2. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
MEANING OF RECRUITMENT
PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT
RECRUITMENT POLICY
3. Meaning Of Recruitment
In human resource management,
“recruitment” is the process of finding and hiring
the best and most qualified candidate for a job
opening, in a timely and cost-effective manner. It
can also be defined as the “process of searching
for prospective employees and stimulating and
encouraging them to apply for jobs in an
organization”.
4. Skilled recruitment efforts will make a
company stand out and be more attractive
to potential employees, a strategy that can
directly impact a company's bottom line.
6. [1] RECRUITMENT PLANNING
The first step involved in the recruitment process is
planning. Here, planning involves to draft a
comprehensive job specification for the vacant
position, outlining its major and minor responsibili-
ties.
[2] Strategy Development:
Once it is known how many with what qualifications
of candidates are required, the next step involved in
this regard is to devise a suitable strategy for
recruiting the candidates in the organisation.
7. [3] Searching:
This step involves attracting job seekers to the
organisation. There are broadly two sources used to attract
candidates.
These are:
1. Internal Sources, and
2. External Sources
These have been just discussed, in detail, under 6.3
Sources of Recruitment.
[4] Screening:
Though some view screening as the starting point of
selection, we have considered it as an integral part of
recruitment. The reason being the selection process starts
only after the applications have been screened and
shortlisted.
8. [5] Evaluation and Control:
Given the considerable cost involved in the recruitment
process, its evaluation and control is, therefore,
imperative.
The costs generally incurred in a recruitment process
include:
(i) Salary of recruiters
(ii) Cost of time spent for preparing job analysis,
advertisement
(iii) Administrative expenses
(iv) Cost of outsourcing or overtime while vacancies
remain unfilled
(v) Cost incurred in recruiting unsuitable candidates
9. RECRUITMENT POLICY
A recruitment policy-construed either as one
specific policy or as the set of policies utilized-
provides a framework for the sequencing,
integration, management and oversight of
recruiting efforts.
For the purposes of developing and evolving
recruitment policies, keeping abreast of latest
innovations or other changes in the field will
strengthen the framework
