RECRUITMENT

RECRUITMENT

Is a process of –

 Searching for Prospective employees &

 Stimulating them to apply for jobs

 RECRUITMENT
PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE
COST MINIMIZATION

HELPS TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS RATE OF

SELECTION PROCESS

MEET LEGAL AND SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS

ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

EVALUATE VARIOUS RECRUITING TECHNIQUES

SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT

 Internal :
 Sources within an organizational pursuit.

 External
 Sources outside organizational pursuits.
INTERNAL SOURCES OF
RECRUITMENT

 Present Permanent Employees

 Present Temporary or Casual Employees

 Retrenched or Retired Employees

 Dependants of Deceased, Disabled,

Retired & Present employees
EXTERNAL SOURCES OF
RECRUITMENT
 Campus Recruitment • Professional
Associations
 Private Employment
• Data banks
Agencies /
Consultants
• Casual Applicants
 Public Employment
• Similar organizations
Exchanges
• Trade Unions
SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT

INTERNAL RECRUITMENT
 Less costly
 Perpetuates old concept
 Already oriented to
of doing things
 Organisations have
 Politics
better knowledge
about candidates  Current work may suffer
 Good performance is  Morale problem
rewarded
EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT

 Fresh blood  May lead to low

 Compliance with morale and
reservation policy motivation
becomes easy  Costly
 Scope for  Adjustment takes
resentment, long time
jealousies and
heartburn are
avoided
 EVALUATION OF RECRUITMENT
PROCESS
NUMBER OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES
RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE
COST
TIME-LAPSED DATA
COMMENTS ON IMAGE PROJECTED
Evaluation of Methods
 Initial enquiries
 Candidates at various stages of R & S
process
 Retained
FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT

External Factors
 Supply and demand
 Unemployment rate Recruitment policy
 Labour market  HRP
 Political and social  Size of the firm
factors  Cost
 Son of the soil  Growth and expansion
 Image
RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES

 Promotions & Transfers :

 Internal candidates are stimulated to work.

 Recommendation of the present employees

 Management contacts the outsiders recommended by present employees

 Scouting :
 Send organization’s representative to various sources of recruitment

 Advertising :
 (AIDA) attract Attention, develop Interest, create Desire, instigate Action
ALTERNATIVES TO RECRUITMENT

 Overtime
 Employee leasing

 Temporary Employment
CREATING EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT ADS

 Write a recruitment ad for a job you may have

held
 Explain where you would place this ad
 To improve its appeal
 To get qualified response
 Re-write the ad to appeal to
1. Older workers
2. Disabled people
 How would you go about finding such candidates?