1. POL 202
UNIT: V
TOPIC
RECRUITMENT
Learning Outcome
Students will be able
1. to know the meaning of recruitment
2. to assess the process of recruitment
3. to understand the problems in the recruitment process
DR. MINARUL
2. RECRUITMENT
• ….efficiency of government machinery and the
quality of services rendered by the government
depends on the soundness of recruitment
• “Unless recruitment policy is soundly conceived,
there can be little hope for building a first rate staff.”
– Glenn Sthal
Meaning
• …finding people to join an organization
3. RECRUITMENT
• ….there have been different systems of recruitment
before the practice of Merit System
1. Spoils System - USA
2. Patronage System - UK
3. System of Sale of Offices- France
Merit System
• ….based on objective criteria of merit
• ….in the ancient times, China was first country to
adopt this Merit criteria
4. RECRUITMENT
Merit System
• ….the system of recruitment through competitive
examinations started in China in the second century
B.C
• ….in the modern times, Prussia was the first to
develop a scientific recruitment system based on
open competitive examinations in the 18th century
• ……India adopted merit principle in 1853
• ….Britain adopted merit system in 1857
• ….. …….in the USA, merit principle was
introduced by the Pendleton Act of 1883
5. PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT
• ….Recruitment refers to the process of attracting,
screening, and selecting qualified people for a job
• ….it consists of a number of steps in the following order
1. Job Requisition: communicating the personnel
requirement
2. Determination of Qualifications: Educational, Technical,
and Personal
3. Designing Application Forms
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6. PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT
4. Advertisement/Announcement of Vacancy: through
various media
5. Scrutiny of Applications
6. Conduct of Examination: Written/Oral
7. Certification: Submission of the list of eligible
candidates by the recruiting agency for the consideration of
the appointing authority; last function of the PSC/UPSC
8. Selection: Choosing from the eligible candidates by the
government
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7. PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT
9. Appointment: issuing of formal letter of appointment
to the concerned candidates
10. Probation: entry of the selected and appointed
candidates into the service on temporary basis, leading to
confirmation if found satisfactory
11. Placement: posting
12. Orientation: induction into the service through a
training course, acquaintance with the organizational
environment
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8. METHODS OF RECRUITMENT
1. Direct Recruitment: Recruiting directly from the from
the market based on open competitive exam; known as
recruitment from without; recruitment in the real sense of
the term
2. Indirect Recruitment: Recruiting the experienced
candidates who are already in service; known as
recruitment from within; actually a promotion
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9. PROBLEMS IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
1. Rigidity in determination of Qualifications: fixing cut off
marks, academic degrees
2. Poorly designed application forms: failing to fetch
necessary information
3. Insufficiency in Advertisement/Announcement of
Vacancy: Lack of wide circulation of information
4. Drawbacks of Descriptive types of questions in Written
examination: Checking of the answer sheets, examiner’s
bias, time-consuming
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10. PROBLEMS IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
5. Drawbacks of MCQ types of questions in Written
examination: : Depth of knowledge may not be measured
6. Drawbacks of oral examination: Interviewer’s bias, lack
of confidence of the candidates from backward classes,
language problems
7. Delay in publication of results
8. Delay in final selection
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11. PROBLEMS IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
9. Delay in issuing appointment letter
10. Personal biases
11. Political interference
12. Bribery
13. Nepotism
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12. PROBLEMS IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
14. Mismatch between job requirements and candidates’
qualification
15. Lack of integrity amongst the human resources
available
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