Recruitment
Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective
employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in an organization.
It means the discovery of the staff members for the present
and future jobs in an organization. The success of any recruitment depends upon
the procedure followed by the company while recruiting the members. Every
company has to recruit its staff members but the quantum of recruitment may
vary from one company to another company. The variation may be due to the size
of the company, recruitment policy of the company, nature of the job and the
like.
According to
Mc Farland, “ The term recruitment applies to the process of attracting
potential employees of the company.”
Flippo state
that, “ Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and
stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organization.
Objectives
of recruitment -
i). It reviews the list of objectives of the
company and tries to achieve them by promoting the company in the minds of
public.
ii). It forecast how many people will be required
in the company.
iii). It enables the company to advertise itself
and attract talented people.
iv). It provides different opportunities to
procure human recourse.
Sources of recruitment can be
classified into two broad categories –
1.
Internal Source of
Recruitment – In
this process recruitment from with in the enterprise. There are two important
internal sources of recruitment:-
a). Transfer – It involves the shifting of an
employee from one job to another. At the time of transfer it is ensured that
the employee to be transferred to the new job is capable of performing it.
b). Promotion – On the other hand leads shifting an
employee to higher position carrying higher responsibilities, facilities,
status and pay. Most of the company follow the practice of filling higher jobs
by promoting.
2. External Sources of
Recruitment – The
sources of recruitment refer to methods of recruitment to obtain people from
outside of the company.
These methods are –
a). Advertisement
b). Recommendations
c). Educational intuitions
d). Employment exchange
e). Unsolicited
application.
