Recruitment& selection

Ibrahim Naveen /IPHRM 5001/Dip. HRM 1st Batch/IIPD

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RECRUITMENT AND

SELECTION


CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION • RECRUITMENT• IMPORTANCE AND PURPOSE OF

RECRUITMENT • FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT • RECRUIMENT PROCESS • SELECTION • IMPORTANCE OF SELECTION• THE PROCESS OF SELECTION • CONCLUSION


INTRODUCTION

The human resource function plays a very important role in organizations. In today’s highly complex and competitive situation, choice of right person at the right place at the right time.

Employers are always looking for the right staff to fill the job vacancies that they have on offer. Finding the right staff means that recruitment and selection processes are a key factor in the success of any business.


RECRUITMENT

The word ‘recruitment’ has many meaning and

plays an important role. To understand

recruitment in simple terms it is the process of

attracting individuals on a timely basis, in

sufficient numbers, and with appropriate

qualifications, and encouraging them to apply

for jobs with an organization.


Cont… Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of seeking and attracting a pool of people from which qualified candidates for job vacancies can be chosen. (Leslie W. Rue,. and Lloyd L. Byars,),

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organizations. (Edwin B. Flippo).


IMPORTANCE AND PURPOSE OF RECRUITMENT

One of the most important aspects of the recruitment and selection process is to have a clear framework for short listing candidates for a vacancy.

This means that an employer should have some idea of what they want to see on a person’s resume or CV and what kind of experience they expect a potential employee to have had.


Cont… Importance and Purpose of Recruitment

Recruiting someone into your business,

regardless of the role, is an important

investment. The aim of your recruitment process

should be to select the best applicant for the role.

The general purposes of recruitment are:

01. Attract and encourage more and more

candidates to apply in the organization.



02. Recruitment is the process which links the employers with the employees.

03. Determine the present and future requirement of the organization in conjunction with its personnel planning and job analysis activities;

04. Increase the job pool of job candidates at minimum cost;

05. Create a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of best candidates for the organization.



06. Help increase the success rate of selection process by decreasing number of visibly under qualified or overqualified job applicants.

07. Help reduce the probability that job applicants, once recruited selected, will leave the organization only after a short period of time;

08. Meet the organizations legal and social obligation regarding the composition of its workforce;



09. Being identifying and preparing potential job applicants who will be appropriate candidates;

10. Increase organization individual effectiveness in the short term and long term;

11. Evaluate the effectiveness of various recruiting technique and sources for all types of job applicants.


FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT

The recruitment function of the organization is affected and governed by a mix of various internal and external forces.

INTERNAL FACTORS

The internal forces or factors are the factors that can be controlled by the organization.

EXTERNAL FACTORS

And the external factors are those factors which cannot be controlled by the organization.


RECRUIMENT PROCESS

As stated earlier, recruitment is the process of location, identifying, and attracting capable applications for jobs available in an organization.


Cont… Recruitment Process

Accordingly, the recruitment process comprises

the following five steps:

Recruitment planning;

Strategy Development;

Searching;

Screening;

Evaluation and Control. Ibrahim Naveen /IPHRM 5001/Dip. HRM 1st Batch/IIPD

SELECTION

Selection is the process of picking individuals (out of the

pool of job applicants) with requisite qualifications and

competence to fill jobs in the organization.

A formal definition of Selection is:- “ It is the process of

differentiating between applicants in order to identify (and

here) those with a greater likelihood of success in a job.’’


IMPORTANCE OF SELECTION

Selecting the right employees is important for three main reasons: performance, costs and legal obligations.

Performance:

Cost:

Legal Obligations:


THE PROCESS OF SELECTION

Selection is usually a series of hurdles or steps. Each one must be successfully cleared before the applicant proceeds to the next.

01. Screening Applicants

02. Arranging the Interview

03. The Interview

04. Selection Tests

05. Hiring Decision


Cont… The Process of Selection

06. Reference Checks

07. Criminal Background Checks

08. Medical or Drug Screening

09. Disqualification of Applicants

10. Post Interview


CONCLUSION • Recruitment is said to be positive in its approach as it seeks to

attract as many candidates as possible.

• Selection, on the other hand, is negative in its application in as

it seeks to eliminate as many unqualified applicants as possible

in order to identify the right candidates.

• Recruiting people with the right skills and qualities is essential

for any organization if it is to maintain and improve its efficiency.

• Careful analysis of the job to be done, and of the competencies

required to do it, is necessary if the right people are to be fitted

into the right job.



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