Recruitment and Selection

Basic Course
Information
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Resource Person’s
Introduction

Dr Aman Ullah
PhD in HRM
Deakin Business School
Deakin University
Australia
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Course Modules

1. HR Planning
2. Recruiting Employees
3. Interviewing Employees
4. Selecting Employees
5. Orienting Employees
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Course Objectives
- Describe the personnel
planning and
forecasting
- Describe the
recruitment process
- Explain the strategic
recruitment
- Discuss the major
internal and external
recruitment sources of

human resources
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Course Objectives
- Explain the recruitment

methods and
advantages and
disadvantages

- Explain the selection

process

- Understand the need for

validation of employee
selection procedures
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Course Objectives
- Evaluate the use of
employment tests in
selection
- Appreciate the factors
that may contribute in
successful selection
interviewing
- Understand the
objectives of orienting
new employees
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Contents Coverage
Recommended Books
“Recruiting, Interviewing,
Selecting and Orienting
New Employees”, 4th
Edition, Diane Arthur; PHI
Learning Private Limited

“Competency Based
Recruitment and Selection
– A Practical Guide”,
Robert Wood and Tim
Payne; John Wiley and
Sons
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Contents Coverage
Recommended Books
“Human Resource
Management”, Seventh
Edition, Raymond J.
Stone; John Wiley and
Sons

“Human Resource
Management ”, 12th
Edition, Gary Dessler;
Pearson Education
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Course Assessment
The course objectives and
course contents are aligned
with course assessments
- Assignments +
Quizzes + Graded
Discussions = 15%
- Mid Term Exams = 35%
END - Final Term
Exams = 50 %
Recruitment and Selection Process

Six Steps
of
Recruitment
and
Selection
Process
Six Steps of R & S Process

What is R&S process?

The recruitment and
selection process is a
series of hurdles aimed
at selecting the best
qualified candidate for
the job
Six Steps of R & S Process

Step 1
Decide what positions
you’ll have to fill,
through human
resource planning
and forecasting
Six Steps of R & S Process

Step 2
Build a pool of
candidates for these
jobs by recruiting
internal and/or external
candidates
Six Steps of R & S Process

Step 3
Have candidates
complete application
forms for selection,
and perhaps undergo
an initial screening
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Step 4
Use selection tools
like employment tests,
background
investigations, physical
exams, etc.,
to identify viable
candidates
Six Steps of R & S Process

Step 5
Conduct series of
interviews and make
selection decision and
decide who to make an
offer
Six Steps of R & S Process

Step 6
Make new employees
feel welcome can be
accomplished by
orienting them to the
organization
Key Concepts in R & S

Key Concepts
in
Recruitment
and
Selection
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What is HR Planning?
“The process of
deciding what
positions the firm will
have to fill, and how to
fill them”
Key Concepts in R & S

What is Recruitment?
“The process of seeking
and attracting a pool of
qualified applicants
from which candidates
for job vacancies can be
selected”
Key Concepts in R & S

What is Selection?
“The process of
choosing from a group
of applicants the best
qualified candidate”
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What is an Interview?
“An interview is a
selection procedure
designed to predict
future job performance
on the basis of
applicant’s verbal and
non-verbal responses
to verbal inquiries”
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What is an Orientation?
“An employee
orientation is an initial
process that provides
easy access to basic
information, programs
and services, and
allows new employees
to take an active role in
their organization”