Importance of an Effective Recruitment and Selection Process for Organizational Growth
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Introduction to Recruitment and Selection Process for Organizational Growth
Importance
of an Effective Recruitment and Selection Process for Organizational Growth
Introduction
At
present the human resources are considered as one of the most important
assets in any organization is that people
are dynamic to organizations as they
offer insights, values and talents to the organizations. Effectively managed human characters are a significant
benefit to the organization.
Recruitment is the process of recognizing and attracting potential applicants from internal or external sources and commence evaluating for future employment. The selection process commences when the right caliber of candidates are identified (Walker, 2009). Recruitment and selection, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organization in terms of achieving its ultimate goal (Costello, 2006). An effective recruitment and selection process will continuously add value to the organizational Growth and strengthen the process of recruitment and selection will benefits the organization in all aspects of business (Costello, 2006). Furthermost recruitment and selection processes have elements of subjective judgement characteristic in them. Also, the recruitment and selection of employees provides an opportunity for the organization to present itself in a favorable light (Walker, 2009). Recruitment states to an organization ability to attract an appropriate capable pool of applicants for a vacancy, in a cost effective and timely manner. Organizations role to communicate the target audience internally and externally that the vacancy is exist, the nature, task and scope of the position, requesting experience and knowledge need to successfully undertake the role (Bernard & Stanley, 2013).
Recruitment is the process of recognizing and attracting potential applicants from internal or external sources and commence evaluating for future employment. The selection process commences when the right caliber of candidates are identified (Walker, 2009). Recruitment and selection, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organization in terms of achieving its ultimate goal (Costello, 2006). An effective recruitment and selection process will continuously add value to the organizational Growth and strengthen the process of recruitment and selection will benefits the organization in all aspects of business (Costello, 2006). Furthermost recruitment and selection processes have elements of subjective judgement characteristic in them. Also, the recruitment and selection of employees provides an opportunity for the organization to present itself in a favorable light (Walker, 2009). Recruitment states to an organization ability to attract an appropriate capable pool of applicants for a vacancy, in a cost effective and timely manner. Organizations role to communicate the target audience internally and externally that the vacancy is exist, the nature, task and scope of the position, requesting experience and knowledge need to successfully undertake the role (Bernard & Stanley, 2013).
Recruitment
and Selection
Recruitment
define, as the process of identifying and inspiring individuals with the
necessary skills and profile of the probable candidates to apply to fill
existing or future vacant positions in the organization by making them aware
that such vacancies exist (Nigeria, 2007). In
human resource management terms, “recruitment” is the prices of finding and
hiring the best and most qualified candidate for a job opening, in a timely and
cost-effective manner. It can also be defined as the steps of searching for
potential employee and motivating and infuriating them to apply for jobs in
an organization (Mahapatro, 2010). Therefore, recruitment
could be described as the process of finding the suitable candidate required
for the position from the stage of receiving the applications to the
organization. The process of recruitment and selection is considered as one of the significant functions of an
organization. In today’s context, in
a current competitive market, having right people with right talents
at the right positions is very important
to organizations. The hiring the
most talented people in the industry due to
effective hiring processes are in place is a competitive advantage
for the organization. At present the human resource considered as one main
asset for the organization. While recruitment is the process of identifying and
attracting potential candidates from within and outside an organization to
begin evaluating them for future employment, selection begins when the right
caliber of candidates is identified (Ekwoaba,
Ugochukwu and Ufoma, 2015). Selection
is the process in selecting the best candidate from the applications according
to the job specification.
Internal Recruitment : This is a process which a company will consider internal sources of recruitment to fill a vacancy. This can be a promotion for the current employee (DeVaro, 2016).
Internal Recruitment : This is a process which a company will consider internal sources of recruitment to fill a vacancy. This can be a promotion for the current employee (DeVaro, 2016).
External
Recruitment : External recruitment is a process in
which a company will search for new blood with new experience to fulfill the
position vacant. Organizations focusing more on competitive advantage recruit
external talent (DeVaro, 2016).
Table
1.0: Promotion from within versus external hiring - Advantages and
Disadvantages Chart
(Source
: David and Dyer, 2012)
List of References
Costello
D. (2006), Leveraging the Employee Life Cycle, CRM Magazine,
vol. 10, no. 12, pp.48.
David
J. and Gibb Dyer W. (2012), Creating Effective Organizations,
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J, (2016), ‘Internal hiring or external recruitment?’, IZA World of Labor,
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Ekwoaba
JO, Ugochukwu U and Ufoma N (2015), ‘The Impact Recruitment and Selection
Criteria on organizational Performance’, Global Journal of Human
Resource Management, vol.3, no.2, pp. 22-33.
