Introduction and meaning
The success or failure of any organization depends on the calibre of its most important asset; that is, its workforce. An organization cannot progress and prosper without the positive and productive contributions from its people. Therefore, organizations need to recruit people with the necessary skills, qualities, and expertise to perform their operations and accomplish their goals. In simple words, recruitment refers to searching and inviting applications from eligible job seekers. Recruitment is the first step in filling a vacancy within an organization. Recruitment is the generating of applicants for specific positions to be filled up in the organization. In other words, it is a process of searching for and obtaining applicants for jobs so that the right people in right number can be selected. The challenge however, is not just hiring the right people, but also hiring them before the competitor does. An ideal recruitment plan is the one that attracts a relatively large number of qualified and competent applicants.
Attracting individuals on a timely basis
Results in
To have the right kind of people in right number at the right place
Attracting individuals with appropriate qualification
Recruitment
Encouraging individuals to apply for jobs with an organization
Definitions
According to Bergmann and Taylor, “Recruitment is the process of locating, identifying, and attracting capable applicants”.
According to Dale Yoder, “Recruitment 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”.
Flippo has defined recruitment as “a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating and encouraging them to apply for jobs in an organization”.
Thus, recruitment can be easily defined as the process of searching for
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