R E C R U I T M E N T

&

S E L E C T I O N

FACULTY OF LAW

Bhavik ModiRoll No.22

DEFINITION AND MEANING OF RECRUITMENT

According to Edwin B. Flippo,“ Recruitment is the process of

searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them

to apply for jobs in the organization ”

Meaning:

Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job

seekers.

A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for

employment

A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for

employment. The process begins when new recruits are

sought and ends when their applications are submitted. The

result is a pool of applications from which new employees are

selected.

It is the process to discover sources of manpower to meet the

requirement of staffing and to employ effective measures for

attracting that manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate

effective selection of an efficient working force.

RECRUITMENT NEEDS ARE OF THREE TYPES

PLANNEDThe needs arising from changes in organization and retirement policy.

ANTICIPATEDAnticipated needs are those movements in personnel, which an organization

can predict by studying trends in internal and external environment.

UNEXPECTEDResignation, deaths, accidents, illness give rise to unexpected needs.

• Attract and encourage more and more candidates to apply in

the organisation.

• Create a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of

best candidates for the organisation.

• Recruitment is the process which links the employers with

the employees.

• Increase the pool of job candidates at minimum cost.

• Help increase the success rate of selection process.

IMPORTANCE OF RECRUITMENT

RECRUITMENT PROCESS1. Identify vacancy

2. Prepare job description and

person specification

3. Advertising the vacancy

4. Managing the response

5. Short-listing

6. Arrange interviews

7. Conducting interview and

decision making

• TRANSFER

• PROMOTION

• RETRENCHED EMPLOYEE

• RETIRED EMPLOYEE

INTERNAL

EXTERNAL

SOURCES OF

RECRUITMENT

•Walk-ins

•Employee referrals

•Advertising

•Educational associations

•Professional agencies

•E-recruitment (general recruitment

agents/ companies’ own sites)

•Word-of-mouth

External Sources

FACTORS AFFECTING

RECRUITMENT

TRENDS ARE BEING SEEN IN RECRUITMENT

• Outsourcing

• Poaching

• E-Recruitment

“E-RECRUITMENT”

The buzzword and the latest trends in recruitment is the “E-

Recruitment”. Also known as “Online recruitment”, it is the use

of technology or the web based tools to assist the recruitment

process. The tool can be either a job website like naukri.com, the

organisation’s corporate web site or its own intranet.

The internet penetration in India is increasing and has

tremendous potential. According to a study by NASSCOM –

“Jobs is among the top reasons why new users will come on to

the internet, besides e-mail.” There are more than 18 million

resume’s floating online across the world.

THE TWO KINDS OF E-

RECRUITMENT THAT AN

ORGANISATION CAN USE IS –

Job portals – posting the position with the job description and the job

specification on the job portal and also searching for the suitable

resumes posted on the site corresponding to the opening in the

organisation.

Creating a complete online recruitment/application section in the

companies own website. - Companies have added an application

system to its website, where the ‘passive’ job seekers can submit

their resumes into the database of the organisation for consideration

in future, as and when the roles become available.

SELECTION• According to Thomas stone “Selection is the process of

differentiating between applicants in order to identify and hire

those with a greater likelihood of success on the jobs.

• In simple words……

• It is the functions performed by the management of selecting the

right employees .After identifying the sources of human

resources, searching for prospective employees and stimulating

them to apply for jobs in an organization .

• The objective of the selection decision is to choose the individual

who can most successfully perform the job from the pool of

qualified candidates.

SELECTION PROCESS FLOWCHARTJob analysis

Recruitment

Application form

Written examination

Group Discussion

interview

Medical examination

Reference checks

Line managers decision

DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN RECRUITMENT AND

SELECTION

Recruitment

1. It the process of searching the

candidates for employment and

stimulating them to apply for

jobs in the organization.

2. The basic purpose of

recruitments is to create a

talent pool of candidates to

enable the selection of best

candidates for the organization,

by attracting more and more

employees to apply in the

organization.

Selection

1. It Involves the series of steps by

which the candidates are

screened for choosing the most

suitable persons for vacant

posts.

2. The basic purpose of selection

process is to choose the right

candidate to fill the various

positions in the organization.

• 3. Recruitment is a positive

process i.e. encouraging

more and more employees

to apply

• 4.Recruitment is

concerned with tapping

the sources of human

resources.

• 5 .There is no contract of

recruitment established in

recruitment

3.Selection is a negative

process as it involves rejection

of the unsuitable candidates.

4 .Selection is concerned with

selecting the most suitable

candidate through various

interviews and tests.

5. Selection results in a

contract of service between

the employer and the selected

employee.

IMPORTANCE OF RECRUITMENT

AND SELECTION

Helps to get a proper candidate.

Help to increase success rate or individual & organization.

Help to reduce the probability of turnover

Helps to get organizations legal and social obligations.

Helps to increase organization and individual

effectiveness.

THANK

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