Study the concepts of Recruitment and Selection in Effective Human Resource Management A Case Study
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of the case, students should be able to:
- Understand the importance of recruitment and selection in human resource management and how they contribute to organizational performance and employee satisfaction.
- Identify the best practices and methods for attracting, screening, and selecting qualified candidates for different positions and roles.
- Understand and compare the advantages and disadvantages of various recruitment and selection tools and techniques, such as interviews, tests, assessments, and references.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
HRM is the process through which the manager of an organization recruits, selects, trains, and develops an effective employee team for the business. Human resource management involves employees’ features and performance in an organization or a business. It may also be defined as the strategic approach used in procuring, developing, and maintaining a highly skilled workforce to effectively attain an organization's goals through a distinctive set of integrated employment policies, programs, and practices.
One of the key functions of Human Resource Management is to recruit and select the best talent for the organization. Recruitment and selection are two interrelated and interdependent processes that aim to attract, assess, and hire qualified candidates for various positions. Recruitment and selection processes are the procedures taken into account by an organization to find suitable applicants to occupy a vacant position.
The recruitment process is one in which an organization is presented with a number of potential candidates to choose from in order to occupy a vacant position in an organization. This process looks like an easy one but it takes a lot of skill and time to choose the right talent at the right place and time. This process is very significant to Human Resource Management. It involves identifying the job requirements, advertising the vacancy, sourcing candidates, screening applications, and inviting shortlisted candidates for further assessment.
The selection process refers to the steps involved in selecting a qualified candidate to occupy an open position in a business organization. It comes in after the recruitment plan has been drawn. It involves conducting various tests, interviews, and assessments to evaluate the candidates' skills, knowledge, abilities, personality, and fit with the organization's culture and values. Selection can be done based on objective criteria or subjective criteria depending on the nature and level of the job.