Human Resource Management Topic 4: Recruitment Dr. Salim AlShukaili

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization.

Sources of Recruitment Recruitment sources: Place where qualified individuals are found

1. Internal Sources This refers to the recruitment from within the company. The various internal sources are promotion, transfer, past employees and internal advertisements.

An organization’s present employees generally feel that they deserve opportunities to be promoted to higher-level positions because of their service and commitment to organization. More over organizations have opportunities to examine the track records of its present employees and to estimate which of them would be successful. Also recruiting among present employees is less expensive than recruiting from outside the organization.

Advantages of Internal Recruitment 1. Provides greater motivation for good performance. 2. Provides greater opportunities for present employees 3. Provides better opportunity to assess abilities 4. Improves morale and organizational loyalty 5. Enables employees to perform the new job with little lost time

Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment 1. Creates a narrowing thinking and stale ideas 2. Creates pressures to compete 3. Creates homogeneous workforce 4. Chances to miss good outside talent Requires strong management development programs specially to train for technology.

2. External Sources External sources refers to the practice of getting suitable persons from outside. The various external sources are advertisement, employment exchange, past employees, private placement agencies and consultants, campus recruitment, trade unions, etc.

External Recruiting Sources High Schools and Vocational Schools Community Colleges Colleges and Universities Competitors and other Firms Unemployed Older Individuals

External Recruitment Methods Advertising A way of communicating the employment needs within the firm to the public through media such as radio, newspaper, television, industry publications, and the Internet. Sometimes.

Sometimes organizations can perform the recruitment function through blind advertisements In blind advertisements no identification about the company is provided to applicants.

Employment Agencies An organization that helps firms recruits employees and, at the same time, aids individuals in their attempt to locate jobs. There are two types of the employment agencies i.e. Public Employment Agencies. Private Employment Agencies

Recruiters The most common use of recruiters is with technical and vocational schools, community colleges, colleges, and universities.

Special Events It is a recruiting method that involves an effort on the part of a single employer or group of employers to attract a large number of applicants for interviews.

Cyber Recruiting Organizations can also use web sites and internet sources to recruit people application submission test and interview and other recruitment and selection activities can be performed online.

Advantages of External Recruitment Provides new ideas and new insights Provides greater diversity and helps achieve organizational goals by making affirmative action easy Provides opportunities to handle rapid growth in the organization Opportunities to get people with up-to-date knowledge education and training Helps organization get needed competencies

Disadvantages of External Recruitment It is more expensive and time consuming Destroys incentives of present employees to strive for promotion Increases recruitment costs May cause morale problems for internal candidates Requires longer orientation or adjustment time

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