Recruitment and Selection

Module 3
Recruitment – What and Why?
• Generating a pool of candidates for opportunities in the organisation
• The war for talent is REAL
• Employer Branding is KEY – TOMA + AIDA
• Awareness
• Interest
• Desire
• Action
Question:
Where/How/When does employer branding start?
Sources of Recruitment

Internal External

• Existing Staff • Online

• Retired/retrenched/exited staff
• Employee Referrals*
• Trade Unions*
• Agencies (Govt/NGO/Pvt)
• Associations
• Temp/Consult/Freelancers
• Outsource/Offshore
• Walk-ins
• Campus Placements/Internships
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Diversity Index
• Women
• Single Parents
• Older / Retired
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• Minorities
• All other aspects…

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The Selection Process
• The Application Form/Blank vs the CV
• Check out what your dream company wants…
• Tests
• IQ
• Aptitude
• Psychomotor
• Personality / Interest
• Achievement / Job Knowledge
• Work Sample / Situational Analysis
The Selection Process
• Honesty Test / Polygraph
• Graphology
• Substance Abuse Screening
• In the case of MNCs – ensuring compliance
with local labour laws
• In the case of Companies that hire
international employees: compliance with
immigration laws

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The Selection Process
Other Aspects:
• Assessment Centers
• In-basket, GDs, Management Games, Presentations
• Miniature Job Training and Evaluation
• Realistic Job Previews
• Background Checks and Reference Checks
• Medical Examinations
Question: How do we decide which processes to go for??
Reliability and Validity

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Interviews
• Structured vs Unstructured Interviews
• Depth Interview / Probing Interview
• Stress Interview
• Group (Mass) Interviews
• Panel Interviews

• Content of interviews – situational vs behavioural

Pitfalls
• Planning the interview
• Bias
• As we sit with a mindset to ‘reject’, we tend to focus on negatives and they
affect our decisions significantly more than positives
• First impressions
• Contrast bias
• Nonverbal cues
• Stereotyping
• Knowing what to look out for (Prepare and get adequate information)
• Watch your (interviewer) behaviour
Job Offer
• How to make the final hiring decision?
• Judgmental
• Statistical
• Hybrid
• Fitment evaluation
• Issue of Offer
• Basic Terms of employment
• Joining date
• Compensation Break up
Orientation and Onboarding
• Is it important?

• List some information that HAS to be shared during this phase

• Any interesting experiences?

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