Recruitment and Selection

Recruiting Human Resources

Definition of Recruiting: In HRM ,recruiting consists of any practice or activity carried on by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.

What are Personnel policies? Name some categories of personnel policies relevant to recruitment. An organizations personnel policies are its decisions about how it will carry out human resource management ,including how it will fill job vacancies. Personnel policies relevant to Recruitment: 1-Internal versus External Recruiting. 2-Lead-The-Market pay strategies. 3-Employment at will policies. 4-Image advertising.

What are different recruitment sources. Briefly explain them.

1-Internal sources: Internal sources are employees who are currently holding other positions in the organization. 2-External Sources: Future employees outside the organization. a-Direct Applicants: People who apply for a vacancy without prompting from the organization. b-Referrals: People who apply for a vacancy because someone in the organization prompted them to do so.

c-Advertisements in the Newspapers and Magazines. d-Electronic Recruiting e-Public Employment Agencies f- Private Employment Agencies g-Colleges and Universities

SELECTION
Personnel Selection: The process through which organizations make decisions about who will and who will not be allowed to join the organization.

Draw a diagram to show the steps in selection process.

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Ways to measure the success of a selection method

Important Definitions: Rliabilty: The extent to which the measurement is free from random error. Validity: The extent to which performance on a measure (such as a test score) is related to what the measure is designed to asses (such as job performance).

Generalizable: Valid in other contexts beyond the context in which selection method was deployed. Utility: The extent to which something provides economic value greater than its cost.

What are job application forms give an example.

It is form used to gather data from many job applicants at time , its a low cost way.

Define background check

A background check is a way to verify that applicants as they represent themselves to be.

Name different categories of employment tests and work samples

1-Physical Ability tests. 2-Cognitive Ability test 3-Job performance tests and work samples 4-Personality inventories 5-Honesty tests and drug tests 6-Medical Examination

Name and define different interviewing techniques.

Non directive Interview A selection interview in which the interviewer has great discretion in choosing questions to ask each candidate. Structured interview A Selection interview that consists of a predetermined set of questions for the interviewer to ask.

Define Multiple hurdle model

Process of arriving at a selection decision by eliminating some candidates at each stage of selection process.