What is meant by Recruitment

The managerial function of an organization recruitment of human resource activities. Human recruiting is the internal and external searching attracting qualified person to apply for jobs in the organization. Qualified personal appropriate for application, selecting, selection, experience, test and other activities function of human resources recruitment.Right people selected to the achievement of an organization's goal. Human recruitment function also the qualifying person required by the internal and external sources.

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Definition

According to S. P. Robbins, “Recruiting is the discovering of potential candidates for actual or anticipated organizational vacancies. It is linking activity- bringing together those with jobs to fill and those sacking jobs.”

According to Prof. R.W. Griffin, “Recruiting is the process of attracting qualified persons to apply for the jobs that are open.” 

According to Edwin. B. Flippo, “Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization.”

According to Plumbley, “Recruitment is a matching process and the capacities and inclination of the candidates have to be matched against the demands and rewards inherent in a given job or career pattern.”

Element of recruitment of human resource

• Policy and job assessment 
• Determining sources of workforce 
• Requisition and invitation of application- 

a) Formal advertisement

b) Informal advertisement

c) Various commercial sources

d) Official agencies

• Receiving recruiting evaluation of application 
• Tests and specification for selection 

Factor s affecting recruitment of human resources

• Recruitment either temporary or permanent 
• Goodwill and stability of the organization 
• Expansion of the organization 
• Salary, working environment and other benefits 
• Size of the organization 
• Location of the organization and 
• Public policy and government control

Sources of human resources recruitment

Internal sources of human resources recruitment

• Part time and temporary workforce 
• Friends and relatives of present employee 
• Transfer 
• Promotion of present employee 
• Recommendation of trade union and 
• Recommendation of higher authority

External sources of human resources recruitment

• Internet 
• Former employees 
• Advertising 
• Employment searcher 
• Talent hunting 
• Head hunting 
• Casual application and 
• Direct recruitment

       And also recruitment of institutional sources

• Private employment agencies 
• Professional and vocational institution and 
• Recruitment from college and university

What is meant by staffing

Staffing is the management function. Staffing is the forecasting of personal necessary recruitment, selecting, placement and development of the employee. And other hand, staff filling and position in the organization structure. Staff workforce recruitment of internal and external source it has the people available, selecting, promotion, placing or otherwise developing and current jobholders.The staff manager includes the moving a workforce utilization human resource.

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Definition of staffing

According to Prof. Weihrich and Koontz, “Staffing is defined as filling, and keeping filled, positions in the organization structure, done by identifying work- force requirements, inventorying the people available, and recruiting, selecting, placing, promoting, appraising, planning the careers of, compensating, and training or otherwise developing both candidates and current jobholders so that they can accomplish their tasks effectively and efficiently.”

According to J. L. Massie, “The staffing function includes the process by which the right person is placed in the right organizational position.”

Importance

Staffing is the importance of organization function. Staff is the circle of an organization. It is ensuring the proper performance of organizational function and achievement of organizational goals. The following the Importance of staff:

• Ensuring effective utilization of human resource
• Effective utilization of other input factors
• Aid to develop a skilled workforce
• Aid to smooth running of managerial functions
• Aid to other managerial function
• Ensuring optimum utilization of the workforce
• Aid to achieve goal

Various steps of staffing recruitment process

Proper performance of organizational activities and attainment of its goals largely depends on effective qualities of good stuff. Its various steps by steps staff recruitment process. The following step recruitment staff:

• Policy and job assessment
• Determining sources of workforce
• Requisition and invitation of application-

a) Formal advertisement

b) Informal advertisement

c) Commercial source  and

d) Official agencies

• Examining and specifying for selection
• Collection department requisition

Sources of staffing recruitment

Every organization of employee recruiting source helps the attract best of quality employees. The organization has the choosing applicant for its recruitment process of internal and external source. The following organization employee recruitment, internal and external sources:

    

Internal source

• Promotion of present employees
• Recommendation of employed personnel
• Recommendation of trade union
• Recommendation of higher authority
• Friends and relatives of present employees

 External sources

• Advertisement
• Employment searchers
• Employment exchange
• Recruitment from college and university
• Professional and vocational institution
• Private employment agencies
• Uninvited or casual application
• Direct recruitment

Method of staffing selection

Internal and external source affected any organization specific job performance, achieving organizational goals. Employee selection method of use in organized activities in nature jobs mind. The followings are the sources used method of employee selection:

• Receiving and scrutiny of application
• Issuing an invitation card for participating in the selection
• Conducting test-

a. Efficiency test

b. Personality test

c. Intelligence test

d. Technical knowledge test

e. Aptitude test

• Taking interview
• Primary selection
• Inquiry of personal history
• Medical examination
• Final selection
• Sent of Appointment letter
• Joining report