Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Course
Course
planning and
forecasting
- Describe the
recruitment process
recruitment
recruitment sources of
human resources
methods and
advantages and
disadvantages
process
validation of employee
selection procedures
employment tests in
selection
successful selection
interviewing
- Understand the
objectives of orienting
new employees
Contents Coverage
Recommended Books
“Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Orienting New Employees”, 4th Edition, Diane Arthur; PHI
Learning Private Limited
“Competency Based Recruitment and Selection – A Practical Guide”, Robert Wood and Tim Payne; John
Wiley and Sons
“Human Resource Management”, Seventh Edition, Raymond J. Stone; John Wiley and Sons
Course Assessment
The course objectives and course contents are aligned with course assessments
- Assignments +
Quizzes + Graded
Discussions = 15%
- Final Term
Exams = 50 %
The recruitment and selection process is a series of hurdles aimed at selecting the best qualified
candidate for the job
Step 1
Decide what positions you’ll have to fill, through human resource planning and forecasting
Step 2
Build a pool of candidates for these jobs by recruiting internal and/or external candidates
Step 3
Have candidates’ complete application forms for selection, and perhaps undergo an initial screening
Step 4
Use selection tools like employment tests, background investigations, physical exams, etc., to identify
viable candidates
Step 5
Conduct series of interviews and make selection decision and decide who to make an offer
Step 6
Make new employees feel welcome can be accomplished by orienting them to the organization
What is HR Planning?
“The process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them”
What is Recruitment?
“The process of seeking and attracting a pool of qualified applicants from which candidates for job
vacancies can be selected”
What is Selection?
“The process of choosing from a group of applicants the best qualified candidate”
What is an Interview?
“An interview is a selection procedure designed to predict future job performance on the basis of
applicant’s verbal and non-verbal responses to verbal inquiries”
What is an Orientation?
“An employee orientation is an initial process that provides easy access to basic information, programs
and services, and allows new employees to take an active role in their organization”
Recruitment and selection process ideally starts with HR planning. After all, if you don’t
know what your organization's HR needs will be in the next few months, why should
you be hiring?
What is HR Planning?
HR planning is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them.
It includes all future positions which need to be filled, from clerk to managers. However, most firms call
the process of deciding how to fill executive positions succession planning.
Linking Strategy and HR Planning
HR planning should reflect the firm’s strategic plans. Thus plans to enter new businesses or to launch
new product all influence the types of positions you will need to fill (or eliminate)
Forecasting HR demand starts with estimating the demand for firm’s products. If the demand of product
or services would be high the demand of workforce would likely to be high.
• Then estimate the size of the staff required to support this sales volume.
• Projected turnover
• Productivity changes
• Financial resources
1. Trend Analysis
2. Ratio Analysis
3. Scatter Plot
Trend Analysis
Study of a firm’s past employment needs over a period of years to predict future needs The aim is to
identify trends that might continue into the future.