Recruitment and selection process

Ace p.

Order the writing of a tailor-made Human resources Term papers

Free quote online

Thesis Format .doc

Recruitment and selection process

Download

Read an extract

Reader
Abstract
Contents
Extract

Abstract

Human resources planning means deciding the number and type of the human resources required for each job, unit and the total capacity for a particular future date in order to carry out organizational activities. Human resources planning as "a process by which an organization should move from its current man power position to its desired manpower position. Though planning management strives to have the right number and right kind of people at the right place at the right time, doing things, which result in both the organization and the individual receiving maximum long run benefit.

Once the required number and the kind of human resources are determined, the management has to find places where required human resources are/will be available and also work out strategies for attracting them towards the organization before selecting suitable candidates for jobs. This process is generally known as recruitment. Technically speaking the function recruitment precedes the selection function and it includes only finding, developing the sources of prospective employees and attracting them to apply for jobs in an organization.

Introduction
Personel department
1. The major functions of the HR department
Understanding the recruitment process
1. The objectives of recruitment
2. Merits of centralized recruitment
3. Merits of decentralized recruitment
Sources of recruitment
1. Internal sources
2. External sources
3. Different kinds of external sources
Modern methods of recruitment
Understanding selection process
1. Selection procedure
Various steps in recruitment and selection process
Conclusion

Get this table of contents for free after login.

Extract

[...] All the candidates are brought into one room and are interviewed one by one under group interview. This method helps a busy executive to save valuable time and gives a fair account of the objectivity of the interview to the candidates. Formal and structured interview: In this type of interview, all the formalities, procedures like fixing the value, time, panel of interviewers, opening and closing, intimating the candidates officially etc. are strictly followed in arranging and conducting interview. The course of the interview is preplanned and structured, in advance, depending on job requirements Panel interview: A panel of experts interview each candidate, judges his performance individually and prepares consolidated judgment. [...]

[...] Thus, preliminary interview is useful as a process of eliminating the undesirable and unsuitable candidates. If a candidate satisfies the job requirements regarding most of the areas, he may be selected for further process. Preliminary interviews are short and known as stand up interviews or sizing up of the applicants or screening interviews. However, certain required amount of care is to be taken to ensure that the desirable BUSINESS GAMES: Business games are widely used as a selection technique for selecting management trainees, executive trainees and managerial personnel at junior, middle and top management positions. [...]

[...] Different kinds of External sources are: Campus recruitment: Different types of organizations like industries, business firms, service organizations, social or religious organizations can get fresh candidates for different types of jobs from various educational institutions like collages and universities imparting education in science, commerce, arts, engineering and technology, agriculture, medicine, management studies etc., Private employment agencies/consultants: Public employment agencies or consultants perform recruitment functions on behalf of a client company by charging fees. Line managers are relieved from recruitment functions so that they can concentrate on their operational activities and recruitment functions are entrusted to a private agency or consultants. [...]

[...] UNDERSTANDING SELECTION PROCESS Recruitment function helps the organization to develop a pool of prospective human resources. It is difficult for the HR manager to employ the suitable people out of the pool. Infact, many organizations face critical problems in choosing the people. Selection techniques and methods reduce the complexities in choosing the right candidates for the job. After identifying the sources of human resources, searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in an Organization, the management has to perform the function of selecting the right employees at the right time. [...]

[...] The selection procedure is the system of functions and devices adopted in a given company to ascertain whether the candidate's specifications are matched with the job specifications and requirements or not. The selection process can be successful if the following requirements are satisfied: Someone should have the authority to select. This authority comes from the employment requisition, as developed by an analysis to the workload and work force. There must be some standard of personnel with which a prospective employee may be compared, i.e. [...]

doc