INTRODUCTION TO RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
Recruitment
and selection
Introduction
Recruitment
is the process of finding and engaging the people the organization needs.
Selection is that part of the recruitment process concerned with deciding which
applicants or candidates should be appointed to jobs (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014).
However, applicants also select their future employer, making decisions
as to how further they wish to pursue their original employment enquiry
(Torrington et al, 2014).
Recruitment
Recruitment can be defined as the finding process of the
perfect candidate for the job post, within a given time frame, in a
cost-beneficial manner (Leisink & Steijn, 2008). It is also defined as the
attraction of suitable employees for a job vacancy in an organization (Catano,
2009)
Any recruitment
process must begin with an analysis of the requirement. The role should be
reduced to its basic components such as the nature of the activities, task
responsibilities, the knowledge, skills and competences required to carry it
out effectively and where it fits within the organization (e.g. level/grade and
reporting responsibilities) (Currie, 2006).
Selection
The purpose of selection is to match people
to work. It is the most important element in any organization’s management of
people simply because it is not possible to optimize the effectiveness of human
resources, by whatever method, if there is a less than adequate match. In the
twentieth century, selection has been primarily concerned with matching people
to specific job (Roberts, 1997).
Selection is followed by recruitment
where selection is the process of shortlisting the applicants and identifying
the best candidate from a pool of applicants. The selection is done based on
various criteria and the selection process is followed by the hiring and
appointment of the most suitable candidate in the job (Roberts, 1997).
List of references
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Armstrong, M., and Taylor, S., (2014) Armstrong’s
handbook of human resource management practice. (13th Ed)
London: Kogan Page
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Torrington, D, Hall, L,
Taylor, S & Atkinson, C 2014, Human Resource Management, 9th Edition,
Harlow Pearson Education Ltd.
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Catano, V., (2009). Recruitment and
selection in Canada. Boston: Cengage Learning.
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Leisink,P.and Steijn, B., (2008).
Recruitment, attraction, and selection. Motivation in public management: The
call of public service, Volume May, pp. 118-35.
· Currie, D. 2006, Introduction
to Human Resource Management, A guide to personnel in practice, Chartered
Institute of Personnel and Development.
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Roberts, G., (1997).
Recruitment and selection. London: CIPD Publishing.
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Bratton, J., Gold, J. (2007). Human Resource
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Macmillan.
Opatha (2010) defines recruitment as the process of finding and attracting qualified people to apply for job vacancies in the organization. It is a set of activities an organization uses to attract job candidates who have the needed abilities and attitudes. The quality of human resource in an organization highly depends on the quality of applicants attracted because organization is going to select employees from those who were attracted (Ekwoaba et.al, 2015).
ReplyDeleteHi Gihan, Thank you for your valuable comments. Agreed and while recruitment is the process of identifying and attracting potential candidates from within and outside an organization to begin evaluating them for future employment, selection begins when the right level of candidates are identified (Walker, 2009).
DeleteAgree with your points. its important to have a proper recruitment and selection. when recruiting wrong people it can be affect to the organization as well, and it is important to make conscious efforts in human resource planning (Absar,2012).
ReplyDeleteHi Dineth, Thanks for the valuable comments. That is true recruitment and selection are conducted to get the right person for the right jobs of an organization. When completing the recruitment selection process starts. Recruitment is defined as the set of activities and organization to attract job candidates who have the capabilities and attitudes needed to assist the organization accomplish its goals(Glueck,1978).
DeleteHi Lakshan, On a similar note, recruitment is the process undertaken usually by the Human Resource (“HR”) Department of a particular organisation, where various steps are taken to discover potential future employees of a company when a vacancy arises (Kumar and Gupta, 2014). If the goal of recruitment is to attract as many suitable candidates as possible, then the selection is the polar opposite. As wonderfully put into words by Saviour et al. (2016), the selection is a negative process where there is the trimming of the candidates and then selecting the most suitable person for the job.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nirmika, accept your comments, employees with right skills will do a better job for any company and for the owner. Employees without these requisite skills or who are abrasive would not perform effectively and the company performance will suffer to a great extent. So there is a time to screen out undesirables and to choose the better and perfect candidate that can effectively contribute to company success (Gupta and Kumar ,2014)
DeleteAgreed with your points, the recruitment and selection has become a vital and challenging process in today's era, since it directly affects the revenue generating potential of an organization, employee turnover rate, level of employee morale and the confidence (Anderson, 2011). Companies must therefore ensure they follow a detailed and well organized recruitment and selection process.
ReplyDeleteHi Amila, Thank you for the comment. According to Matolo et.al., (2019) Proper recruitment and selection has increased the low turnover staff who affirm analytically checked to have better performance.
DeleteOn Point. Agreed with the details. To gain proper harvest from the company we need to recruit the right staff.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the valuable comments. Choosing the appropriate candidate which matches the candidate skills and the job requirements (Bhattacharyya, 2010).
DeleteAgree with you Lakshan. According to Ma and Allen (2009), The recruiting and selection process is a dynamic, complicated, and essential component of human resource management in organizations. Even more importantly, individuals in charge of choosing the successful candidate should have enough information on which to base their decisions (Okusanya and Oseji, 2012).
