RECRUITMENT: ATTRACTING THE

RIGHT TALENT

Human Resurce Management

 If you think it’s expensive to hire a
professional to do the job, wait until you hire
an amateur

-Red Adair
 Finding talent in the External labor
Market
 Having the right people is one of the key
ingredients in every successful endeavor.
 Hiring decisions ars influenced by a lot of factors.
 One common practice of observed by most HR and
firms are the internal and external manner of
finding talented people.
 A good number of employers opt to conduct
internal recruitment first, making their pool of
existing manpower a priority
Employers are becoming more open to
considering previously overlooked talent such as:

 Persons with criminal histories- they deserve a

second chance.
 Veterans- they have the necessary experience to
contribute
 Individuals without college degrees- certain jobs
need not have a diploma to qualify as long as they
possess the proper skills to handle the job.
Job posting/vacancy announcements

What should be included in job

postings/vacancy announcements? How can it entice
potential candidates to apply?
Boomerang Employees

 Employees who depart from an organization only to

come back at some point late are referred to as
boomerang employees.
Categories of Boomerang employees

1. Traditional Boomerangs
These are people who classically worked at a company
for a few years then decided to find an opportunity elsewhere
to acquire and develop new skills and then come back to the
previous company.

2. Life-event Boomerangs
These are employees who generally leave because of
external events, such as a spouse relocation or to raise a family.
These individuals seek to return to their former employers once
their personal circumstances allow.
Categories of Boomerang employees

3. Planned Boomerangs
These are often seasonal hires and may include working
students who opts to work during school breaks and those hired
during an employer’s busy season.
Finding talent internally

 Internal mobility-is it really necessary?

 How does internal mobility happen?

 Is it just a way to retain talented employees?

A new approach to Internal Mobility

 Internal recruiting by and large entails of one or

more of the following:

 Internaljob posting
 Nomination by Manager

 Knowledge, skills and abilities database

 Succession planning