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Human Resources Management in New Zealand (4th edn) – Richard Rudman

Recruiting people
to the organisation

Recruitment defined (1)

The set of activities and processes


used to legally obtain a sufficient
number of the right people at the
right place and time so that the
people and the organisation can
select each other in their own best
short and long term interests.
- Schuler, Dowling, Smart and Huber

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Recruitment defined (2)


Recruitment is central and crucial to the
day-to-day functioning of any
organisation. Successful recruitment
depends upon finding applicants with
the appropriate level of skills and
qualifications or competence to enable
them to make a positive and innovative
contribution to the values and aims of
the organisation.
- UK Institute of Personnel and Development

Recruitment Aim

To provide the organisation with a


pool of applicants or aspirants from
which people can be selected to fill
specific positions

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Issues in recruitment

„ Internal appointment or external


recruitment?
„ Recruiting for the job or the
organisation?
„ Identifying potential
„ Equal opportunity
„ Responsibility for recruitment

Recruitment assumptions

„ Recruitment is primarily job-centred


„ Recruitment to fill a vacancy is not
automatic
„ Appointments are not inevitable
„ Recruitment and selection
procedures must be monitored

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Sources of recruits

„ In-house advertising
„ Employee referrals
„ Educational institutions
„ Recruitment agencies
„ Search consultants
„ Media advertising
„ Internet

Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

1. Heading or job title should


„ Grab attention
„ Describe the job
„ Get the appropriate alphabetical
listing

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Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

2. Organisation details should


„ Describe activities
„ Sometimes exclude the
organisation’s identity, and
„ “Sell” your Organisation

Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

3. In Terms of the Job, state


„ The purpose
„ The key responsibilities or
objectives, and
„ Why the vacancy occurs

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Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

4. Applicant Requirements
„ Required skills, knowledge and
attributes
„ Requirements that are not essential

Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

5. Remuneration
„ Many organisations reluctant to
reveal
„ Can indicate general level of
remuneration
„ Particularly attractive benefits

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Writing the Recruitment


Advertisement

6. Application
„ How to get more information?
„ How to apply?
„ Whom to contact?
„ Deadline?

Application Forms

„ Should collect the same


information from all applicants
„ A single application forms is often
not adequate for complex
organisations

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Application Forms
Should provide data
„ Relating to job knowledge and
skills
„ Relating to personal and
professional development and
progress
„ Relating to the individual’s stability
„ That is useful in predicting

Application Forms

Limit data to
„ Personal information
„ Education and training
„ Employment history

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