Recruitment

Course: MBA SEM 2 Subject: Human Resource Management

Unit 2

Recruitment

Hiring involves two activities• Recruitment• Selection

Recruitment involves attracting and obtaining as many applicants as possible from eligible job-seekers.

Recruitment is an on going process.

Factors Governing Recruitment External Factors

• Supply and Demand• Unemployment rate• Labour market• Political-legal• Sons of soil• image

Internal factors• Recruitment policy• HRP• Size of the firm• Cost• Growth and Expansion

Recruitment Process

There are Five Stages:1. Planning

2. Strategy development

3. Searching

4. Screening

5. Evaluation and control

Planning• Number of Contacts• Type of Contacts

Strategy development• Make or buy• Technological sophistication of

recruitment and selection devices• Geographic distribution of labour markets

comprising job seekers

Sources of Recruitment

• Internal Recruitmenta) Present Employees

b) Employee Referrals

c) Former Employees

d) Previous Applicants

Evaluation of internal Recruitment

Advantages• Less Costly than external Recruitment• Have the record of employees

performance• Enhance moral, organizational

commitment and job satisfaction of employees.

Disadvantages• Lack of new talents• Divisions compete same people• Impact of politics

External Recruitment• Professional or Trade Associations• Advertisements• Employment Exchanges• Campus Recruitment• Walk-ins, write-ins and Talk-ins• Consultants• Contractors

• Displaced Persons• Radio and Television• Acquisitions and Mergers• Competitors• E- Recruiting

Evaluation of External Recruitment

Advantages• New skills, new talents and new

experiences• Scope for resentment, heartburn and

jealousy can be avoided• Compliance with reservation policy

becomes easy.

Disadvantages• Better morale and motivation associated

with internal recruiting is denied to the company.

• It is costly• Chances of Creeping in false positive and

false negative errors.• Adjustment of new employee takes time.

Searching

Source Activation Selling

Screening

campus recruitment and agency representatives use interviews and resumes for screening.

Interviews and application blanks may be used to screen walk-ins

Evaluation and Control

Evaluation of Recruitment Process Evaluation of Recruitment methods

Bibliography

http://www.whatishumanresource.com Human Resource and Personnel

Management- K. Aswathappa, Tata McGraw Hill