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PART 2: TALENT ACQUISITION:

HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING


AND RECRUITMENT
REPORTERS
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
• Methods of Recruitment
• Selecting the Right Recruitment Method
• Selection/Screening Methods
• Making the Hiring Decision
• Metrics in Recruitment and Selection
RECRUITMENT METHOD
• Outside recruiters, executive search firms, and temporary employment agencies.
• Campus recruiting/educational institutions.
• Professional organizations and associations.
• Websites/Internet recruiting
• Social Media
• Events
• SIG (Special/Specific Interest Groups)
• Referrals
• Unsolicited resumes and applications
• Internet and/or traditional advertisements
• Employee leasing
• Public employment agencies
• Labor unions
Recruitment Method Advantages Disadvantages
Outside recruiters, executive search Can be time saving Expensive
firms, and temporary employment
agencies.
Less control over final candidates to
be interviewed
Campus recruiting/educational Can hire people to grow with the Time consuming
institutions. organization
Plentiful source of talent Only appropriate for certain types of
experience levels
Professional organizations and Industry specific May be fee to place an ad
associations.
Networking May be time-consuming to network
Websites/Internet recruiting Diversity friendly Could be too broad
Low cost Be prepared to deal with hundreds of
resumes
Quick
Recruitment Method Advantages Disadvantages
Social Media Inexpensive Time consuming
Overwhelming response
Events Access to specific target markets of Can be expensive
candidates
May not be the right target market
SIG (Special/Specific Interest Industry specific Research required for specific SIGS
Groups) tied to jobs

Referrals Higher quality people Concern for lack of diversity


Retention Nepotism
Unsolicited resumes and applications Inexpensive, especially with time- Time consuming
saving keyword resume search
software
Internet and/or traditional Can target a specific audience Can be expensive
advertisements
Recruitment Method Advantages Disadvantages
Employee leasing For smaller organizations, it means Possible costs
someone does not have to administer
compensation and benefits, as this is
handled by leasing company
Can be good alternative to temporary Less control of who interviews for
employment if the job is permanent the position
Public employment agencies The potential ability to recruit a May receive many resumes, which
more diverse workforce can be time-consuming
No cost, since it’s a government
agency
2,300 points of service nationwide
Labor unions Access to specialized skills May not apply to some jobs or
industries
Builds relationship with the union

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