RECRUITMENT

Job of RECRUITER

Meaning

• Recruitment is the process of searching prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for job in the organization.• When more persons apply for jobs

then there will be scope of recruiting better persons.• It is the second step after Manpower

Planning.• It prompts people to offer for selection

in an organization.

Definition

• “ Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating and encouraging them to apply for jobs in the organization”

-Flippo

Features• It is a process rather than a single act or event.• Linking activity as it brings together the employer

and the prospective employees.• Positive activity to seek out eligible persons from

which suitable ones are selected.• It involves locating the sources of people required

to meet job requirements.• It involves ability to match jobs to suitable

candidates.• A two way process between recruiter and

recruited.• A complex job that involves lots of factors.

Types of Recruitment Needs..

• Planned: Arises from changes in organization and retirement policy. • Unexpected: Arises during resignations, deaths,

accidents and illness. • Anticipated: Refers to those movements in

personnel which an organization can predict by studying trends in the internal and external environments

Process

1. Identify Vacancies2. Prepare Job Description and Job

Specification3. Choosing a Source4. Managing the response5. Short listing6. Arrange Interviews7. Conducting Interviews and Decision

Making

Factors affecting Recruitment

Elements of Recruitment process• Recruitment Policy• Recruitment style• Developing sources of recruitment• Methods of recruiting

Recruitment Policy

• Recruitment Policy specifies the objectives of recruitment and provides a framework for the implementation of recruitment program.

• It may cover several issues such as extent of promotion from within, recruiting old employees, minority groups friends and relatives of present employees.

Pre-requisites of a good policy• It should be in conformity with general

personnel policies.• Provide employees with job security and

continuous employment• Integrate organizational needs and employee

needs.• It should match qualities of employess with

the requirements of work.• It should provide suitable jobs for

handicapped, women and minority groups.

Recruitment Style• Recruitment Policies differ from organization

to organization. There can be:-

CENTRALISED RECRUITMENT

DECENTRALISED RECRUITMENT

Sources of Recruitment

Methods of Recruitment

• Direct Methods:- In this employee contacts, manned exhibits and waiting lists are used.

• Indirect Methods:- It includes advertisement in newspapers, journals on radio and television are used to publicize vacancies.

• Third Party Methods:- When agencies are used to recruit personnel e.g. Consulting Agencies, Employment Exchanges.

Challenges in Recruitment• Image of the Organization• Unattractive Job• Internal Policies of the Organization• Budgetary Support• Government Interference

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