Recruitment forms a step in the
process which continues with selection and ceases with the placement of the
candidate. It is the next step in the procurement function, the first being the
manpower planning.
Recruiting makes it possible to
acquire the number and types of people necessary to ensure the continued operation
of the organisation. Recruiting is the discovering of potential applicants for
actual or anticipated organisational vacancies.
According to Edwin
B. Flippo, “Recruitment
is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to
apply for jobs in the organisation.”
According to
Lord, “Recruitment
is a form of competition. Just as corporations compete to develop, manufacture,
and market the best product or service, so they must also compete to identify,
attract and hire the most qualified people. Recruitment is a business, and it
is a big business.”
In the words of
Dale Yoder, “
Recruiting is a process to discover the sources of manpower to meet the requirements
of the staffing schedule and to employ effective measures for attracting that
manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate effective selection of an efficient
working force.”
According to
Werther and Davis, “Recruitment
is the process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The
process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when their applications are
submitted. The result is a pool of applicants form which new employees are
selected.”
Dales S. Beach
writes, “Recruitment
is the development and maintenance of adequate manpower resources. It involves
the creation of a pool of available labour upon whom the organisation can
depend when it needs additional employees.”
According to
Scott, Clothier and Spriegel the need for recruitment arises out of
the following situations:
Vacancies
created due to expansion, diversification, and growth of business.
An
increase in the competitive advantage of certain concerns, enabling them to get
more of the available business than formerly.
An
increase in business arising from an upswing during the recovery period of a
business cycle.
Vacancies
created due to transfer, promotion, retirement, termination, permanent
disability or death.
The
normal population growth, which requires increased goods and services to meet
the needs of the people.
A
rising standard of living, which requires more of the same goods and services
as well as the creation of new wants to be satisfied.
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