PowerPoint Slides

to accompany

Prepared by Jody Merritt

St. Clair College

Revised by Mike Teed

Bishop's University

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 Chapter One

An Introduction to
Recruitment and Selection

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 Chapter Learning
Objectives
After reading this chapter you should be able to:
• Appreciate the importance and relevance of recruitment and
selection to Canadian organizations;
• Know where recruitment and selection fit into the organization as a
whole and the human resources management system in particular;
• Be aware of which professional associations and groups in Canada
have a stake in recruitment and selection;
• Become familiar with basic ethical issues in recruitment and
selection; and;
• Understand how the rest of the chapters in this book work together to
present a detailed picture of both the practice and theory of
recruitment and selection in Canada
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 Why Recruitment and
Selection Matters

• Recruitment
– Generation of an applicant pool for a position or job in
order to provide the required number of candidates for
a subsequent selection or promotion program.
– Achieve management goals and objectives, while
meeting current legal requirements
– Examples: Internal postings, referrals, job
advertisements

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 Why Recruitment and
Selection Matters
• Selection
– Choice of job candidates from a previously generated
applicant pool in a way that will meet management
goals and objectives as well as current requirements.
– Examples: Interview and cognitive ability test

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 An Introduction to
Ethical Issues
• Ethics
– Distinguishing between
• Right and wrong
• Moral from immoral
• Can and can not be done

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 Summary

• Effective recruitment and selection

– Contributes to organizational productivity and
worker growth.
– Carried out within the context of an organizational
system and external environment.

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