1 JOB RECRUITMENT Human Resource Management College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston ©2008 William Holmes
2 RECRUITMENT OBJECTIVES Attracting interested applicants Attracting timely applicants Attracting sufficient applicants Attracting qualified applicants
3 Recruitment Process Advertising/Job posting Search process Interviewing Agency use Relocation New employee processing
4 RECRUITMENT ALTERNATIVES Overtime Part-time employees Contractors Temporaries Employee leasing Outsourcing
5 RECRUITMENT EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS Local labor market National and global labor market Nondiscrimination requirements Implied contracts requirements Documentation requirements
6 RECRUITMENT INTERNAL CONSTRAINTS Internal preference policies Job promotion policies Job “bumping” requirements Inbreeding and colonizing risks External search policies
7 RECRUITMENT PROCESS Identifying need Requesting position Use of job description Identifying applicant sources Identifying recruitment means
8 APPLICANT SOURCES Colleges and universities Local labor market Employment organizations Professional associations Comparable organizations
9 RECRUITMENT MEANS News papers Organization web site Job search web site Professional publications Peer referrals Job fairs
10 INTERNAL RECRUITMENT: 1 Bulletin Boards Signs Newsletters Voice Mail
11 INTERNAL RECRUITMENT: 2 Intranet Website Direct Announcements Bounties Peer Referral
12 INTERNAL RECRUITMENT: 3 Part-time employees Contract employees Employee friends & relatives
13 INTERNAL RECRUITMENT RISKS Expense Time Credibility Rejectee Dissatisfaction Appearing Discriminatory Inbreeding/Cronyism
14 EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT: 1 When needing new skills Using JC and Voc Ed Needing experience Using former employees Using unemployed Professional associations
15 EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT: 2 Using Ex-military: DORS, TBB Online Posting Internet Recruiters Virtual Job Fairs Blogs
16 INTERNET RECRUITMENT: 1 Monster.com: general Hotjobs.com: general Careerbuilder.com: general generalwww.ajb.dni.us NACElink: college linked Accountantsworld.com: CPA’s
17 INTERNET RECRUITMENT: 2 Dice.com: technical Internships.wetfeet.com Monstertrak.com Freelance.com Guru.com
18 RECRUITMENT SPECIAL ISSUES Diversity Disability Flexibility Holtility