Recruiting/Retention

Recruiting /Retention

Introduction

Employee selection is important as it is a way in which an organization ensures that it obtains the right human resource for specific job Employee selection falls in the broader perspective of employee resourcing . Employee resourcing is very important in organization . It consists of administration , performance and staffing . All these are interrelated activities that are carried out in an organization Management and staffing activities help in ensuring that employees with right or desired skills are recruited . The employees have also to be in the right numbers desired

by the organization . Employee resourcing aims at ensuring that employees are at the right place at the right time Management in this case is concerned with ensuring that employees perform their best (Beardwell and Holden , 1997

There are many methods of selection that contemporary organizations can utilize during the process of selection of employees for the any vacant post in an organization

Advertisement

Many organizations use advertisement as a method of selecting employees for the management trainee post . Advertisements are usually placed in the daily newss showing that there are vacancies for the management trainee post or other posts . Through this , potential employees are able to know that there were vacancies for the post in any company . Internet advertisements have also been made through the organization 's websites Such websites indicates that potential candidates could also advertise online . Advertising through the internet is cheaper compared to advertising through newss . Both methods achieve the objective since potential candidates are able to know that vacancies are available in different firms

Application forms

This is also another selection method that is usually used by many modern firms . This is whereby potential candidates fill the application forms and then send them to the organization wishing to recruit . In this forms the applicants give detailed information concerning their educational background and any experience that they have among other things . Application forms as a method of selecting employees are very effective . This is because management can take time to look at them and therefore make right decisions . They also help in saving the time that is used in interviews . They are very effective when used because they always enhance quality decision making in any company (Maundy , 2001

Application forms used in any company should be very effective . This is because the selectors in such firms get sufficient data that helps them to critically analyze each application form hence making an informed choice . Using application forms that are sent to any company , selectors can easily prepare questions they need to administer to applicants during interviews . They help in informing the selectors who the potential employees are and what they are doing . It is very easy for the selectors to compare and contrast the applicants or candidates . This method of selection is very effective when combined with interviews

Selectors easily compare and contrast experiences and education among the candidates . This method is very effective because it is standardized in nature and not subjective . Selectors are not influenced by...