Recruitment

RECRUITMENT

Objectives • Explain alternatives to recruitment. • Explain the external and internal environment of recruitment. • Describe sources and methods of recruitment. • Understand Internet and Intranet Recruiting

Recruitment The process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers, and with appropriate qualifications, and encouraging them to apply for jobs with an organization

External Environment of Recruitment • Labor Market Conditions • Legal Considerations • Corporate Image • Sons of soil

The Recruitment Process • Human Resource Planning • Alternatives to Recruitment • Use Internal Sources and Methods • Use External Sources and Methods • Recruite Individual

Alternatives to Recruitment • Outsourcing • Contingent Workers • Professional Employer Organizations--Employee Leasing • Overtime

INTERNAL RECRUITMENT SOURCES • Present Employees. • Employee Referrals. • Former Employees.

Methods Used in Internal Recruiting • Employee Databases • Job Posting • Promotion and Transfer • Employee Referrals

External Sources of Recruitment Professional Association Employment Exchange. Walk-ins,Talk-ins,Write-ins. Consultants. Placement Agencies. Executive search Firms Colleges and Universities Competitors and Other Firms

External Recruitment Methods • Advertising • Employment Agencies - Private and Public • Special Events • Internships • Executive Search Firms

External Recruitment Methods (Continued) • Professional Associations • Event recruiting • Virtual Job Fairs

Virtual Job Fairs • Students are interviewed face-to-face by recruiters using computers that use cameras to send headand-shoulder images • Recruiters visit colleges without leaving office

Tailoring Recruitment Methods to Sources • Recruitment sources and methods vary according to position being filled

INTERNET AND INTRANET RECRUITING

Internet Trends • Increased Spending • Increased Hiring • Internet Recruiter • Employment Web Site • Post Resume for Job Search

The Internet Recruitment Process • Recruitment time is often shortened • Increases number of applicants • Many ways to assist in screening applicants • May apply for job at any time

Limitations of Internet Recruiting • • • •

Not a selection tool Lacks personal touch Many resumes to review More competition for qualified employees • Increased spending for Internet recruiting • Decreased spending for traditional recruiting • Confidentiality

Internal Recruitment -- Using the Intranet • People within the organization communicate with each other • Database of current employees • Job posting • Job bidding