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B. B. (2010), Human Resource Management, P. G. Department of
Business Management Fakir Mohan University, 2010.
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J. (2009). Human Resource Planning, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Selecting the Best and Its Effectiveness
Selecting
the Best and its Effectiveness
“If you hire people who are bigger than you are, we shall become a company of giants” (Ogilvy, 2010, p. 6).
Selecting the best possible candidate
within the organization or from outside with required skills, qualification,
talent and the passion to work will allow the organizations to have
the best fit for the position (Surbhi, 2015). There are advantages in
recruiting both external and internal candidates. With my experience in an
international advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather which they
constantly hire industry professional, people with passion and talent. If it is
internal candidate, Ogilvy give the first priority depending on the passion and
the talent (Cotter, 2018). Then look or he external candidates. If the vacancy
is something to compete with the industry such as creative team Ogilvy always
go for the industry experts. In searching for the best place to work both
external and internal candidates look for the job satisfaction, job security
and the personal growth. Ogilvy have created a communication with their own
staff experience in sharing their thoughts and experience at Ogilvy where
anyone can see what the organization caters. Ogilvy
management provide opportunities to internal staff to perform
their best and succeed with their carrier progress while
obtaining internal promotions. Organization believes in uplifting the
internal staff and developing them. With the training exposure which
organization enables employees through attending training in other regional
county offices add value to the employee knowledge enhancement
process and learning and adopting mix if talents in different cultures. The
organization gained advantages of building loyal and committed employees
through offering attractive facilities and benefits.
Ogilvy owns a
rich culture and
exclusive values in the organization which they
value their current employees and not forgetting the new employees.
The opportunity of
being in align with the founder David Ogilvy’s thoughts about the process of hiring
employees which is stated as, “If you hire people who are bigger than
you are, we shall become a company of giants” the company ensures to hire experts from
the industry in
order to compete with the industry standards, and it is
considered as hiring externally the best fit as
mentioned above an advantage to the organization as they believes in hiring external candidates are very
significant in the
perspective of adding more creativity with new ideas and insights to the business (Cotter,
2018).
Table 2.0: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Model – Selecting a job
(Source:
Peter & Alex ,2011)
There are several contributing factors in job satisfaction:
self-efficacy, work relationships, job security, job performance and pay satisfaction.
Ultimately, all of these factors can be compared with Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs theory. The tiers of Maslow’s theory are self-actualization,
esteem, love/belonging, safety and physiological (Jessica, 2015). Motivated
employees work harder, produce higher quality and greater quantities of work,
are more likely to engage in organizational citizenship behaviors, and are less
likely to leave the organization in search of more fulfilling opportunities.
Competition by companies to attract the most talented individuals has given
employees the power to demand more than just a reasonable wage or salary, and
there is evidence that companies are starting to listen.
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Cotter
T, (2018), Communicating the recruitment process: dos and don’ts, Available at : https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/communicating-recruitment-process, (Accessed date
: 9th October 2018).
Jessica
M., 2015, Job Satisfaction Compared to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,
Linkedin, 2015.
Ogilvy & Mather (2010), Annual Report of Global Recruitment,
Issue 12, pp. 6.
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S (2015), Difference between Internal and External Recruitment,
Available at :https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-internal-and-external-recruitment.html, (Accessed
date : 9h October 2018).
Theory Effect Recruitment
Theory Effect Recruitment
Beyond the basic
needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs the fourth level of the aspect
which esteem needs, and employees seek for being respected
(Komninos, 2017). Employees prefer to participate in professional activities,
academic achievements and their self-satisfactory habits during this stage
as such will fulfill their esteem needs. It will always be the thought of will
it give me the respect and self-esteem and personal growth by fulfilling
their best potential
(Komninos, 2017).
Table
3.0 Significance of the Hierarchy Needs to Business
(Source: Peter
& Alex, 2011)
Ogilvy provides employees to participate in professional
activities and support in academic progress along with
enabling international
exposure and such has
made both internal and
external candidates to be
interested in being a part of the organization. When a candidate study about the company background, they search for information’s about organization stability, job security, organizational growth
and their personal growth.
