This document discusses the recruitment and selection process. It defines recruitment as searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply. Factors affecting recruitment include organizational reputation, resources, and environmental conditions. Sources of recruitment can be internal, like current employees, or external, like job advertisements. Selection involves choosing the most suitable candidate through steps like resume screening, testing, interviews, reference checks, and placement. The goal is to make the best hiring decisions possible.
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This document discusses the recruitment and selection process. It defines recruitment as searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply. Factors affecting recruitment include organizational reputation, resources, and environmental conditions. Sources of recruitment can be internal, like current employees, or external, like job advertisements. Selection involves choosing the most suitable candidate through steps like resume screening, testing, interviews, reference checks, and placement. The goal is to make the best hiring decisions possible.
This document discusses the recruitment and selection process. It defines recruitment as searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply. Factors affecting recruitment include organizational reputation, resources, and environmental conditions. Sources of recruitment can be internal, like current employees, or external, like job advertisements. Selection involves choosing the most suitable candidate through steps like resume screening, testing, interviews, reference checks, and placement. The goal is to make the best hiring decisions possible.
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This document discusses the recruitment and selection process. It defines recruitment as searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply. Factors affecting recruitment include organizational reputation, resources, and environmental conditions. Sources of recruitment can be internal, like current employees, or external, like job advertisements. Selection involves choosing the most suitable candidate through steps like resume screening, testing, interviews, reference checks, and placement. The goal is to make the best hiring decisions possible.
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Recruitment and selection
Unit 4
Objective of the chapter
Analyze various sources of recruitment Explain the importance of recruitment Evaluate various tools and techniques Identify appropriate recruitment sources Analyze role and techniques of selection
Concept of recruitment Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organization. Recruitment, as a process, starts with identification of need for human resources and ends with getting prospective employees to apply for the vacancies available.
Factors affecting recruitment
Factors affecting recruitment can be organizational and environmental Organizational factors include: - Reputation of organization - Organization culture and its attitude towards employees - Geographical location of vacant post - Amount of resource allocated - The channle and methods used to advertise the vacancy - The salary that the company offers
Environmental factors The situation in the labor market, the demand for manpower, the demographics, the knowledge and skills set available Stage of development of the industry to which the organization belongs Culture, social attitude and beliefs also impact on recruitment Law of the land and legal implication
Sources of recruitment Internal sources External sources
Internal sources Candidates from within the organization respond to job posting by sending their application. Advantage - It helps in maintaining good employee relationship - It boosts the morale of employees - It encourages competent and ambitious individuals - Cost of recruitment is minimal - Complete information about employee will be available
External sources Advertisement Employee referrals Employment agencies: public agencies and private agencies Educational institution Interested applicants
Information technology and HR recruiting on the internet
Computer application range from recruiting on the internet to automatically scanning and storing applicants resume Recruiting firms posts job descripiton on the web Company advertising in their web page Using job portals such as Naukri.com, monster.com etc Using social networking site such as facebook, linkedin, twitter etc to broadcast requirement Using email campaign
Recruitment Policy The characteristics of recruitment policy: 1. Complies with government policy on hiring 2. Provides employment security 3. Assures candidates of the managements interest in their development 4. Prevents the formation of small exclusive group 5. Reflects social commitment of organization by recruiting handicapped people 6. Flexible enough to accommodate change in the organization 7. Ensures long term employment opportunity for employees 8. Cost effective
Selection The process of choosing the most suitable candidate for a job from among the available applicants is called selection The selection process involves series of steps which help in evaluating the candidates. The selection process in the organization has to be in accordance with the organizational requirements.
Selection decision outcomes Accept
Successful Unsuccessful Correct decision
Reject Rejection error
Acceptance error Correct decision
Steps in selection process
1. Resume/CVs review 2. Initial screening interview 3. Analyze the application blank 4. Conduct the test and evaluate performance 5. Preliminary interview 6. Core and departmental interview 7. Reference check 8. Job offer to the candidate 9. Medical exam 10. placement
Application form Items included in application form: - Personal information - Educational qualification - Work experience - Salary - Personality items - Reference checks
Selection test Following are a few of the selection tests conducted in organizaton - Intelligence test - Aptitude test - Achievement test - Situational test - Interest test - Personality test - Polygraph test - graphology
Interview Process of interview - Preparation - Conducting the interview - Closing the interview
Types of interview Preliminary interview Seleciton interview Formal and structured interview Unstructured interview Stress interview Group interview Panel interview In-depth interview Decision making interview
