Recruitment and Selection BLOG-2

Recruitment and

Selection

Recruitment is the process of finding and engaging the people the organization needs. Selection is that part of the recruitment process concerned with deciding which applicants or candidates should be appointed to jobs.

The number and categories of people required may be set out in formal human resource or

Work force plans from which are derived detailed recruitment plans more typically, requirements

are expressed in the form of ad hoc demands for people because of the creation of new

posts, expansion into new activities or areas, or the need for a replacement. These short-term

demands may put HR under pressure to deliver candidates quickly.

The recruitment and  selection process

The stages of recruitment and selection are:

1 Defining requirements.

2 Attracting candidates.

3 Sifting applications.

4 Interviewing.

5 Testing.

6 Assessing candidates.

7 Obtaining references.

8 Checking applications.

9 Offering employment.

10 Following up.

1 Defining requirements.

The goal of a requirements process is to define a system or capability that ties the needs of the users and other stakeholders to the system to be built so that it satisfies the needs within a specified schedule and cost, and possesses the required performance characteristics—including characteristics like information.

Further  to business dictionary.com  this process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate (from within or outside of an organization) for a job opening, in a timely and cost effective manner. The recruitment process includes analyzing the requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job, screening and selecting applicants, hiring, and integrating the new employee to the organization.

 The number and categories of people required may be set out in formal workforce plans from which are derived detailed recruitment plans. More typically, the information required to post vacancies on the company’s website or the internet, draft advertisements, brief agencies or recruitment consultants and assess candidates by means of interviews and selection tests.( Armstrong, 2014)

Armstrong, 2014. Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. London: Koganpage.

Dessler, G (2005) Human Resource Management, Pearson, 13th ed., USA

Dubravskaa, M. & Emilia Solankova, 2015. Recent Trends in Human Resources Management in Selected. [Online] [Accessed 17th May 2018].

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