4. Recruitment
Meaning
In simple terms, recruitment is understood as the
process of searching for & obtaining applications for jobs,
from among whom the right people can be selected.
Definition
“It is the process of finding & 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 applicants from which
new employees are selected.”
5. Definition
“Recruitment acts set of activities and
organization uses to attract job candidates
possessing appropriate characteristics to help
the organization reach its objectives.”
“Recruitment involves seeking & attracting a
pool of people from which qualified candidates
for job vacancies can be chosen.”
6. Recruitment
It is a process of searching the candidates for
employment and stimulating them to apply
for jobs in the organization.
7. Purpose & Importance
1. Determine the present & future requirement of the
organization.
2. Identifying potential job applicants.
3. Increase the pool of job candidates at minimum cost.
4. Help increase the success rate of the selection
process by reducing the number of visibly under
qualified or overqualified job applicants.
5. Help reduce the probability of candidates leaving the
organization.
6. Meet the organization’s legal & social obligation
regarding the composition of its workforce.
7. Increase organizational & individual effectiveness
9. - Identify Vacancy
- Prepare Job description and person specification.
- Advertising the vacancy
- Managing the response
- Short- listing
- Arrange Interviews
- Conducting interview and decision Making
The recruitment process is immediately followed by
the selection process i.e. the final interview and the
decision making, conveying the decision and the
appointment formalities
13. Head hunting refer to the approach of
finding and attracting the best experienced
person with the required skill set.
Headhunting is also a recruitment process
involves convincing the person to join your
organization
14. Indentify the prospective employee
Hold a talk with the candidate
Candidate
interested
Look for some other
candidate
Call for a formal discussion
Job Offer
Look for some other
candidate
Ask the person to join and submit various
necessary Documents
15. Source of
Recruitment
Internal
• Transfer
• Promotion
•Upgrading
•Demotion
• Retirement
•Dependent and
relatives of
deceased
employees
•External
•Recruitment of
factory gate.
• Casual Callers.
• Advertisement
• Employment
Agencies.
• Management
consultants.
• Educational
Institutions.
• Recommendations
• Labor Contractors
• Telecasting
16. Internal Source of Recruitment
- Persons who are already working in an organization
constitute the Internal sources. It includes the existing
employees. The retired employees and the dependent
of the deceased employees.
- The way of internal recruitment is generally through
transfer, promotion and other job changes.
Merits: Demerits:
Economical Limited choice
Suitable Inefficiency
Reliable Bone of contention
Satisfying
17. Promotion & Transfer
- Promotion involves the movement of employees from
a lower level to a higher level with changes in duties,
responsibilities, status & values.
- Transfer, however, involves lateral or horizontal
movement within the same grade from one job to
another. It might lead to changes in duties &
responsibilities & sometimes the working conditions
but the status and salary is not affected
18. Employees Referrals
- It means making use of recommendations from a
current employee regarding a job applicant. The logic is
that they serve as a reliable source.
- Companies offer rich reward to the employees whose
recommendations are accepted.
Example:
Citibank offers RS.50,000 to its employees for the every
vacancy filled up by the bank on the basis if their
referral.
19. External Source of Recruitment
These includes employees working in other
organizations, Job aspirants registered with
employment exchanges, students from reputed
educational institutions, candidates forwarded by
search firms & contractors, candidates responding to
advertisements issued by the organizations, unsolicited
application/walk ins.
Merits Demerits
Wide choice Expensive
Motivational Force Time consuming
Long Term Benefits Uncertainty
20. Campus Recruitment
A preliminary screening is done within the
campus & short listed candidates are then
subjected to the reminder of the selection
process.
22. Employment Exchanges
It is an office setup by the Govt under the
employment Exchange Act.
These are created all over the country for
helping the unemployed youth
23. Private Employment Search Firms
- A search firm is a private employment agency which
maintain a computerized list of qualified applicants &
supplies these to employers willing to hire people
from such a source.
- These agencies charge some fees from both the
applicant and the employer.
Examples: job bank etc.
24. Selection
It is a process of picking individuals
with requisite, qualifications &
competent to fill jobs in the
organization
26. Induction/Orientation
It is the process of receiving and
welcoming an employee when he/she first
joins a company and giving him/her the
basic information he needs to settle down
quickly & happily and start work.