Recruitment

Definition

Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of generating a pool of capable people to apply for employment to an organization.

Recruitment is the process of locating and encouraging potential applicants to apply for existing or anticipated job openings

Steps in Recruitment and Selection Process

The recruitment and selection process is a series of hurdles aimed at selecting the best candidate for the job.

Factors affecting recruitment

Certain influences, however, restrain a firm whilechoosing a recruiting source such as:

Poor image

Unattractive job

Conservative internal policies

Limited budgetary support

Restrictive policies of government

Recruitment strategy and organisational strategy

• Sustainable growth – centralized recruitment

• Expansion – Decentralized

Sources of Recruitment:Internal sources and External sources.

Advantages

- Fore knowledge of candidates’ strengths and weaknesses

-Save substantial cost - Candidates have a stronger commitment to the company

-Increases employee morale-Less training and orientation required

Disadvantages-Internal recruitment creates

rippling effect

-Failed applicants and some other employees become discontented

-Time wasted interviewing inside candidates who will not be considered

-Inbreeding strengthens tendency to maintain the status quo

External

Advantages

• Selection from a large poolof Candidates

• People propose new andinnovative ways of working.

• It helps in motivatinginternal employees to workhard and compete withexternal candidates

Disadvantages

• Expensive

• Long and time consuming• Existing employees may be

demotivated

• There is no guarantee thatthe organisation, will beable to hire suitablecandidates

Internal sources

Rehiring Former Employees

Promotions and transfers

Job posting

Employee referrals

External methods

Internet recruiting

Newspaper advertisements

Television and radio advertisements

Private employment search firms

Employment exchanges

Gate hiring and contractors

Unsolicited applicants/walk-ins

Campus recruitment

Nepotism : family members

Recruiting via the Internet

– Advantages

• Cost-effective way to publicize job openings

• More applicants attracted over a longer period

• Immediate applicant responses

• Online prescreening of applicants

• Automation of applicant tracking and evaluation

– Disadvantages

• Exclusion of older and minority workers

• Excessive number of unqualified applicants

• Personal information privacy concerns of applicants

Alternatives to recruiting

• Overtime:

• Subcontracting:

• Temporary employees:

• Employee leasing:

• Outsourcing:

Recruitment Policies And Procedures

• A recruitment procedure will lay down a clear path to be followed by the HR department while hiring people. Of course, the procedures have to be framed in a flexible manner so as to permit the HR department to respond to the requests made by various departments and by potential candidates quickly.