Staffing as a part of Human Resource Management

Staffing is closely related to organizing. After deciding the structure and positions, staffing is
done. To achieve the goal of the organization, the staff is trained and developed. Staffing is
basically a management function as performance depends on the human component of the
organization.
Human resource management includes various activities and duties like- Recruitment, Job
analysis, compensation, training, and development, maintain labor relations, handling grievance
and so on. Staffing has become the major part of human resource management.
Staffing Process
Staffing process is the prime function of the management process. It deals with the timely
fulfillment of the manpower requirements of the organization.
1 Estimating manpower requirement
Various job positions are created before hiring the staff. Each job position requires to estimate
the set of skills like education qualification, experience etc to estimate manpower requirement.
Workforce analysis is done to estimate manpower requirement. Workforce analysis includes the
number and type of requirement.
2 Recruitment
It is the process of searching for a prospective candidate and stimulate them to apply for the job.
it is done to create a pool of respective potential candidate. It is done through the internal and
external source of recruitment.
3 Selection
At the time of recruitment, prospective job candidates are chosen for the job position. Selection
is done to ensure that the organization chose the best talent. It enhances the self-esteem of the
candidate.
4 Placement and Orientation
After the selection, placement is done where the employee occupies the job position. After
joining the firm, the staff is given the brief introduction about the company and introduced to the
co-workers. It is an orientation process which familiarises the candidate with the job position and
company.
5 Training and Development
Firm either have their in-house training centers or has forged alliances with training institutions
for training and development of the employees.
6 Performance Appraisal
The organization has some predetermined standard on the basis of which employees are
evaluated on current or past performance. So performance appraisal includes defining the job,
appraising the performance and providing the feedback.
7 Promotion and Career Planning
Promotion is an important part of people’s career. Firm addresses the career-related issues to
promote the employees. Promotion includes more pay, responsibility and job satisfaction.
8 Compensation
Compensation refers to all for of payments to the employee including pay and rewards. It also
includes incentives, bonus, commission and indirect payments.