Recruitment

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 Recruitment
 The process of discovering/ searching /
attracting potential job candidates.

 Main objectives
• Attract and develop a pool of suitable candidates

• Deter unsuitable candidates from applying

• Create a positive image of the organization

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Factors that affect recruiting efforts

– Organizational size

– Employment conditions in the area

– Working conditions, salary and benefits offered

– Organizational growth or decline

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Constraints on recruiting efforts
– Organization image

– Job attractiveness

– Internal organizational policies

– Government influence, discrimination laws

– Recruiting costs
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Recruiting Sources

– INTERNAL

– EXTERNAL

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 Internal recruiting
• Job posting or bidding

• Employee Referrals/ Recommendations

• Inside moonlighting

• Rehiring / former employee

• Promotions
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 Internal recruiting
• Advantages

– good public relations

– morale building
– encouragement of ambitious employees
– availability of information on existing employee
performance
– cost-savings
– internal candidates’ knowledge of the organization
– the opportunity to develop mid- and top-level
managers
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 The Internal recruiting
• Disadvantages include:

– possible inferiority of internal candidates

– infighting and morale problems

– potential inbreeding

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 External recruiting
• Unsolicited (Walk-ins):
• Advertisements
• Recruitment Agencies (Private, Public or state
employment agencies )
• Special Event Recruiting
• On Campus
• Cyberspace Recruiting

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 Recruitment alternatives
• Employee leasing.
• Senior networks
• Community associations
• Religious organizations

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 Advertisements
Reflect an accurate image of the company and
department represented
– Carefully prepared
– Media must be carefully chosen
– Must decide type and location of ad,
depending on job; decide whether to focus on
job (job description) or on applicant (job
specification) or on both.
– Analyze the impact.

o Blind box ads don’t identify the organization. 14

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 An effective job search
– Self Assessment

– Information gathering

– Networking

– Targeting specific jobs

– Self presentation

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