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Importance of Recruitment. Provides organization with a pool of qualified candidates The more qualified the pool the better the success rate in selection Can help the organization meet affirmative action goals Can increase organizational effectiveness. Internal Sources and Methods. Sources
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Importance of Recruitment • Provides organization with a pool of qualified candidates • The more qualified the pool the better the success rate in selection • Can help the organization meet affirmative action goals • Can increase organizational effectiveness
Internal Sources and Methods • Sources • Promotion from within • Transfer • Job rotation • Rehires and recall • Methods • Job posting • Skills inventory
External Sources • Employee referrals • Walk-ins • Employment agencies • Other companies • Temporary help • Trade associations & unions • Schools • Hiring fairs • Aliens
External methods • Radio & TV • Newspapers and trade journals • Computerized services
Increasing the Pool • Conveying the information • Job interview • The usual interview • The realistic interview • Job matching • Early entry: High school programs
Increasing the Pool, Cont. • Expanding Job opportunities • Examine entry position qualifications • Provide training, career paths, mentoring • Alternative work arrangement • Flextime • Compressed work week • Telecommuting • Job sharing
Increasing the Pool, Cont. • Security • Core of full time employees • Mantle of free lancers, contract workers, temps, and part-timers
Job Search from the Applicant’s Perspective • Sources • Referrals • Direct application • Advertisements • Employment agencies
Job Search, cont. • Intensity of search • financial need • self-esteem • training • Evaluation of choices • Occupational choice • Organizational choice
Employee Socialization • Pre-entry • Entry • Orientation & mentoring
Issues • Work force diversity • Evaluation of recruitment process • Contract recruiting • Rejection • International comparisons
Backwards & Forwards • Summing up: We’ve considered the importance of recruitment to the organization, internal & external sources for recruiting, ways to increase the pool of qualified applicant job searching, and some current issues. • Looking ahead: Next time we begin examining staffing & selection