2.1 Recruitment and Selection
Schein (1976) discussed that human resource functions are to well defined and well connected to the needs of organization, not only the needs of individuals. Many times the hiring is a system of short run replacement and is not watched for long run functionality.
Ahmad and Schroeder (2002) more deeply discussed that usually in the process of hiring, organizations use to focus on the technical skills of the employees, not the behavioral traits which fruits to a short run benefit, not in the long run. Paying close attention to the process of hiring, is in favor of organization as it is said that prevention is better that cure.
Recruitment is the process of identifying and attracting potential candidates from within and outside an organization to begin evaluating them for future employment. The selection process includes collecting, measuring, and evaluating information about candidates’ qualifications for specified positions (Sheila and Paul Bernthal, 1999)
In the research of Bernthal, P. (n.d), the author used five main recruitment strategies to identify the potential candidates, which are further classified into different techniques. An advertisement was the first strategy adopted by the author, in which he found 90% organizations using internet to identify candidates while the average effectiveness was 2.59 .
According to Barber (1998) the process of recruiting has changed enormously by using the technology especially internet. Whereas, Bartram (2001), many employers are now turning to web-based recruitment and selection because it provides a much faster system than the old practices and applicants can easily access from any where in the world.
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According to Noe (2012), most experts believe that the most important human resource decision makes by a leader is deciding who to hire. Manager manages the recruitment and selection process. Selection for the best candidates for the job is very important in an organization because the performance always depends on employees, the recruiting and hiring is costly and the legal obligations like mismanaging hiring has legal consequence. The main aim of employee selection is to achieve person-job fit which is identifying the knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), and competencies that are central to performing the job. The objective of effective selection is to decide who the right people are, by matching individual characteristics (ability, experience, and training) with the requirements of the job (DeRue & Morgeson, 2007; Kristof -Brown, Zimmermam, & Johnson, 2005). The manager will do checking for reliability and validity of the interviewer. In PPNJ Poultry & Meat Sdn Bhd, the people who manage the recruitment and selection process is the Human Resource department or staffs.
Organizations’ other resources can be hired, retained and discarded at any time but human resources needs special treatment. It needs to be carefully hired, deserve an extra effort to retain it and requires training & development to upgrade and improve its capabilities. Other resources depreciate with the passage of time but when the human resource gains more and more experience, it becomes more beneficial for the organizations. These characteristics have brought human resources to be the central element for the success of an organization. (Mohammed, Bhatti, Jariko, and Zehri, 2013, pg. 129, para. 2)
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Recruitment is a serious issue for an organization and one that ought to be afforded a considerable amount of planning in order to successfully achieve desired outcomes. Recruitment is a costly process for an organization and poorly executed recruitment can result in selecting candidates that are not appropriate for the organization. A poorly executed recruitment can also reflect negatively on the organization’s reputation, which can cost the organization solid future candidates. Due to the cost both in time and in resources, a recruitment process deserves a solid training program that covers a variety of issues. Thought should be given to the topics to be covered in a training program, aids or materials recruiters will need, practical skills to be covered in the training, the person most appropriate to conduct the training, and any additional needs to be considered to ensure the training is most effective in achieving the goal of developing strong recruiting skills.
An organizational human resources department utilizes the hiring and firing process to meet the organization’s personnel needs. Organizational human resource departments are charged with the oversight of an organizations administration department. The practice of hiring and firing people is a process employer’s conducts on a daily basis. This process has to be done in a proper manner and not in haste. The implication that can occur from the improper hiring and firing process could and can have a positive or negative impact on an organization. Therefore, employers must carefully evaluate their decision to hire/fire individuals and its impact on the organizations’ workplace environment and others employees. Human Resource Management is important for an effective organization. In today’s organization, HRM is valuable to the organization because of increase legal complexities and its known for improvement in productivity. However, management should realize that poor human resource management could result in an outburst of hiring process followed by firing or layoffs. According to (Satterlee 2013, p. 194), “Hiring the best candidate who is also a good fit for the organization is crucial for the success of an organization, because a poor hiring decision will have repercussions across the entire organization”. Satterlee made a valid point because poor hiring could have an impact on the bottom line performance of the firm. In other words, HRM is the contributing factor to the success of the organization including motivating and maintain the staffs. The purpose to the motivation is to ensure that all employees grow to a full potential. According to (Sims 2006, p. 5), “HRM efforts are planned, systematic approaches to increasing organizati...
...s, many future problems can be reduced and hence help in improving the organization profits. Therefore, we can see that filtering the employees’ recruiting process is essential. Because good employees can bring up a good organization, at the same time good organization generate good profit and able to produce good GDP to our country as well and hence we can hedge against budget deficit that which will eventually lead to debt crisis.
Human resource is the most valuable and unique asset of an organization. The successful management of an organization’s human resource is an exciting, dynamic and challenging task , especially at a time when the world has become a global village and economies are in a state of flux. The lack of talented resource and the growing expectation of the modern day employee has further increased the difficulty of the human resource function.
Recruitment refers to those activities that an organization tries to attract people for applying a job in the organization. From these activities, chances will be given for people to apply jobs from there organization. An effective recruitment should have a right person in the right place at the right time; the main way to attract applicants can be listed as follows, walk-ins, employee referrals, advertising, websites, professional associations, educational associations, professional agencies, E-recruitment and world-of-mouth. Applicants can get some recruit informations form different ways; employees will provide a job description for those who are interested.
...greater number of people in an economic, efficient, and effective manner. This paper has provided a background and understanding of employment recruiting, the styles, methods, and tools available to allow customization of interviewing methods applicable to the situation or needs of the organization or project. An overview of the creative large scaled employee recruitment project Borgata Hotel and Casino notably made history and a study of best practices in employee hiring, recruiting and interviewing process that enhances corporate strategy.
...oose from, however sorting through applications to remove unsuitable ones can be time consuming. The other negative is that you are only going to get people that are actively seeking. This is why they don’t just use this method. Another method is using social media. This method is effective because of how popular social media is today. It generates a wide reach and you can set it so certain people will see it, for example people living in certain areas, people of a certain age etc. This is very useful for NatureCare as they are looking for university graduates of at least 4-5 years ago. They can advertise to certain regions, or even people that have attended certain schools, such as UC. Social media recruiting is effective because it is not a high cost compared to traditional advertising and the hiring time can be reduced greatly.
Organizations should consider which recruitment strategies they should make use of to develop their organization strategies(Compton, Morrissey, &Nankervisf, 2006). Recruitment strategies can be internal, external or both internal and external. Different organizations may implement different strategies and these choices may based on their organizational strategies, human resources policies, or financial reasons(Compton et al., 2006). Organizations should find the most suitable strategies for their recruitment at different operating periods. Selecting and implementing the correct recruitment strategies will help the organization achieve their objectives.
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