Recruitment

What is recruitment?

Recruitment is one of the most critical human resource functions for organizations.  Attracting the right people, with the right blend of skills and experience into the right jobs, and aligning this to the organization's overall objectives is crucial to organization success.

The recruitment process can be regarded separately to the selection process; it focuses on identifying that a genuine vacancy has arisen through to receiving a list of candidates.

Whether the economic environment is booming, and attraction and retention of a talented and flexible workforce is essential for competitive advantage, or is in a downturn and the survival of the organization depends on the competence of staff, it is essential that the recruitment function is clearly identified.

There are a few stages of recruitment;

Stage 1 : Identify Genuine Vacancy

There are a few reasons on how vacancies could occur ; creation of a new roll, or where replacement needs to be filled in.

Before recruiting, an analysis should be done to ensure that the vacancy is genuine or that the role is in fact require. 

Stage 2 : Obtain Authority To Recruit

An organization recruitment policy or processes should include a procedure to ensure authority to recruit is obtained by senior management or a designated authority.

Stage 3 : Conduct Job Analysis

A job analysis is a structured approach that identifies and determines the major requirements of a role, and the relative importance of the requirements necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position.    

Stage 4 : Write Or Review Position Description

The work undertaken in completing the previous steps will all contribute to the formulation or review of a position description for the relevant role.

Stage 5 : Attracting Candidates

 

A number of matters need to be addressed before advertising to ensure the right candidates are attracted, in the most appropriate and efficient way and to fully understand where recruitment

strengths and weaknesses lie.