Human Resource Management Notes

Recruitment, selection and induction

Define recruitment

Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs.

Objectives of recruitment

Recruitment fulfills the following objectives

1. It reviews the list of objectives of the company and tries to achieve them by promoting the company in the minds of public.
2. It forecasts how many people will be required in the company.
3. It enables the company to advertise itself and attract talented people.
4. It provides different opportunities to procure human resource.

Methods of recruitment/sources

Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs
Companies can adopt different methods of recruitment for selecting people in the company. These methods are

1. Internal sources

2. External sources

The sources can be further explained with the help of following diagram

Internal sources of recruitment :-

Internal sources of recruitment refer to obtaining people for job from inside the company. There are different methods of internal recruitment

1. Promotion :-

Companies can give promotion to existing employees. This method of recruitment saves a lot of time, money and efforts    because the company does not have to train the existing employee. Since the employee has already worked with the company. He is familiar with the working culture and working style. It is a method         of encouraging efficient workers.

2. Departmental examination:-

This method is used by government departments to select employees for higher level posts. The advertisement