SHS ORGANIZATION AND

MANAGEMENT

STAFFING:
Recruitment
and Selection
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Learning Objectives
The learners shall be able to explain the steps in recruitment and selection
process.
Recruitment is looking for and acquiring a pool of prospective
candidates with the preferred knowledge, skills and experience to let
an organization select the most proper people to fill job vacancies
against defined position descriptions and specification.
Job Description is the details of the work the jobholder must do.
Job specification –it provides the minimum qualifications
for a particular job such as educational background, experiences, skills, and
personal qualifications.
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Purpose of recruitment : to find qualified employees that will fit
into the current organization culture.
Recruitment can be done either internally or externally.
Internal recruitment- is searching for qualified people from
existing employees to fill open positions.
External recruitment – is looking for qualified people
From outside who have not worked previously in the
organization to fill open positions.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment
Advantages
1. Need shorter period of
training and time in “fitting in”
due to familiarity in goals,
structure, culture, rules and
norms in the organization.
2. Acts as incentive to all staff
to work harder w/in the org’n
Disadvantages
1.Limited pool of candidates
2. The person who has been
promoted will have to
replaced.
3. Promotion of one person in
a company may upset some-
one else.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of External
Advantages
1.Having access to a potent-
ially huge pool of applicants.
2.Able to attract people who
have skills, knowledge, and
abilities that an org’n needs
to attain its goals.
3. Being able to bring in novices
who have new approach to
solving problems.
Recruitment
Disadvantages
1. High cost
2. Externally recruited people need
to receive more training for
more knowledge about the inner
workings of the organization.
3. There is uncertainty whether they
will be good performers if
employees recruited externally.
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Selection- is the method by which the human resources
(HR) section of an organization searches for and
recruits employees to fill the identified open positions
within the company.
Recruitment and Selection Process
1. Define the job being looked for.
2. Attract candidates
3. Managing applications
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Recruitment and Selection Process
4. Conducting interviews-determines if applicant be given consideration
5. Psychological testing-measure human abilities
a. Situational judgement –solving problems
b. Aptitude – appraises the potential of applicants
-mental ability test –ability to solve problems
and learn new materials
(verbal reasoning,numerical reasoning, spatial relations)
- emotional intelligence- measures ability to deal with
people’ feelings and emotions
c. personality test- gauges personal traits and
characteristics that could be linked to job perfomance
d. Honesty and integrity- evaluate a person’s honest and
integrity based on his job behavior
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6. Awarding the Job
7. Reference check and background investigation
8. Physical Examination and Drug Testing
9. Employee Orientation or Onboarding
*acquaint new employee with the company and
imparts information about the corporate culture.
-company’s history, vision and mission, culture,
products and services provided, work hours,
dress code and company policies.
- introduction of new employees to immediate
superior and co-employees w/in the dept., then top mgt.
- ocular visit of the facility
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Quiz .Write the word or words that will make the statement
correct.
1. __is the details of the work the jobholder must do.
2. __is searching for qualified people from existing
employees to fill open positions.
3. The__ determines if the candidate should be given further
consideration.
4. The first step and 5. last step in recruitment and selection
process.
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References
1. Serrano, Angelita Ong Camillar. (2016). Prisnciples of
ORGANIZATION and MANAGEMENT. Unlimited
Books Library Services & Publishing Inc.,Intramuros,
Manila. Pages 245-255
2. Zarate, Cynthia A. (2016). ORGANIZATION and
MANAGEMENT for SHS. C&E Publishing Inc.,
Quezon City. Pages145-152