1. Recruitment

2. Definition
Recruitment
Recruitment is the process of generating a
pool of capable people to apply for
employment to an organization.
Recruitment is the process of locating and
encouraging potential applicants to apply
for existing or anticipated job openings

3. Steps in Recruitment and Selection Process
The recruitment and selection process is a series of hurdles aimed at selecting the best candidate for the job.

4. Factors affecting recruitment
Certain influences, however, restrain a firm while
choosing a recruiting source such as:
Poor image
Unattractive job
Conservative internal policies
Limited budgetary support
Restrictive policies of government

5. Recruitment strategy and organisational strategy
• Sustainable growth – centralized recruitment
• Expansion – Decentralized

6. Sources of Recruitment
:Internal sources and External sources.
Advantages
- Fore knowledge of
candidates’ strengths and
weaknesses
-Save substantial cost
- Candidates have a stronger
commitment to the
company
-Increases employee morale
-Less training and
orientation required
Disadvantages
-Internal recruitment creates
rippling effect
-Failed applicants and some
other employees become
discontented
-Time wasted interviewing
inside candidates who will
not be considered
-Inbreeding strengthens
tendency to maintain the
status quo

7. External
Advantages
• Selection from a large pool
of Candidates
• People propose new and
innovative ways of working.
• It helps in motivating
internal employees to work
hard and compete with
external candidates
Disadvantages
• Expensive
• Long and time consuming
• Existing employees may be
demotivated
• There is no guarantee that
the organisation, will be
able to hire suitable
candidates

8. Internal sources
Rehiring Former Employees
Promotions and transfers
Job posting
Employee referrals

9. External methods
Internet recruiting
Newspaper advertisements
Television and radio advertisements
Private employment search firms
Employment exchanges
Gate hiring and contractors
Unsolicited applicants/walk-ins
Campus recruitment
Nepotism : family members

10. Recruiting via the Internet
– Advantages
• Cost-effective way to publicize job openings
• More applicants attracted over a longer period
• Immediate applicant responses
• Online prescreening of applicants
• Automation of applicant tracking and evaluation
– Disadvantages
• Exclusion of older and minority workers
• Excessive number of unqualified applicants
• Personal information privacy concerns of applicants

11. Alternatives to recruiting
• Overtime:
• Subcontracting:
• Temporary employees:
• Employee leasing:
• Outsourcing:

12. Recruitment Policies And
Procedures
• A recruitment procedure will lay down a clear
path to be followed by the HR department
while hiring people. Of course, the procedures
have to be framed in a flexible manner so as
to permit the HR department to respond to
the requests made by various departments
and by potential candidates quickly.