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According to Edwin B. Flippo, “Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation”. Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job seekers. A few definitions of recruitment are:  A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when their applications are submitted. The result is a pool of applications from which new employees are selected.  It is the process to discover sources of manpower to meet the requirement of staffing schedule and to employ effectivemeasures for attracting that manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate effective selection of an efficient working force. Recruitment of candidates is the function preceding the selection, which helps create a pool of prospective employees for the organisation so that the management can select the right candidate for the right job from this pool. The main objective of the recruitment process is to expedite the selection process. Recruitment is a continuous process whereby the firm attempts to develop a pool of qualified applicants for the future human resources needs even though specific vacancies do not exist. Usually, the recruitment process starts when a manger initiates an employee requisition for a specific vacancy or an anticipated vacancy. RECRUITMENT NEEDS ARE OF THREE TYPES  PLANNED i.e. the needs arising from changes in organization and retirement policy.  ANTICIPATED Anticipated needs are those movements in personnel, which an organization can predict by studying trends in internal and external environment.  UNEXPECTED Resignation, deaths, accidents, illness give rise to unexpected needs.

Purpose & Importance Of Recruitment  Attract and encourage more and more candidates to apply in the organisation.  Create a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of best candidates for the organisation.  Determine present and future requirements of the organization in conjunction with its personnel planning and job analysis activities.  Recruitment is the process which links the employers with the employees.  Increase the pool of job candidates at minimum cost.  Help increase the success rate of selection process by decreasing number of visibly under qualified or overqualified job applicants.  Help reduce the probability that job applicants once recruited and selected will leave the organization only after a short period of time.  Meet the organizations legal and social obligations regarding the composition of its workforce.  Begin identifying and preparing potential job applicants who will be appropriate candidates.  Increase organization and individual effectiveness of various recruiting techniques and sources for all types of job applicants

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The recruitment and selection is the major function of the human resource department and recruitment process is the first step towards creating the competitive strength and the strategic advantage for the organisations. Recruitment process involves a systematic procedure from sourcing the candidates to arranging and conducting the interviews and requires many resources and time. A general recruitment process is as follows: Identifying the vacancy: The recruitment process begins with the human resource department receiving requisitions for recruitment from any department of the company. These contain: Preparing the job description and person specification.

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Locating and developing the sources of required number and type of employees (Advertising etc).

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Short-listing and identifying the prospective employee with required characteristics.

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Arranging the interviews with the selected candidates.

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Conducting the interview and decision making

1. Identify vacancy

2. Prepare job description and person specification

3. Advertising the vacancy

4. Managing the response

5. Short-listing

6. Arrange interviews

7. Conducting interview and decision making The recruitment process is immediately followed by the selection process i.e. the final interviews and the decision making, conveying the decision and the appointment formalities.

Sources Of Recruitment Every organisation has the option of choosing the candidates for its recruitment processes from two kinds of sources: internal and external sources. The sources within the organisation itself (like transfer of employees from one department to other, promotions) to fill a position are known as the internal sources of recruitment. Recruitment candidates from all the other sources (like outsourcing agencies etc.) are known as the external sources of recruitment. SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT

Internal Sources Of Recruitment 1.TRANSFERS The employees are transferred from one department to another according to their efficiency and experience. 2.PROMOTIONS The employees are promoted from one department to another with more benefits and greater responsibility based on efficiency and experience. 3. Others are Upgrading and Demotion of present employees according to their performance. 4. Retired and Retrenched employees may also be recruited once again in case of shortage of qualified personnel or increase in load of work. Recruitment such people

save time and costs of the organisations as the people are already aware of the organisational culture and the policies and procedures. 5. The dependents and relatives of Deceased employees and Disabled employees are also done by many companies so that the of the family do not become dependent on the mercy of others.

External Sources Of Recruitment

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PRESS MENTS ments of the vacancy in newspapers and journals are a widely used source of recruitment. The main advantage of this method is that it has a wide reach. 2. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES Various management institutes, engineering colleges, medical Colleges etc. are a good source of recruiting well qualified executives, engineers, medical staff etc. They provide facilities for campus interviews and placements. This source is known as Campus Recruitment.

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3. PLACEMENT AGENCIES Several private consultancy firms perform recruitment functions on behalf of client companies by charging a fee. These agencies are particularly suitable for recruitment of executives and specialists. It is also known as RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)

EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Government establishes public employment exchanges throughout the country. These exchanges provide job information to job seekers and help employers in identifying suitable candidates. 4.

LABOUR CONTRACTORS Manual workers can be recruited through contractors who maintain close s with the sources of such workers. This source is used to recruit labour for construction jobs.

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UNSOLICITED APPLICANTS Many job seekers visit the office of well-known companies on their own. Such callers are considered nuisance to the daily work routine of the enterprise. But can help in creating the talent pool or the database of the probable candidates for the organisation.

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EMPLOYEE REFERRALS / RECOMMENDATIONS Many organisations have structured system where the current employees of the organisation can refer their friends and relatives for some position in their organisation. Also, the office bearers of trade unions are often aware of the suitability of candidates. Management can inquire these leaders for suitable jobs. In some organizations these are formal agreements to give priority in recruitment to the candidates recommended by the trade union.

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Unskilled workers may be recruited at the factory gate these may be employed whenever a permanent worker is absent. More efficient among these may be recruited to fill permanent vacancies.