2. • Recruitment is the process of finding and hiring candidates for a specific
job role. The recruitment definition includes the entire hiring process,
from the first stage to the recruit's integration into the business.
• Recruitment is a positive process of searching for employees and
stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organization. There will be
opportunity to hire better candidates when more people apply for
employment.
• Recruitment brings people with employment and people looking for jobs
together. The better recruitment process leads to higher productivity,
better wages, high morale and reduction in labor turnover. Due to
recruitment people apply for jobs, hence this is a positive process.
3. Recruitment Definition
• Edwin Flippo - Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective
employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization.
• DeCenzo and Robbins - It is the process to discover potential candidates for
future actual or anticipated job vacancies. Another perspective is that it is a
linking activity which brings together organizations those with jobs to fill
and people those are seeking jobs.
• Plumbley - It is a process to match the capacities of candidates with the
demands of the organization. The inclination of qualified candidates should
also match with the rewards and benefits the organizations are willing to
provide in the job.
• Kempner - Recruitment is identified as a first step of the process which
persists with selection and ends with the joining of the suitable candidate in
the organization.
9. Importance of Recruitment
• The process is important to encourage and attract candidates and get
ample amount of application for the job vacancies.
• It is an effective way to create information pool about the prospective
candidates who are suitable for the talent needs of the organization.
• It is very important step of planning and analysis about the present and
future manpower requirement of the organization.
• It bridges the gap between employers and their future employee.
• It is a less expensive way of gathering information about the talented
manpower in the industry.
• It helps to improve the selection process by proper sorting of suitable
candidate for the job.
• It determines the appropriate candidates through the different channels
of recruitment.
• It helps the organization to create different sources of attracting the right
candidate for the job profile.
11. • Selection is the process of putting right men on the right job. It is a
procedure of matching organizational requirements with the skills and
qualifications of people. Effective selection can be done only when there is
effective matching. By selecting best candidate for the required job, the
organization will get quality performance of employees.
• Moreover, organization will face less of absenteeism and employee
turnover problems. By selecting right candidate for the required job,
organization will also save time and money. Proper screening of
candidates takes place during selection procedure. All the potential
candidates who apply for the given job are tested.
12. Selection Definition
According to Dale Yoder, “hiring (selection) process is one or many ‘go’ on
no-‘go’ gangs. Candidates are screened by the application of these gangs.
Qualified applicants go on to the next hurdle, while in qualified are
eliminated”
According to Thomas H. Stone, “selection is the process of differentiate
between applicants in order to identify (and hire) those with a greater
likelihood of success in a job”.
According to Thomas H. Stone, ” Selection is the process of differentiating
between applicants in order to identify (and hire) those with a greater
likelihood of success in a job.”
15. Importance of Selection
• Good Talent
Proper selection system enables the organization to appoint talented
persons for various activities and thereby leading to improved productivity
and profitability of the organization.
• Better Efficiency
Selection of right person to the right job is sure to produce better quality
of work and may facilitate faster achievement of objectives. This will help
in greater measure to tone up the overall efficiency of organization.
• Reduced Cost of Training and Development
Better selection of candidates definitely reduces the cost of training
because qualified personnel have better grasping power. If they select
suitable candidates for suitable job, they can easily understand the
techniques of the work better in quick time. Besides, the organization can
develop different training programmes for different persons on the basis
of their individual differences, thus reducing the time and cost of training
considerably.
16. Importance of Selection
• Reduced Turnover
Proper selection of candidates contributes to low labour turnover. This will
inturn help the organization to minimize recruitment cost.
• Job Motivation
If the right person is selected for the right job, it tends to motivate the
person to work more effectively and efficiently. They feel that their skills
are properly used and they tend to contribute more attention to the job.
• Other Benefits
Proper selection of candidates reduces absenteeism. They would pay
better attention to their jobs and take safety precautions on their own
accord would minimize the occurrence of work place accidents.