RECRUITMENT

Definition of Recruitment

 Recruitment refers to the process of seeking and

attracting a pool of candidates from which qualified
candidates for job vacancies can be chosen. (Byer’s and
Rue)
 Recruitment refers to the process of searching for
prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for
jobs in an organisation. (Flipp)
 Ex: Marriott
 Factors Influencing Recruitment

 Organizational and Internal Factors

 Environmental and External Factors
 Reputation of the organisation (Ex: Nucor)
 Organisation culture and Management style (Ex: Infosys)
 Geographical Location
 Amount of resource allocation
 Methods and channels of recruitment
 Compensation
 Situation in the labor market
 Availability of manpower supply
 Sources of Recruitment

 Internal Recruitment
 External Recruitment
 Internal Recruitment Methods
 Internal recruitment refers to the process of identifying
internal employees for new position within the organisation
 Ex: Wal-Mart, Proctor and Gamble
 Internal Recruitment Methods
 HRIS (Ex:Sun Micro systems, Merck)
 Job Posting and Job Bidding ( Ex: Infosys)
 Identifying through performance appraisal
 Inventory Management Talent ( Ex: GE)
 Rehiring
 Succession planning (Ex; TCS)
 Assessment centers
 External Recruitment

 External recruitment refers to the process of stimulating

prospective candidates outside organisation to apply for
the job.
 Sources or methods of external recruitment
 Employee referral programs
Ex: American credit , Citi Bank
 External Sources of Recruitment

 Campus Recruitment
 Guidelines for effective campus recruitment
 Short listed candidates(Ex: Asian Paint)
 Choose recruiting team carefully ( Ex:HCL Technology)
 Pay smartly, Not Highly ( Ex:Honey well technology
solutions lab)
 Present a clear image (Ex: Nestle)
 Get in early (Ex:Procter and Gamble)
 External Sources of Recruitment

 Advertisements
 Blind ads
 Newspaper Ads
 Television and radio Ads
 External Sources of Recruitment

 Internet Recruiting: Posting job openings online is

known as internet recruiting.
 Ex: Cheese Cake Factory
 Ex: Infosys
 External Sources of Recruitment

 Unsolicited Applicants and walk-ins

 Executive Recruiters/ executive search firms are special
agencies retained by employers to seek out right person
for the right job.
 Contingency-based recruiters
 Retained-based recruiters
 Ex:Mercer Delta company
 Recruiting Diverse Workforce

 It involves recruitment of candidates exhibiting

differences with respect to demographic factors like age,
gender, ethnicity, nationality, physically challenged.
 Ex: East Kodak, Home Depot, Wrigley