CONCEPT – RECRUITMENT & SELECTION

RECRUITMENT–Placing the RIGHT PERSON in RIGHT PLACE at RIGHT TIME.

Recruitment is 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.

Recruitment is an important part of an organization’s human resource planning and

their competitive strength. HRP helps determine the number and type of people an
organization needs. Job Analysis and Job Design specify the tasks and duties of jobs and
the qualifications expected from prospective jobholders.

Human Determine Job

Resource Recruitment and Analysis
Planning Selection needs

HR Planning is the process (including Job analysis may be understood as a

forecasting, developing and process of studying and collecting
controlling)by which a firm ensures that information relating to the operations
it has the right number of people and and responsibilities of a specific job. The
the right kind of people at the right time immediate products of this analysis are
doing work for which they are job descriptions and job specification.
economically most useful.

Job Description:Job descripti

on is a simple, concisely written statement explaining the contents and essential

needs of a job and a summary of the duties to be performed. It gives a precise
picture of features of each job in terms of task contents and occupational
requirements.

Job Specification: Job specification is a statement of the minimum acceptable

human qualities necessary to perform a job satisfactorily. It translate the job
description into terms of the human qualifications which are required for a
successful performance of a job.

FEATURES

 Recruitment is a process or a series of activities rather than a single act or

event.

 Recruitment is a linking activity as it brings together those with jobs

(Recruiter) and those seeking jobs (prospective employees).

 Recruitment is a positive function as it seeks to develop a pool of eligible

persons from which most suitable ones can be selected.

 Recruitment is an important function as it makes it possible to acquire the

number and type of persons necessary for continued function of the
organization.

 Recruitment is a pervasive function.

 Recruitment is a two way process-recruiter chooses whom to recruit,

prospective employee chooses where to apply

 Recruitment is a complex job as many factors affect it, e.g. image of the
organization, nature of jobs offered, organizational policies etc.
RECRUITMENT NEEDS ARE OF THREE TYPES

 Planned:
i.e. the needs arising from changes in organization and retirement policy.
 Anticipated:
Anticipated needs are those movements in personnel, which an organization can
predict by studying trends in internal and external environment.
 Unexpected:
Resignation, deaths, accidents, illness give rise to unexpected needs.