RECRUITMENT

Ê According to Edwin
B. Flippo,
recruitment is the
process of
searching the
candidates for
employment and
stimulating them to
apply for jobs in
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A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for

employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought
and ends when their applications are submitted. The result is a
pool of applications from which new employees are selected
· It is the process to discover sources of manpower to meet the
requirement of staffing schedule and to employ effective
measures for attracting that manpower in adequate numbers to
facilitate effective selection of an efficient working force.
Recruitment of candidates is the function preceding the selection, which
helps create a pool of prospective employees for the organization so that
the management can select the right candidate for the right job from this
pool. The main objective of the recruitment process is to expedite the
selection process.

Recruitment is a continuous process whereby the firm attempts to develop

a pool of qualified applicants for the future human resources needs even
though specific vacancies do not exist. Usually, the recruitment process
starts when a manger initiates an employee requisition for a specific
vacancy or an anticipated vacancy
RECRUITMENT NEEDS ARE OF THREE TYPES

Ê PLANNED
i.e. the needs arising from changes in organization and
retirement policy.
Ê ANTICIPATED
needs are those movements in personnel, which an
organization can predict by studying trends in internal and
external environment.
Ê UNEXPECTED
Resignation, deaths, accidents, illness give rise to
unexpected needs.
The Purpose and Importance of Recruitment

Ê Attract and encourage more and more candidates to apply in the

organization
Ê Create a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of best
candidates for the organization
Ê Determine present and future requirements of the organization in
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conjunction with its personnel planning and job analysis activities

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recruitment is the process which links the employers with the employees
Ê Increase the pool of job candidates at minimum cost
Ê Help increase the success rate of selection process by decreasing
number of visibly under qualified or overqualified job applicants
Ê Help reduce the probability that job applicants once recruited and
selected will leave the organization only after a short period of
time.
Ê Meet the organizations legal and social obligations regarding the
composition of its workforce .
Ê Begin identifying and preparing potential job applicants who will be
appropriate candidates.
Ê Increase organization and individual effectiveness of various
recruiting techniques and sources for all types of job applicants
Recruitment Process

Ê The recruitment and selection is the

major function of the human resource
department and recruitment process is
the first step towards creating the
competitive strength and the
recruitment strategic advantage for
the organizations. 
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 involves a systematic
procedure from sourcing the
candidates to arranging and conducting
the interviews and requires many
resources and time. A general
recruitment process is as follows:
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Œ £ Posts to be filled
£ Number of persons
£ Duties to be performed
£ Qualifications required
Ê Preparing the job
description and person
specification.
Ê Locating and developing
the sources of required
number and type of
employees (Advertising
etc).
Ê Short-listing and
identifying the prospective
employee with required
characteristics.
Ê Arranging the interviews
with the selected
candidates.
Ê Conducting the interview
and decision making
Sources Of Recruitment

Ê Every organization has the option of choosing the

candidates for its recruitment processes from two kinds of
sources: internal and external sources. The sources within
the organization itself (like transfer of employees from one
department to other, promotions) to fill a position are
known as the internal u
  
uitm t. Recruitment
candidates from all the other sources (like outsourcing
agencies etc.) are known as the external sources of The
recruitment
SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT
Factors Affecting Recruitment

Ê The recruitment function of the organizations is affected

and governed by a mix of various internal and external
forces. The internal forces or factors are the factors that
can be controlled by the organization. And the external
factors are those factors which cannot be controlled by the
organization. The it  
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FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT
COMPONENTS OF THE RECRUITMENT POLICY

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A recruitment policy of an organization should be such that:
ŒIt should focus on recruiting the best potential people.
ŒTo ensure that every applicant and employee is treated equally
with dignity and respect.
ŒUnbiased policy.
ŒTo aid and encourage employees in realizing their full potential.
Transparent, task oriented and merit based selection.
ŒWeight age during selection given to factors that suit
organization needs.
ŒOptimization of manpower at the time of selection process.
ŒDefining the competent authority to approve each selection.
ŒAbides by relevant public policy and legislation on hiring and
employment relationship.
ŒIntegrates employee needs with the organizational needs.
FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT POLICY
Ê Organizational objectives
Ê Personnel policies of the organization and its competitors.
Ê Government policies on reservations.
Ê Preferred sources of recruitment.
Ê Need of the organization.
Ê Recruitment costs and financial implications.
RECENT TRENDS IN RECRUITMENT
Ê OUTSOURCING
In India, the HR processes are
being outsourced from more than
a decade now. A company may
draw required personnel from
outsourcing firms. The
outsourcing firms help the
organization by the initial
screening of the candidates
according to the needs of the
organization and creating a
suitable pool of talent for the
final selection by the
organization. Outsourcing firms
develop their human resource pool
by employing people for them and
make available personnel to
various companies as per their
needs. In turn, the outsourcing
firms or the intermediaries
charge the organizations for
their services

POACHING/RAIDING
rBuying talentµ (rather than developing it) is the latest
mantra being followed by the organizations today.
Poaching means employing a competent and experienced
person already working with another reputed company
in the same or different industry; the organization
might be a competitor in the industry. A company can
attract talent from another firm by offering
attractive pay packages and other terms and
conditions, better than the current employer of the
candidate. But it is seen as an unethical practice and
not openly talked about. Indian software and the retail
sector are the sectors facing the most severe brunt of
poaching today. It has become a challenge for human
resource managers to face and tackle poaching, as it
weakens the competitive strength of the firm.
Ê E-RECRUITMENT
Many big organizations use Internet as a
source of recruitment. E-recruitment is the
use of technology to assist the recruitment
process. They advertise job vacancies
through worldwide web. The job seekers
send their applications or curriculum vitae
i.e. CV through e mail using the Internet.
Alternatively job seekers place their CV s in
worldwide web, which can be drawn by
prospective employees depending upon their
requirements
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
Ê recruitment is the Ê selection involves
process of the series of steps
searching the by which the
candidates for candidates are
employment and screened for
stimulating them to choosing the most
apply for jobs in suitable persons for
the organization . vacant posts.
Ê The basic purpose of Ê The basic purpose of
recruitments is to selection process is to
create a talent pool of choose the right
candidates to enable candidate to fill the
the selection of best various positions in the
candidates for the organization.
organization, by
attracting more and
more employees to
apply in the
organization .
Ê Recruitment is a positive Ê selection is a negative
process i.e. encouraging process as it involves
more and more employees rejection of the unsuitable
to apply candidates
Ê Recruitment is concerned Ê selection is concerned with
with tapping the sources selecting the most suitable
of human resources candidate through various
Ê There is no contract of interviews and tests.
recruitment established in Ê selection results in a
recruitment contract of service
between the employer and
the selected employee.
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ë AMIT SINGH RAUTELA

ë BHASKER SINGH
ë RAJENDRA SINGH
ë SAKSHI GAUR
ë SANDEED VERMA