History Of Recruitment

History Of Recruitment

What is Recruitment?Recruitment is a process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulation them to apply for jobs in the organization. it is the activity that links the client and the candidates(Job seekers). Recruitment is thus a process of attracting, selecting and placing the right candidate for the right job at the given time and economy

The Old- Age (the days of emperors)When a baby born, he/she was believed to be the soldier and was taught the arts of war to join the army. this was said to be ' Self Recruitment'Later, there were protests against the emperors for farms/fields and for the right to sell goods directly to the public for a better price. as they progressed, entrepreneurs started recruiting the labour.

Industrial Revolutions(1760-1840)With the rapid increase of industries across nationals was the need for more manpower the working conditions were uncertain like- child labour, less wages, poor-living conditions and long working hours. Workers started forming unions to protest against this conditions and better wage and benefits.This had led many small & mid-sized agencies to scale-up and look at recruitment as the future. agencies advertised jobs through bulletin board, newspapers, announcements & flyers in public places, theatres, town halls.

Pre & post World WarsCompanies and the government approached the agencies to recruit manpower. Agencies began to advertise for members of society who were not called into military service. Once the war ended, the agencies remained with the purpose of finding the returning war veterans (with their new skills) a job. Distributing the CV/resume (self-written, hire type-writers, take the help of agencies) was the new job searching avenue during this time. Agencies had ownership of candidates CVs written by them.

Birth of Public AgenciesFirst proposal to establish a public agency ("Office of Addresses and Encounters") was in 1650 by Henry Robinson which was rejected by The British Parliament.Since the beginning of the 20thcentury, every developed country has created a public recruitment agency as a way to combat unemployment and help people find work.

Birth of Private agenciesThe first private recruitment agency Engineering Agency in the USA was formed by Fred Winslow in 1893. It later became part of General Employment Enterprises who also owned Businessmen's Clearing House (est. 1902). In 1906, Katharine Felton had started a recruitment agency as a response to the problems brought on by the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Regulation of the Recruitment AgenciesIn 1919, International Labour Organization of US recommended for the abolition of fee-charging agencies. After 14 years of discussions by the government and agency unions about this convention a bill was passed in 1933 that resulted in abolition of for-profit agencies if the agencies were not licensed and a fee scale was not agreed in advance.

The Internet age TodayThough Internet/www was launched in 1982, Commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) began to emerge in the late 1980s and early 1990s; fully commercialized in the U.S. by 1995.The first job portal was launched in 1994 by Monster followed by Netstart which is now CareerBuilder. In 2000s, Web 1.0 and its sequel Web 2.0 have highly influenced recruitment industry by letting recruiters leverageSocial Media.