Recruitment

Recruitment &
& Selection
Selection

Recruitment
RecruitmentModule
Module

Recruitment
Recruitment &&The
TheOrganization
Organization

Three Main Functions

Attract a pool of suitable candidates
Filter unsuitable candidates
Create a positive image of the organization

Recruitment
Recruitment &&The
TheOrganization
Organization

Recruitment Goals

Recruitment Philosophy

Human
HumanResources
Resources Management
Management

Recruitment
Recruitment

Quality
Quality Candidates
Candidates

Defined Position

Critical Competencies

Job Analysis

Training and development

Valid Assessment: Improved job/person match

Realistic Job Preview

Defining
Defining Todays
Todays Jobs
Jobs

OLD

New

Knowledge, skills,
abilities
Jobs defined as
bundles of tasks
Employees perform
strictly definable
tasks

Competencies
Jobs defined by
competencies
Jobs are flexible

Labor
Labor Market
Market Components
Components

Recruiting
The process of
generating a pool
of qualified
applicants for
organizational jobs
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Labor
Labor Markets
Markets and
and Recruiting
Recruiting Issues
Issues

Labor
LaborMarkets
Markets

Geographic
Geographic
Local
Local
Regional
Regional
National
National
International
International

Industry
Industry
and
and
Occupational
Occupational
KSAs
KSAs

Educational
Educational
and
and
Technical
Technical
Qualifications
Qualifications

Organizational
Organizational Recruiting
Recruiting Activities
Activities

Recruiting
Recruiting
Image
Image
Recruiting
Recruiting
Presence
Presence
Training
Trainingof
of
Recruiters
Recruiters

Effective
Effective
Recruiting
Recruiting

Strategic
Strategic Recruiting
Recruiting Decisions
Decisions
OrganizationalOrganizationalBased
Basedvs.
vs.
Outsourcing
Outsourcing

Recruiting
Recruiting
Source
SourceChoices:
Choices:
Internal
Internalvs.
vs.
External
External

Strategic
Strategic
Recruiting
Recruiting

Recruiting
Recruitingand
and
EEO/Diversity
EEO/Diversity
Considerations
Considerations

Regular
Regularvs.
vs.
Flexible
FlexibleStaffing
Staffing

EEO
EEO and
and Diversity
DiversityConsiderations
Considerations

Figure 74

Advantages
Advantagesand
and Disadvantages
Disadvantagesof
of
Internal
Internaland
and External
ExternalRecruiting
Recruiting Sources
Sources

Figure 75

Internet
InternetRecruiting
RecruitingMethods
Methods

Job
JobBoards
Boards
Professional/
Professional/
Career
CareerWeb
WebSites
Sites
Employer
EmployerWeb
WebSites
Sites

Internet
Internet
Recruiting
Recruiting
Methods
Methods

Internet
Internet Recruiting
Recruiting

Advantages
Recruiting cost savings
Recruiting time savings
Expanded pool of
applicants
Morale building for
current employees

Disadvantages
More unqualified
applicants
Additional work for HR
staff members
Many applicants are
not seriously seeking
employment
Access limited or
unavailable to some
applicants

External
External Recruiting
Recruiting
College and
University
Recruiting

Media Sources
and Job Fairs

Competitive
Sources

High Schools and

Technical Schools

External
Recruiting
Sources

Labor
Unions

Employment Agencies
and Search Firms

Job
JobSearching
Searching

Source: Based on data from Greenfield Online

(www.greenfieldonline.com), as presented in The
Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2000, R32.

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What
What to
toInclude
Includein
inan
an Effective
EffectiveRecruiting
RecruitingAd
Ad

Figure 78

Evaluating
Evaluating Recruiting
Recruiting
Evaluating
EvaluatingRecruiting
Recruiting
Efforts
Efforts

Evaluating
Evaluating
Recruiting
Recruiting
Costs
Costsand
and
Benefits
Benefits

Evaluating
Evaluating
Time
Time
Required
Requiredto
to
Fill
FillOpenings
Openings

Evaluating
Evaluating
Recruiting
Recruiting
Quality
Qualityand
and
Quantity
Quantity

Recruiting
Recruiting Evaluation
Evaluation

General Areas for Evaluating Recruiting

Quantity of applicants
EEO goals met
Quality of applicants

Yield ratios
A comparison of the number of applicants at one stage
of the recruiting process to the number at the next stage

Selection rate
Percentage hired from a given group of candidates

Acceptance Rate
Percentage of rejected job offers

Success Base Rate

Comparing percentage rate of past applicants who were
good employees to that of current employees.

Recruiting
RecruitingEvaluation
Evaluation Pyramid
Pyramid

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