This document discusses recruitment and selection. Recruitment is defined as attracting job applicants and involves determining an organization's present and future needs, increasing the candidate pool at low cost, and meeting legal obligations. The recruitment process has five stages: planning, strategy development, searching, screening, and evaluation. Selection is differentiating between applicants to identify those most likely to succeed, and involves preliminary interviews, tests, references, employment interviews, decisions, exams, and contracts. Sources of recruitment include current employees, referrals, former employees, applications, ads, walk-ins, consultants, and e-recruiting.

1. RECRUITMENT &
SELECTION

2. RECRUITMENT
Meaning:
In simple terms Recruitment is understood
as a process for searching and obtaining applicants for
jobs, from among the available recruits.
Definition:
“Recruitment involves attracting and obtaining
as many applications as possible from eligible job
seekers”.

3. PURPOSE & IMPORTANCE
 Determine the present and future of the firm.
 Increase the pool of candidates at minimum cost.
Helps in reducing the no. of visibly under qualified or
overqualified job applicants.
 Meets the Org legal and social obligations regarding
the composition of its workforce.
Increase Org and individual effectiveness in the
short term and long term.

4. Evaluate the effectiveness of various recruiting techniques
and sources for all types of job applicants.
 Attract highly qualified and competent people.
 Ensure that the selected candidates stay longer with the
company.
Match between cost and benefit.

5. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
They consists of five stages:
I. Planning.
II. Strategy Development.
- Make or Buy
-Technological Sophistication
-Geographic Distribution
- Sources of Recruitment
III. Searching.
IV. Screening.
V. Evaluation.

6. Sources of Recruitment
RECRUITMENT
Present Employee
Employee Referrals
Former Employees
Previous Applications
Ad
Employee
Exchange
Campus
Recruitment
Walk Ins
Consultants &
Contracts
E-Recruiting
M& A
Professional or Trade
ASS
I N T E R N A L
E X T E R N A L

7. SELECTION
Definition:
“Selection is the process of differentiating between
applicants in order to identify and hire those with a greater
likelihood of success in a job”.

8. SELECTION PROCESS
Preliminary
Interview
Selection Test
Reference
Employment
Interview
Selection Decision Physical Exam
Evaluation
Job Offer
Employment
Contract

9. -SRINATH RAMAKRISHNAN