Table
4.0: Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory
(Source : Nayak,
2015)
According to Herzberg’s Two factor
theory candidates look or hygiene factors and motivational factors and
such could happen even before they apply or join the
organization. In present job market, candidates make sure they obtain
and ensure that they could be succeed in the applying position and
the fact of candidates are aware about the organizations and its potential of
career opportunities will enlighten them (Luthans, 2011). External
applicants search for the new opportunities in new company prior to
they apply for a new job vacancy and mainly focus on
the company stability, job security, work conditions, recognition, personal
growth and other important factors which will affect self-satisfaction and
self-motivation (Luthans, 2011). When the internal
employee applies for a better position in within the same company,
they inquire about the extent of level which they
could achieve taking up the new position and their position
and their personal growth, interest about the new position and responsibilities,
career advancement (Nayak, 2015). Herzberg two-factor theory considers the
organizational based motivational variables that are responsible for employee’s
job satisfaction and explains that the Job satisfaction or dissatisfaction has
been known as a forecaster of employee retention and turnover (Nyamekye,
2012).
Therefore, it is considered as both
hygiene and motivational factors to their expected levels the candidates will
apply for the vacancy opened.
List of References
Komninos
A (2017), Esteem : Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Available at
: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/esteem-maslow-s-hierarchy-of-needs, (Accessed
date : 10th October 2018).
Luthans
F (2011), Motivational Needs Processes and Applications :
Organizational Behavior, 12th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Luthans
F (2011), Motivational Needs Processes and Applications :
Organizational Behavior, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 12th edn, pp.
73.
Nyamekye,
F (2012), ‘Impact of motivation on employee retention: A case study of
Standard Charted Bank Ghana Limited’, the Institute of Distance Learning,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, pp. 36-38.
Peter
S. & Alex S. (2011), Business & Management for the IB Diploma,
Cambridge University Press’s mission is to advance learning, pp. 143-144.
Right Recruitment Process
Right Recruitment
Process
The recruitment process required to have a proper system and
guidelines in place and appropriate recruitment will save the organization time and resources
(Stimpson and Smith, 2011). If the recruitment is not up to the expected level
will be a waste money, time and the opportunity of another best suit candidate (Stimpson and Smith,
2011). The below process diagram is used to identify the
appropriate candidate who is the best qualified for the position with contents adequate ability to support to the organization to
achieve their goals and success in the market. Recruiting right employee
for the right job and retain him or her over a long period of time would ensure
sustain of organizational competitive advantage and grows concurrently.
Incentives such as competitive salaries, job trainings and career development
programs are the known controllable factors, and which could can be
instrumental in employees reach higher levels of job satisfaction (Hanif,
2013). I present context the most admired firms such as the software firm
SAS, Southwest Airlines, and Google attract and retain their best employees as
they provide an enormous attention and care to their fabulous cultures and
values (Luthans, 2011).
Table 5.0:
Recruitment Process
(Source :
Chungyalpa & Karishma, 2016)
Whatever the size
or nature of the organization, having a skilled and motivated team plays a
critical role in ensuring future success. Finding the right employees can result in reduction in staff turnover, improving team and
organizational effectiveness and ultimately in achieving organizational goals.
With ultimate effort
of choosing the
right employee should not be led to a chance or intuition. Instead, it requires efficient management and the practicing of key recruitment and selection skills within the organization.
In recruitment and
selection need to satisfy both the organization and applicant. The critical
points need to consider in the process recruitment and selection. Recruitment effort should go in line
with company’s strategic plan and company should have the reputation
and motivational factors for best in the industry to apply for the vacancy there has to have a fixed process and it needs to be
flowed by every level of recruitment. Candidates need to be given proper
guide line on for what level and how it will grow them personally for them to
motivate and apply for the vacancy. Competitive advantage with new
talents and ideas with the external recruitment will consider or company
recognition and the future.
Effects of Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs and Herzberg’s Two factor theory for employee retention also could
be called as positive as in many organizational cases that it is proven in
scenarios where google and other organizations who have believing in focus of
employee motivation.
List of References
Chungyalpa
W and Karishma T (2016), Best Practices and Emerging Trends in
Recruitment and Selection, Journal of Entrepreneurship &
Organization Management, vol 05, no. 02.
Hanif,
A (2013), ‘Relating Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs with Employee Turnover and
Retention: Case Study of Local Telco’, International Journal of Human Resource
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date : 10th October 2018).
Luthans
F (2011), Motivational Needs Processes and Applications :
Organizational Behavior, 12th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Luthans
F (2011), Motivational Needs Processes and Applications :
Organizational Behavior, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 12th edn, pp.
73.
Stimpson
P. and Smith A. (2011), Motivation, Business and Management for the IB Diploma,
(Online),Available:file:///C:/Users/DELL/Downloads/Business%20%20Management%20(2).pdf, (Accessed
date : 10h October 2018).
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