Difference Between Recruitment And

Selection


Both recruitment and selection are the two
phases of the employment process. The
differences between the two are:

1. Recruitment is the process of searching
the candidates for employment and
stimulating them to apply for jobs in the
organisation WHEREAS selection 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 recruitments is to create a talent pool of candidates to
enable the selection of best candidates for the organisation, by attracting more
and more employees to apply in the organisation WHEREAS the basic purpose of
selection process is to choose the right candidate to fill the various positions in
the organisation.

3. Recruitment is a positive process i.e. encouraging more and more employees
to apply WHEREAS selection is a negative process as it involves rejection of the
unsuitable candidates.

4. Recruitment is concerned with tapping the sources of human resources
WHEREAS selection is concerned with selecting the most suitable candidate
through various interviews and tests.

5. There is no contract of recruitment established in recruitment WHEREAS
selection results in a contract of service between the employer and the selected
employee.






Planning premises

Premises are the assumptions of the future environment on which plans are to be carried out.
Premises are anticipated environment. It is to forecast sales volume, cost, political and legal
environment, technological change, availability of labor. Premises are important because they
give important informations about future to managers. Establishment of premises is important
step in planning. Premises are the forecast of future expectations about:

a) Demographic trend: - It is related with human population, its distribution, size, composition and
migration.

b) Future economic business condition: - Related to business sycle. Condition of business cycle
such as growth, prosperity, recession and recovery.

c) Forecast about political and legal of the country.

d) Technological change and innovations

e) Resource availability

f) Socio cultural forces




Forecasting is the concerned with future events. It defines the probability of happening
of future events forecasting is done by analyzing the past and present events relevant
to functioning of the enterprise. Forecasting has become a specialist activity where in
several techniques are available for predicting the future. Forecasts are made on the
basis of data collected from with in outside the organization. Data may be obtained
through informal monitoring and formal scanning of the environment.

The quality or forecasts depends on the reliability of information. forecasts may be
made for long term of short term long term forecasts to be less accurate then short
term forecasts. Forecasts can be of several types. Economic forecasts are made to
predict general economic conditions. Sales forecast predicting the sales for particular
enterprise or product are an important part of economic forecasts. Technological
forecasts predict changes in the attitudes and preferences of people.

Planning and Forecasting :Planning and Forecasting are inextricably
intertwined each other. Planning is concerned with future which is highly
uncertain. Therefore planners have to make assumptions about the future
events. In order to make correct assumption predictions of future events is
essential. Forecasting is the primary source of planning premises which
serve as the foundation for building the super structure of planning. The
information generated through forecasting service as an input to planning.
Forecasting is an integral parts of the planning processes to the extent that
is provides the necessary basis of for charting out the future course of
action.
Forecasting is prerequisite to planning. Forecasting indicate the probable
course of future events, plans decide how to prepare for these events.
Without forecasting will be a futile mental exercise and the organization
would be at the mercy of future events. For example , a business enterprise
predicts competitive technological, social and political conditions likely to
prevail over the next five years.
On the basis of these forecasts, it determines objectives, strategies and
policies concerning sales grow with , product range, market coverage,
competitive initiative, profitability, etc. Planning and forecasting both are
concerned with future . However, there is some difference between the two
and difference lies in the scope of the two processes. Planning is more
comprehensive including many elements and sub processes to arrive at
decisions concerning what is to be done, how to be done, and when to be
done. Forecasting involves estimates of future events and provides
parameters to planning. Planning result in the commitment of resources
whereas no such commitment is involved in forecasting .
A large number of persons are involved in the planning processes tough
major decision are at the top level. Forecasting is normally done at middle or
lower level. It may be entrusted to staff specialties whose decisions do
forecasting does not involve decision making but helps in decision making by
providing clues about what is likely to happen future. Fourthly forecasting
involves what the future is likely to be and is likely to behave. Planning. On
the other hand indicates what the future is desired to be and how to make it
a reality.
In fact, forecasting is the essence of planning because the future course of
action is determined in the light of the forecast made.