TOPIC 4: RECRUITMENT

ASSALAMUALAIKUM
today I will explain about RECRUITMENT. According to Edwin B. Flippo, “Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization”. Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job seekers. A few definitions of recruitment are:

A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when their applications are submitted. The result is a pool of applications from which new employees are selected. It is the process to discover sources of manpower to meet the requirement of staffing schedule and to employ effective measures for attracting that manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate effective selection of an efficient working force.

In my opinion, recruitment is the process of finding and selecting the right employees with the needs and requirements of the organization to meet the needs of employees in the company. Recruitment is important to get quality workers in terms of skills, knowledge and competence in the task. Organizations can find and hire employees from internal sources and external sources.

Internal sources refer to the present working force of a company. Management can use any method to recruit new employee in own organization like promotion, transfer, past employee, dependent and apprentice. The advantages of internal sources are employees are motivated to improve their performance, morale of the employee is increased, saves time and saves cost. Disadvantages of internal sources are the spirit of competition among the employees may be reduced, and the employees may become lethargic if they are sure of time bound promotions and reduce the overall productivity of an organization.

External sources refer to find new and fresh energy, skill, knowledge and competence from outsides. Management can use the method like direct recruitment, advertisements, employment agencies, labour contractors and educational institutions to get and find new employees. The advantages of external sources is qualified personnel, wider choice, fresh talent and competitive spirit and the disadvantages is lengthy process, costly, uncertain response and dissatisfaction among existing staff.

Conclusion is organization can find new employee from internal or external sources but depend their requirement. Organization must find right person with right skill, knowledge and ability to choose to be employees of the company.

Reference:

1. Edwin B. Flippo (1971), Principles of personnel management 3rd edition, published by New York : McGraw-Hill.
2. Louise Balle , Definition of Recruitment Selection, by  Demand Media.
3. Nyamupachari Vareta, RECRUITMENT PROCESS: THE ‘HEART’ OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,.
4. Robert L. Mathis, John Harold Jackson (2008), HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
5. Chris Newton , The Advantages of Recruiting New Employees, by  Demand Media.
6. Jeremy Tipper (2004), Managing Director of Capital Resource Consulting, London, UK and also a trustee of the Windsor Fellowship (Emerald Group Publishing Limited).