Hiring the Right Employee

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Figure 01 : Recruiting employees (researchleap, 2017)


What is recruitment?

“Recruitment refers to the process of identifying, attracting, interviewing, selecting, hiring and onboarding employees. In other words, it involves everything from the identification of a staffing need to filling it”. (smartrecruiters, 2020)

HR Role in recruiting candidate

Recruitment can take place both within and outside of the organization. It is the responsibility of the organization's HR to recruit the most competent individuals with qualifications, experience, skills, and capabilities, and the objective of implementing this process is to ensure that the company is able to identify the most qualified person to accomplish the organization's end goal. Recruiting the right individual will have a beneficial influence, but hiring the incorrect person will cost a lot. (shrm, 2022)

Internal & external recruitment

Organizations prefer to recruit internally since it takes less time and allows them to find required capabilities candidates based on existing employees' qualifications and skills. The option to hire internally or externally may be made by the company based on the benefits and disadvantages listed below. (responsewebrecruitment, 2019)

Internal Recruitment

Benefits

Disadvantages

 

•         Cheaper & faster

•         Opportunity for promotion

•         Motivation & improve morale

•         Reducing employee turnover

•         Business knows the strengths & weaknesses

 

 

•         Limits the chances of new innovations & ideas

•         Limits the number of potential applicants

•         Creates workforce gap

•         Dissatisfaction among those who were not selected

 

External Recruitment

Benefits

Disadvantages

 

•         Brings in new ideas & skills

•         Increases chances of recruiting

•         Range of experienced & qualified candidates

 

 

•         Longer & expensive process

•         Less understanding on company environment

•         Internal disputes among existing employees

 

The recruitment and selection process 

Below mentioned are the stages of recruitment and selection. (Armstrong, 2014)

1.     Defining requirements.

2.     Attracting candidates.

3.     Sifting applications.

4.     Interviewing.

5.     Testing 

6.     Assessing candidates.

7.     Obtaining references.

8.     Checking applications.

9.     Offering employment

10.    Following up.

 

Hints for effective recruiting 

The primary objective of recruiters is to hire the proper people. They must understand the job description and look for certain talents and competencies to guarantee that the right people are hired. (smartrecruiters, 2020)

  • Look internally before externally
  • Reach out to “passive” candidates
  • Hire the sure thing

“Acquiring right talent is the most important key to growth of a business” – Marc Bennioff

 

Business impact of proper recruitment 

Recruitment aids in identifying those who are most qualified for the job based on the job description. It should be a method for bringing in the right personnel without incurring additional costs. As a result, production will rise, and short- and long-term objectives will be met. As long as the organization follows the right recruitment procedure, it will ensure that the company does not hire people who are under or overqualified, saving both individuals and business owners time. (Firstpro, 2021)

 

Conclusion

Finding the ideal staff is a difficult task. Recruitment aids in the development of a long-term strategy to ensure that the company achieves all of its objectives and increases the company's profitability. A strong recruitment process will help to increase the company's reputation and it  is a methodical and well-organized process. The way you hire people will influence whether your new hire is a benefit or a burden to the company.

 

References

Armstrong, 2014. A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. In: s.l.:koganpage.

Firstpro, 2021. Firstpro. [Online]
Available at: https://www.firstproinc.com/recruiters/why-recruiting-is-the-most-important-business-strategy/#:~:text=Importance%20of%20Recruitment&text=Recruitment%20helps%20divide%20applications%20into,would%20help%20the%20company%20grow.
[Accessed 10 April 2022].

researchleap, 2017. researchleap. [Online]
Available at: https://researchleap.com/impact-recruitment-selection-strategy-employees-performance-study-three-selected-manufacturing-companies-nigeria/
[Accessed 10 April 2022].

responsewebrecruitment, 2019. responsewebrecruitment.. [Online]
Available at: https://responsewebrecruitment.co.uk/online-recruitment-blog/internal-vs-external-recruitment/
[Accessed 10 April 2022].

shrm, 2022. Recruiting Internally and Externally. [Online]
Available at: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/toolkits/pages/recruitinginternallyandexternally.aspx
[Accessed 10 March 2022].

smartrecruiters, 2020. smartrecruiters. [Online]
Available at: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/resources/glossary/recruitment/
[Accessed 10 April 2022].

 

  

Comments

  1. Asiri Samarakoon (MBA 2022 BATCH)11 April 2022 at 02:36

    This is a recent and important post, and the majority of organizations suffer from a lack of recruitment information.

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  2. Mani and Kavi11 April 2022 at 03:57

    One of most valuable topic in current competitive market place. Believe that knowledge testing is a key point here, as in practical scenario have seen lot of talented and qualified selection doesn't have much sense in practical working floor. So hink it's more important to have general knowledge test always when hiring people.

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  3. Kawshi M. Perera ♥️13 April 2022 at 01:51


    A strong recruitment procedure, which is thorough and well-organized, will help to improve the company's reputation. Whether your new recruit is a benefit or a burden to the firm depends on how you hire them. Good attempt . All the best !!!

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  4. Venushka Bandaranayake2 May 2022 at 20:11

    Employees are always considered to be the most valuable asset in every corporate firm, and People Management is the most crucial function controlled by the HRM department. The major responsibility of the HRM team is to hire the right employees for suitable positions. All the best.

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  5. ShashithaMBA242 May 2022 at 21:27

    In any organization recruitment process is one of the most important subject for HRM. There are two different ways for the recruitment. 1)Internal 2) External . you have clearly described advantages and disadvantages of both ways as well.good article all the best niluke

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  6. Zaman3 May 2022 at 07:27

    I completely agree with what Shashitha has mentioned. You have clearly explained the internal & external hiring. It is highly critical for a company since the entire performance and existence of the company relies on its employees. Good article !

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  7. Chamila Thilakaratne (LMU, ESOFT MBA Batch #24)3 May 2022 at 19:30

    When you hire the right person for a job, you avoid having to conduct additional job searches for another professional.well explained the topic.

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  8. Gayan Weerasinghe3 May 2022 at 22:26

    This article clearly mention about recruiting suitable candidates to an organization and how it affect for the firm performances. Hiring a skilled and experience external candidate may also reduce training costs and give the organization a competitive advantage. This is a good work and all the best.

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  9. Dilini MBA4 May 2022 at 06:36

    Employees are always regarded as the most valuable asset in any business, and People Management is the most important job under the HRM department's responsibility. The HRM team's main responsibility is to hire the right people for the right jobs.

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  10. Prasad5 May 2022 at 08:49

    Find the right peoples to organization increased the it performance. Good explained .

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  11. Chamara MBA7 May 2022 at 01:54

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  12. Niluke Sirimanna7 May 2022 at 18:57

    Thank you for your valuable comment

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