HRM Recruitment

Recruitment Recruitment ProcessProcess

Recruiting is the discovering Recruiting is the discovering of potential applicants for of potential applicants for actual or anticipated actual or anticipated organizational vacancies.organizational vacancies.

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Factors affecting Factors affecting recruitmentrecruitment

• Size of organization• Employment conditions in locality of

organization• Working conditions, salary, benefits

and other packages• Rate of organizational growth• Future expansion and production

programmes• Cultural, economic, legal factors

Governing factorsGoverning factors• Internal factors : Recruiting policy,

HR planning, size of organization, cost involved in recruiting, growth and expansion plans

• External factors :Supply & demand, Political and legal, Company Image

• Objective factor theory• Critical contact theory• Subjective factor theory

CONSTRAINTS OF A MANAGER CONSTRAINTS OF A MANAGER TO RECRUITTO RECRUIT

• The image of the organization• The unattractive job• Internal organizational policies• Union requirements• Government influence

Recruitment policiesRecruitment policies• Organization objective

• Identification of recruitment

• Preferred sources of recruitment

• Criteria of selection and preferences

Factors involved in recruitment Factors involved in recruitment policiespolicies• Letter and spirit of relevant public policy• Employee security• Talent and skills engagement• Fair promotion and transfer policies• To avoid cliques• Opportunities for handicapped and

minority• To encourage strong trade union among

employees

Prerequisites of a good Prerequisites of a good recruitment policiesrecruitment policies• Should conform with its general personal

policies• Should be flexible• Should be designed to ensure long term

employment opportunities• Should match the qualities of employees

with the requirements of work• Should highlight necessity of establishing

job analysis

Recruitment OrganizationRecruitment Organization• Centralized recruitment and its

advantages• Saves admin cost, line officers are

relieved from details involved in hiring, selection of workers is scientific, reduces favoritism

• Recruitment section : Roomy, Clean, Ventilated, Drinking, Clean, Toilet facility

Sources of recruitmentSources of recruitment• Internal sources :

• Merits : Improves employee morale, employer is in a better position to evaluate, promotes loyalty, little training is required, reliability factor, cost effective.

• Demerits : discourages young blood to enter in organization, not advisable in advertising, designing, basic research, if based on seniority, likes and dislikes of management then it’s a problem

• External sources Includes mostly : Young inexperienced people, Unemployed, Retired, women and people from minority.

• Merits : Serves niche’ demand, wide range of aspirants available, best selection can be made without distinction of sex, caste or color, may not need extra training.

• Demerits : Suffers from brain drain especially when experienced people are hunted by sister concerns.

Methods in recruitment :Methods in recruitment :• Direct methods : Sending traveling

recruiters to colleges, job fairs, seminars• Indirect methods : especially senior posts

through newspapers, journals, magazines, radio, national periodicals.

• Third party methods : Recruiting firms, consulting firms, friends and relatives, pvt employment agencies, state or public employment agencies.

Employee referralsEmployee referrals• Trade unions• Casual labor at gates• Unconsolidated applications • Voluntary organizations : Widows,

Handicapped• Computer data bank

The problem of “SON OF The problem of “SON OF SOIL”SOIL”• National commission of labor suggests : • Young person from families should be provided

training opportunities for employment whose land was acquired for setting up industries

• Unskilled Displaced people from vicinity should be given preference

• 25 % reservation for minority groups who have been displaced in Govt. and public sector

Assessment of recruitment Assessment of recruitment programmeprogramme

• Cost per applicant

• Applicant/Hiring ratio

• Tenure

• Performance appraisals

• Ethical practices : Truth in hiring