applicants
• There is no match between cost and benefit
• Extra cost on training and supervision
• Increases the entry-level pay scales

External Factors Supply and Demand Unemployment rate Labor market Political-social Sons of soil Image

Recruitment

Internal Factors Recruitment Policy HRP Size of the firm Cost Growth and Expansion

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• Planning
• Strategy development
• Searching
• Screening
• Evaluation and control

Offers/Acceptance (3:2)

Interviews/Offers (4:3)

Screening/Invites (5:1)

Contacts/Screens (10:1)