Chapter 1: Introduction
In this modern day, working is one of the certain needs for living. Imagine if someone is not working, they cannot eat, pay the bills, pay their child school tuition, etc. For working, there are some steps that have to pass before working in some place. The steps is called RECRUITMENT and SELECTION. Recruitment and selection are the important things to build a good workforce in the working environment of the company. According to the answers.com, recruitment is an Act of seeking prospective new employees or members for an organization. Recruitment is a vital function for an organization to maintain its personnel. Recruitment originally meant reinforcement. Selection is a preference from among choices. According to the answers.com, the act of choosing between or among a variety of options or alternatives. The process by which various factors or mechanisms determine and modify the reproductive ability of a genotype within a specific population. Based on the source, the writer conclude that selection is a process in which members of a population perform at different rates, due to either natural or human-influenced factors. Selection has a result, characteristics that found from the organisms within the population in the society. Recruitment and Selection Procedure sets out how to ensure as far as possible, that the best people are recruited on merit and that the recruitment process is free from bias and discrimination. Recruitment and selection allow management to determine and gradually modify the behavioral characteristics and competences of the workforce. According to the slide from the Lecturer, The recruitment and selection process is a series of hurdles aimed at selecting the best candidate for the job. The firms or companies of course want their employees to be well-prepared and suite for the criteria on the job.
The Recruitment is divided into two parts: The Informal Recruiting, mouth - to - mouth