RECRUITMENT

Meaning of Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating and encouraging the to apply for the job

Definition

According to Edwin Flippo 'Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating and encouraging them to apply for job in the organisation.'

According to Glueck F.William Recruitment is set of the activities that seeks and attract the job applicants with the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and motivations of set shortages identified in HRP.

According to Mathis and Jackson Recruitment is the process of generating the pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs.

Features of Recruitment:

- To locate the sources of people required to meet job requirements.

- Ability to match jobs to suitable candidates

- .A two way process between recruiter and recruited.

-  It is a process rather than a single act or event.

- Linking activity as it brings together the employer and the prospective employees.

- A complex job that involves lots of factors like image of the company, nature of jobs offered, organizational policies, working conditions etc.

Objective of Recruitment 

- Anticipate and find people for positions

- To develop an organizational culture that attracts competent people to the company

- To attract people with multi-dimensional skills and experiences that suit the present and future organizational strategies

- Search talent globally

- To search or heat hunt/ head pouch people whose skills fit the company's values

Recruitment process:

1) Requisitions contains the details about the positions to be filled, no. of persons to be recruited, etc.

2) Developing and location of sources, i.e both internal and external.

3) Communicating the information of the organization to acquire prospective employees.

4) Encouraging the identified candidates to apply for the job.

5) Analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of recruitment process by candidate progression.

                                                       OR

1. Recruitment Planning

2. Strategy Development

3. Searching

4. Screening

5. Evaluation & Control

SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT

The searching of suitable candidates and informing them about the openings in the enterprise is the most important aspect oo recruitment process.

There are several sources of recruitment and broadly classified into:

There are two sources of recruitment 

- Internal Sources

- External Sources  

Internal sources :- It is process of identifying and attracting job applicant inside the organisation it is know as internal recruitment.

- Transfer

- Promotion

- Lay-off 

Advantages of internal  Recruitment

- Better selection 

- Increases employee morale

- Adaptability

- Organizations have better knowledge about the internal candidates.

- Good performance is rewarded. 

Disadvantages of internal Recruitment

- Limited choice

- Failed applicants become discontented

- Time wasted interviewing inside candidates who will not be considered

External Recruitment :- It is the process of identifying and attracting job applicant from outside the organization.

• External recruitment process:

1. Recruitment planning.

2. Strategy development.

3. Searching.

External sources 

Campus recruitment

Employment exchange

- Advertisement

Direct recruitment

Web publishing, etc

- Casual Callers

- Educational institutions

Advantage of External Recruitment 

- Cheaper and faster than training

- Professionals

- Fairness

- Environmental adaptability

- Outside people bring in new ideas

- Larger pool of workers from which to find best candidate

Disadvantage of External Recruitment 

-  Longer process

- More expensive process due to advertisements and interviews required

- High cost

- Adaptability problems

- Wrong selection

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTERNAL SOURCES AND EXTERNAL SOURCES