Lecture Six Recruitment.ppt

Lecture Six Recruitment The Importance of Recruitment What is Recruitment and Process Sources of Recruitment: List the various sources from which job applicants can be drawn, their relative advantages and disadvantages, and the methods for evaluating them. Who are the Recruiters and What are their Traits? Methods of Recruitment Explain the recruiter’s role in the recruitment process, the limits the recruiter faces, and the opportunities available. The Importance of Recruitment Linking Recruitment to Competitive Advantage Achieving Cost Efficiency Attracting Highly Qualified Candidate Improving Retention Rates through the Use of Realistic Job Preview Creating A More Culturally Diverse Workforce (P64-66) To Prove the employers have complied with EEOC Laws (Equal Employment Opportunity Communities) What is Realistic Job Preview? It can reduce turnover by giving applicants more information (unfavorable, as well as favorable) about the job and the organization. What is Recruitment? Recruitment: Describe the various recruitment policies that organizations adopt to make job vacancies more attractive. The practice or activity carried on by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees Finding and/or attracting applicants for the employer’s open positions The Human Resource Recruitment Process Personnel Policies Characteristics of the vacancy are more important than recruiters or recruiting sources. Personnel Policies vary: Internal versus External recruiting opportunity for advancement Market leader pay strategy Employment-at-will policies- either party can terminate the relationship at any time Due-process policy - employees can appeal a termination decision Image advertising Recruitment Sources Who are Recruiters? Functional Area HR- versus operating area-specialist Traits warm and informative Realism realistic job preview, honesty Steps to Enhance Recruiter Impact Methods of Recruitment Internal Sources (Recruitment ): P