Recruitment

1. Recruitment

2. INTRODUCTION
Recruitment is the process of
• identifying the need for a job,
• defining the requirements of the position and
the job holder,
• advertising the position and
• choosing the most appropriate person for the
job.

3. Definition
• “ Recruitment is the process of searching for
prospective employees and stimulating and
encouraging them to apply for jobs in the
organization”
-Flippo

4. Types of Recruitment Needs..
• Planned: Arises from changes in organization and
retirement policy.
• Unexpected: Arises during resignations, deaths,
accidents and illness.
• Anticipated: Refers to those movements in
personnel which an organization can predict by
studying trends in the internal and external
environments

5. Process
1. Identify Vacancies
2. Prepare Job Description and
Job Specification
3. Choosing a Source
4. Managing the response
5. Short listing
6. Arrange Interviews
7. Conducting Interviews and
Decision Making

6. Factors affecting Recruitment

7. Sources of Recruitment

8. Methods of Recruitment
• Direct Methods:- In this employee contacts,
manned exhibits and waiting lists are used.
• Indirect Methods:- It includes advertisement
in newspapers, journals on radio and
television are used to publicize vacancies.
• Third Party Methods:- When agencies are
used to recruit personnel e.g. Consulting
Agencies, Employment Exchanges.

9. INTERNAL SOURCE
• Promotions------Promotion means an
improvement in pay , position, authority,
status and responsibilities of an employee
within the organisation . Many achieve
promotion through hard work and good
performance .

10. Transfers
• Whenever a new vacancy is created within
the organisation management may fill the
vacancy through transfer of existing
employees rather than employing a new
hand.
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