Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 12th Commerce Notes Chapter 10 Recruitment Methods Notes
→ Recruitment is the process of finding suitable candidates for the various posts in an organisation.
→ It acts as a link between job provider and job seeker.
→ According to Edwin B. Flippo, “It is a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating and encouraging them to apply for jobs in an organisation.”
→ Recruitment process includes the following steps:
1. Planning recruitment
2. Determining vacancies
3. Identifying the sources
4. Drafting information for advertisement
5. Selecting the suitable mode of advertisement
6. Facilitating selection process
7. Evaluation and control
→ There are basically two ways by which an organisation can recruit its employees namely Internal and External sources.
→ External sources can further be classified into Direct and Indirect sources.
→ Internal Sources include Transfer, Upgrading, Promotion, Demotion, Recommendation by existing Employees, Job rotation, Retired employees, Dependants, Previous applicants, Acquisitions and Mergers.
→ Direct sources include Advertisements, Unsolicited applicants, Walk-in, Campus Recruitment, Recruitment at Factory gate, Rival firms, e-Recruitment:
→ Indirect sources include Employee referral, Govemment/Public Employment Exchanges, Employment Agencies, Employment Consultancies, Professional Associations, Deputation, Word of mouth, Labour Contractors, Job Portals, etc.
→ The recent methods of recruiting by organisations include Outsourcing and Poaching.
→ There are outsourcing firms that help in the process of recruiting through screening of applications and finding the right person for the job for which job they are paid service charges.
→ Organisations instead of training and developing their own employees hire employees of other competitive companies by paying them more both financial and non-financial benefits. It is also called raiding.