Recruitment-techniquessources, process

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment is the process of locating and encouraging potential applicants to apply for existing or anticipated job openings.

Is the process of finding & attracting capable applicants for employment.

The result is a pool of applicants from which new employees are selected.

•Is stimulating them to apply for jobs in the org. It makes possible to acquire the no. & types of people necessary to ensure the continued operation of the org.

supply & demand unemployment rate labour mkt. Politico-social factors sons of soil

image of the co.

The process of recruitment is influenced by a variety of environmental factors.

factors governing recruitment

• recruitment policy

•HRP• Size of the firm• cost•Growth & expansion

The Factories Act, The Apprentices Act, The Employment Exchanges Act, The Contract Labour Act,Bonded Labour System Act,The Child Labour(prohibition & regulation) Act ,inter state migrant workmen (regulation of employement & conditions of service) Act

recruitment

HRpolicy

Job vacancies

Job analysis

Employee requisition

Recruitment Planning

-nos.-types

Searching Activation“selling”

--message--media

Strategy Development

--where--how

--when

Applicant population

Applicantpool

Potential hires

Evaluation & control

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RECRUITMENT PROCESS

To selection

Recruitment planning of applicants to be contacted

NumberOrg.s. plan to attract more applicants than they will need

TypesDepends on tasks & responsibilities involved & qualification & experience expected---Available through job description & job specification

Strategy Development• make or buy employees

Thru trg. from within or take less qualifies & train accordingly

Hire professionals / trained people

• technological sophistication --- methods used in recruitment/selection --- use of computers—can scan national / international applicants

• where to look—local mkt/national level/international level

Methods or Sources of Recruitment

internal sources

external sources.

• How to look

Internal

Present employees

Promotions and transfers

Job posting: It is a method of publicizing job

openings on bulletin boards, electronic media

and similar outlets by a company

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Employee referrals: It is a kind of

recommendation from a current employee

regarding a job applicant.

Former employees

Dependents of deceased/disabled employees

retrenched/ retired employee

Casual/ temporary employee

External Sources -professional or trade association -placement agencies these publish trade journals/ magazines -advertisements

-Employee exchange -campus recruitment -walk ins

Want ads—describe the job/ benefit/ employer

Blind ad—no identification of org.s. post box no.

-consultants

-contractors

-displaced persons rehabilitating the displaced people is a social responsibility of business.

-acquisitions & mergers when org.s combine ,they have to handle a pool of employees

-competitors--rival firms can be a source of recruitment Also called poaching/raiding—identifying the rt.

people in co.s. & offering them better terms & luring them away.

-computer data bank

-casual applicants—depending upon the image of the org, candidates hand over applications or just send an e-mail

-trade unions TU leaders being close to mgmt. People come & meet them

-scouting sending representative of the org.s to various sources to stimulate them to apply .Representatives provide information about the co. etc

--e-recruitment.

Methods

means by which org. establishes contact with potential candidates ,provides them necessary information & encourages them to apply for jobs

Sources—locations where prospective employees are available

Methods– ways of establishing links with the prospective employees.

DIRECT METHODS

Scouting

employee contacts,

waiting lists

manned exhibits (sending recruiters to seminars ,conventions, fairs , using mobile offices)

Campus recruitment

INDIRECT METHODS

Newspaper advertisements

television and radio advertisements,

in journals,

magazines,

brochures

Third party methods –agencies used to recruit HR

Private employment search firms

Employment exchanges

Gate hiring and contractors

Unsolicited applicants/walk-ins

Internet recruiting

Friends & relatives of existing staff

Trade unions

Temporary employees

Employee leasing: Hiring permanent employees of another

company who possess certain specialised skills on lease basis to meet short-term requirements

Alternatives to recruiting

Overtime

Outsourcing