RECRUITMENT AND

SELECTION
 RECRUITMENT ?

 is the process which aims to attract suitably

qualified candidates for a job from which it is
possible to select a competent person
• IT IS THE INDICATATION THAT THE ORGANISATION IS GROWING
ORGANICALLY

• AN INDICATATION THAT ORGANISATION WANTS GROWTH

• AN INDICATATION THAT ORGANISATION WANTS TO INCREASE

PROFITABILITY

• IT GIVES THE IDEA ABOUT THE LONG TERM PROSPECTIVE OF THE

ORGANISATION

• IT ALSO TELLS US ABOUT THE PRESENT SCENERIO OF THE ORG.

 Pre-recruitment activity:
ELEMENT 1
1. Is there a prima facie case for recruitment?
 Is there actually a job to be done or can
elements be distributed, eliminated or
achieved through alternative means, e.g.
contracting out?
 Can the budget handle it?
 Do workload predictions justify recruitment?
 Does the hiring fit in with the business plan?
 ELEMENT 2
 Job analysis:-

It is a process of collecting information about a

job. Its outputs are job descriptions and
person specifications.
 ELEMENT 3
Analysing the labour market

The identified pool of potential employees

from which it is possible to attract candidates
of required calibre for a specific job
 Selection

 A discrimination decision based on ability and

suitability of the candidate. The
discrimination should be based on criteria
which are valid and job-related
 SELECTION--- CRITERION
STAGE 1
 ELEMINATION & REDUCTION

STAGE 2
 SELECTION
1. VALIDITY and RELIABILITY
 STAGE 1
 SCREENING VIA APPLICATION FORMS

SHORT LISTING

 TELEPHONIC INTERVIEW
 STAGE 2
 VALIDITY & RELIABALITY

strength of the relationship between a predictor

of performance and a criterion of
performance, e.g.
 SELECTION TOOLS
 STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
 UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
 ABILITY TESTS
 ASSESMENTE CENTERS( NEW RECRUITS)
 BIO DATA
 PERSONALITY TESTS
 ATTITUDE
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