Friday, November 9, 2012

Recruitment



Recruitment Process:

Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting a qualified person for a job. At the strategic level it may involve the development of an employer brand which includes an 'employee offering'.

The stages of the recruitment process include:

·         Planning
·         Strategic Development
·         Searching
·         Screening
·         Evaluation & Control

Planning:
It involves the translation of likely job vacancies and information about the nature of these jobs into a set of objective or targets, that specify:
1.       The Number
2.       The typed of the applicants to be contacted

Strategic  Development:
Once it is known how many type of recruits are required, serious consideration needs to be given to:
·         Make or Buy Employee
·         Technological sophistication of recruit and selection devices (Methods used in recruitment)
·         Geographic distribution of labor markets comprising job seekers (Where to look for suitable candidates)
·         Sources of recruitment
·         Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
Searching:
It involves two steps:
·         Source Activation:

o   Initiated by issuance of an employee requisition (To verified existence of vacancy by line manager)
o   Applications received should be screened
o   Eligible candidates must be invited and letter of regret must be sent to unsuccessful candidates

·         Selling: by media and print advertisement

Screening:
Purpose of screening is to remove visibly unqualified person from the recruitment process at an early stage, It can save a great deal of time and money

Evaluation & Control:
Questions should always asked as to whether the recruitment methods used are valid and whether the recruitment process itself is effective?
Statistical information on the cost of advertisement , time taken for the process and the suitability of the candidates for consideration in the selection process should be gathered and evaluated.