Employee Recruitment and Selection
David Custer, Tim Grady, Perfecto Luna, Tiffany Servatius, Cinde Vongprachanh
HRM/531 Human Capital Management
November 14, 2012
Thomas (Skip) Wilkins
Employee Recruitment and Selection
Employee recruitment and selection has become increasingly challenging in today’s organizational environments. Intense competition among employers demand that organizations continually develop innovative recruitment tactics to identify, appeal to, and employ the best qualified people in their respective industries. Furthermore, organizational success will weaken without the necessary talent to accomplish goals and objectives;
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Orientation, Training, and Placement
The BOP orientation program is a 12-month probationary period and includes familiarity of physical location, 200 hours of formal training requiring completion within one-year of employment along with supervising and communication practices. Upon completion of the orientation training, individuals are assigned to specific jobs (Federal Bureau of Prisons, Eligibility & Pre-Employment Statements, n.d.).
Performance Management
The most effective step in ensuring success for both the organization, and the employee, is the performance management system. Managers evaluate employees based on the employee’s performance level. Continual feedback and communication between the employee and manager will establish an ongoing performance management system (Cascio, 2010). Correctional officer trainees receive monthly evaluations that include 22 performance factors on a six-tier rating scale of unacceptable, marginal, fully meet requirements, exceeds, excellent, and unknown (Federal Bureau of Prisons, n.d.). To provide further clarity, Team C has developed a concept map of the correctional officer recruitment and selection process (See Figure 1, Tables & Figures).
Conclusion
The rationale with the identified recruitment and selection process hinges on the absolute necessity of clearly defining the intention to
The objective is to address the needs and the concerns of the organization to develop an effective method to recruiting. This method must be beneficial economically, as well as, productive in recruiting the best possible talent needed. A strategy must be developed along with a guide that will be shared by all locations and at all levels. In creating this method, different forms of recruiting will be employed to ensure that the target audience is reached effectively.
In general, the different arguments from different scholars are critical in enhancing further understanding of the issue of recruitment and selection. From the different arguments advanced in this article a number of gaps are identified that foster the need for further research in this field of study. The information derived from the respective scholarly works are also valuable in the sense that they help the research answer some of the research questions for this study and identify
a) Recruitment strategy – The overall purpose of this to ensure that there is an effective and efficient mechanism to identify, recruit and retain a productive workforce which is based on nonbiased and impartial way. The strategies for the selection and recruitment process must be in line with its business strategies and organizational goals. The process will be successful only when an organization meets its values and can positively relates to the employees values.
In today’s growing population of professionals, it is essential for organizations to implement, articulate, and accentuate the best employee selection and performance appraisals methods. The selection process is what an organization uses to determine which job candidates successfully meets the demands of the job. It also determines what job applicant will fit the organization culture and present work groups. If the selections methods and practices are done poorly, this can ultimately jeopardize the
Each of these objectives requires special attention and accurate planning and execution. It is of utmost importance for every organization to employ a right person on a right position. And recruitment and selection plays a pivotal role during such situations. With shortage of skills and the rapid spread of new technology exerting considerable pressure on how employers perform recruitment and selection activities, it is recommended to conduct a step-by-step strategic analysis of recruitment and selection processes. With reference to the current context, this paper presents an incisive review of previous literature on the recruitment and selection process. This paper is primarily based on an analysis of six pieces of literature conducted by practitioners and researchers in the field of Human Resource management. Various researchers have contributed to the field of HRM, and have offered intensive and profound knowledge on the branches of HRM such as scientific recruitment and selection, Manpower management, Job analysis, Need and purpose of Recruitment, and so
D1- Evaluate the usefulness of the documents used in the interview pack for a given organisation, in facilitating the interview process.
Organisations are required to comply with legal requirements pertaining to recruitment and selection and HR professionals should have an in depth knowledge of employment law and an understanding of why these practices need to be observed, not only in mitigating potential risk to the business but also to improve the effectiveness of recruitment processes, enhancing the employer brand. Key areas include:
Recruiting can be viewed as a screening process. This is especially true during periods of high unemployment, when the job market is characterized by an oversupply of talent. Under these conditions, the recruiting function in an organization is to eliminate unqualified people as much as to seek out talent. To improve the quality of an overall recruiting process, each step of the process must be designed to maximize the probability that the candidate ultimately selected meets the expectations of the hiring manager. One way to do this is to maximize the chances that an unqualified candidate is screened out at each step. The following are some key areas in which to focus on quality (Ibid.).