ReplyDeleteHi Janakan, Thanks for the valuable comments. The company strive to conduct effective recruitment and selection practices to maintain qualified, experienced, and skilled employees for specific positions, but again in competitive job market applicants that have struggling to find a suitable job for their careers (Santos et al., 2020).
DeleteI agree with you Lakshan. Companies are devoted to hiring the most qualified employees while adhering to all applicable employment rules in the recruitment and selection process. The company's policy is to give all applicants and workers an equal chance at employment. Any activity for an open post, including recruitment costs, advertising, interviewing, and job offers, requires authorization from the Human Resources (HR) Director.
ReplyDeleteHi Isuru, Thank you for the comments. When hiring of employees in order to avoid any unnecessary wastage of money and the valuable resources. The total cost of hiring a manager could easily be 10 times as high as once one adds search fees, interviewing time, reference checking, and travel and moving expenses (Gupta and Kumar,2014).
DeleteHi Lakshan, I would like to add few more points. Selecting the right workers is an important task during the recruitment process and establishing the right process can enhance the experience of the applicant, interviewer, hiring manager and the HR department. It can also help to increase the effectiveness of the business (Currie, 2006).
ReplyDeleteHi Dileep, Thank you for the valuable comments .According to Armanu et.al. (2020) generally HR planning that improper will creating problems in recruitment and selection policies. The focus of HR planning is to employ employees that skilled and experienced.
DeleteHi Lakshan. Adding more to your points, Kapse (2012) defines recruitment as the process which links the employees and the job seekers. As the business functions are rationalized with the effect of globalization, recruitment and selection also has transferred to a virtual aspect.
ReplyDeleteHi Gihan, Thank you for the comments ,Job seekers have high expectations from the recruiters. Development in technology have simplified as well as complicated talent acquisition process.(Anute N,2019).
DeleteAgreed with your points, Recruiting and selection is very vital and important decision when considering the organizational strategies and goals. Need to select right person for right position. Recruitment and selection is a process which affected with identifying , attracting and selecting suitable individual to meet organization’s human resource requirement ( Anderson,2001)
ReplyDeleteHi Manoj, Agreed and thank you for the valuable comments. Recruitment and selection will fail when a company have analytics data insufficient work, no important information and improper selection strategy. However, the evidence available confirms the positive bonds of recruitment and selection practices on performance (Santos et al., 2020).
DeleteWell said Lakshan. It's important to remember that interviewing is a two - way street. While you are interviewing your candidate, they are also interviewing you. Whether you are meeting remotely or in person, be sure to make it comfortable and low - stress (Paige Garner,2021).
ReplyDeleteHi Upeksha, Thank you for the comments and interviewing the candidate is very important to the Organization. Further, multinational Company follows some selection evaluation test to select the best candidate are employment test, assessing candidate through interview and head Hunting (Rahaman A,2016).
DeleteIn any organization, recruitment and selection processes are considered useful because they help find the most suitable candidates for the jobs. Recruitment and selection are essential operations in human resource management, designed to make the best use of employee strength to meet the strategic goals and objectives of the employers and the organization as a whole (Kapur,2018)
ReplyDeleteHi Surangi, agreed and thank you for the comments. As Ofori & Aryeetey, (2011), explained recruitment and selection within the organization is to obtain the number and quality of employees that are required to satisfy the strategic objectives of the organization, at minimal cost.
DeleteHi Lakshan, Agreed with you, Recruitment is the process of discovering or selecting and hiring or best qualified candidate from inside or outside of organization for a job opportunity,(Pshdar, A.H., Baban, J.O., Bayar, G., & Sarhan, S. 2021).
ReplyDeleteHi, agreed. Thank you for the comments and according to the Rauf (2007), discovered that cultured recruitment and selection procedures are positively related to performance in organizations.
DeleteHi Lakshan, it is a process of finding a suitable person or else the candidate for the vacant position of the organization (Ahmad and Schroeder, 2002),Objective of the process is to get more candidates to apply for the process, and select the personality that best fit for the Organization will in line with the organizational performance (Kusumawardani and Agintiara, 2015).
ReplyDeleteHi, yes it is ,thank you for the valuable comments and adding to purpose of recruitment is to create a pool of suitably qualified candidates to enable the selection of the best candidates for the organization, by attracting more and more employees to apply in the organization whereas the basic purpose of selection process is to choose the right candidate to fill the various positions in the organization (Gamage, 2014).
DeleteHi Lakshan, Agreed with your points. Recruitment and selection is the process of attracting individuals on a timely basis in sufficient numbers and with appropriate qualifications (Walker, 2009). Recruitment and selecting staff is expensive both in terms of time and money. The process must be carried out effectively and efficiently that result in the appointment of a person who would fit the job being. Better recruitment and selection strategies result in improved organizational outcomes.
ReplyDeleteHi Thiloka, thank you for the valuable comments and selecting staff is expensive both in terms of time and money is true fact. According to Vyas (2011) asserted that the current trend is that organizations are looking for methods of reducing the time and effort in the recruitment and selection process.
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