Recruitment And Selection

RECRUITMENT

Meaning

Searching for and inspiring prospective employees. It is the process of locating and encouraging potential applicants to apply for existing or anticipated job openings.

Definition

Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation.Edwin B.Flippo

Sources Of Recruitment

Internal Sources (recruitment from within the enterprise) ; and External Sources (recruitment from outside)

Internal Sources

Transfer Promotion Retrenched employees

Transfers

It involves movement or shifting of an employee from one job to another in the same level of organisational hierarchy. Transfer does not involve any drastic change in the responsibilities, pay and status of the employee. Transfers or job rotations are also used for training employees in learning different jobs.

Types of Transfers

Production transfer Replacement transfer Rotation transfer Shift transfer Remedial transfer Penal transfer

Reasons for transfer

Employee-initiated transfer Company initiated transfer Public initiated transfer

Promotions

It means shifting an employee to a higher position. Promotion is an advancement of an employee to a better job-better in terms of greater responsibility, more prestige or status, greater skill and especially increased rate of pay or salary.

Types

Vertical promotion Up gradation Dry promotion

Retrenchment

It is the permanent termination of an employees services due to economic reasons such as surplus staff, poor demand for products, general economic slowdown etc. Termination of services on disciplinary grounds, illness, retirement, winding up of a business does not constitute retrenchment.

Internal Sources

Merits Economical Suitable Reliable satisfying

Demerits Limited choice Lack of talented from outside In efficiency Bone of contention

External Sources

Recruitment at factory gate Casual callers Advertisement Employment agencies Management consultants Educational institutions

Continued

Recommendations Labour contractors telecasting

External Sources

Merits Wide choice Injection of fresh blood Motivational force Long term benefits

Demerits Expensive Time consuming Demotivating uncertainty

Modern sources and techniques of Recruitment

Walk-In Consult-In Head-hunting- the companies request the professional

organisations to search for the best candidates. Also called search consultants Body shopping- professional organisations and the hi-tech training institutes develop a pool of human resources for the possible employment

Business Alliances- acquisition, mergers and takeovers E-Recruitment

Recruiting sites

Career Builder: http://www.careerbuilder.com Employment Guide: http://www.employmentguide.com Monster.com: http://www.monster.com Net-Temps: http://www.nettemps.com Naukari: http://www.naukari.com

SELECTION

Selection is the process of picking individuals who have relevant qualifications to fill jobs in an organisation. Choosing the most appropriate candidates and offer them jobs.

Selection procedure
Preliminary Interview Receiving Applications Screening of Applications Employment Tests Interview R E J E C T I O N (if found unsuitable)

Reference Checking
Medical Examination

FINAL SELECTION

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Preliminary Interview Receiving Applications Screening of Applications Employment Tests- Intelligence tests, Aptitude tests, Trade or proficiency tests, Interest tests, Personality tests.

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Employment Interview Checking references Medical Examination Final Selection and Appointment letter -Induction

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