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 organizations. Searching for, and obtaining, potential job candidates in sufficient numbers and quality, and at the right cost, for the organisation to select the most appropriate people to fill its jobs. Selection is the process of gathering information for the purposes of evaluating and deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, for the short and long term interests of the individual and the organisation. Recruitment refers to the process of attracting,
This research paper will discuss the process of recruiting employees, interviewing them, and onboarding them in a way that inspires longevity. There are standard methods in the human resource process of bringing new employees into an organization which meet compliance, legal, and safety requirements. The strategies presented in this research paper compliment the standard methods, yet focus on a different set of goals:
This paper explores the hiring process, specifically the complications and success of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees. Recruiting has become relatively simple in modern times due to technology and the internet. Employers are now able to post ads for job opening online for free, which can save their company money. Advertising can vastly spread a job listing to attract many potential hires to a company. School recruitment can be convenient because it allows employers to attract the best students from all over the country to work for their companies. Each method has its own strengths and weaknesses that make them appealing depending on the needs of an employer. Interviewing can be a difficult task but if done correctly, employers can weed out those who they feel do not meet their standards and keep the best of the best. The problem with some interviews is that different methods provide different results which means that using the incorrect method may accidentally weed out a perfect candidate. Actually hiring an employee is the most important part of the process and selecting the right candidate may appear to be simple, but it can be a difficult task. More and more applicants are exaggerating their credentials to get a job which makes it difficult for hiring managers to properly
One of the most crucial elements of a successful or productive organization is an effective employee selection process. The significance of this process emanates from the fact that how workers carry out their jobs plays a crucial role in determining the level and extent of success of an organization. Due to the significance of an employee selection process, organizations draw candidates for open positions from the labor market. Actually, top-performing or successful organizations draw candidates from approximately 60 percent of the labor market. This trend includes sourcing for passive candidates who would prefer to remain contented with their present job. Moreover, organizations will relatively low or poor performance draws candidates from nearly 40 percent of the labor market and active workforce. An example of a top-performing organization that draws candidates from the labor market is Wal-Mart. The labor market plays a crucial role in employee selection with regards to having a population with the necessary qualifications for working in various organizations.
The stakeholder group, regarding employees, can receive some benefits and drawbacks from the recommendation. The benefits, which consist of increase labor for a more efficient project production schedules and allowing more flexibility. The laborers will have a chance to be scheduled on a more regular basis rather than working fourteen hour days to ensure completion. In addition, the in-house trades will have more reliability by having the proper training and knowledge of Christa’s production standards to continue to appease the client. The employees and their families will feel a sense of relief that they will be home more often and enjoy some holidays off. On the other hand, the drawbacks to this solution may be that the
A one on one interview is the most used and effective method by employers for employee selection, but how can one be effective and successful during an interview? I have heard repeatedly from my supervisors that all a person needs is 5 minutes to form their own opinion of you; with that being said, your initial presentation of yourself, visually and verbally can stop you from being successful before the actual interview begins. You have to be able to understand what the employer is looking for, and you need to present your case of why would you be an asset to the prospective employer. It all amounts to how well you can sell yourself; in the next few paragraphs, I will discuss a few steps in which you can also reference as a checklist on how to win in an interview. “If you’re on time you’re late and if you’re early you’re on time.”; I’m pretty sure most of you have heard this saying at least one time in your life, if not you might want to write that down as it may come of some use in the future. Punctuality is the key to success, if you just show up on time for an interview, or actually have the audacity to show up late, what does that say to your potential employer about yourself or your work ethic? As I stated earlier, first impressions can be everlasting, by showing up early the employer might or might not notice, but if he/she does that person might be impressed for the reason as that shows your sense of urgency and how
I have reviewed Alamo Waste’s recruitment, selection, and retention efforts. I have identified some weaknesses. In the recruitment process, weaknesses include using Craigslist, unemployment offices and college job boards. The internet is a very good resource for recruiting, but there are more useful and trust-worthy job sites other than Craigslist. Another weakness is that interviews are brief and the questions depend on the interviewer. The interviews should be structured and consistent (Argosy University Online, 2016).