RECRUITMENT

In today’s rapidly changing Business environment, a well defined recruitment policy is necessary for organizations to respond to its human resource requirements in time. The recruitment and selection is the major function of the human resource department and recruitment process is the first step towards creating the competitive strength and the strategic advantage for the organizations

According to Edwin B. Flippo, “Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization”. Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job seekers.

Recruitment of candidates is the function preceding the selection, which helps create a pool of prospective employees for the organization so that the management can select the right candidate for the Right job from this pool. The main objective of the recruitment process is to expedite the selection process.

Recruitment is an important part of an organization’s human resource planning and their competitive strength. Competent human resources at the right positions in the organization are a vital resource and can be a core competency or a strategic advantage for it. The objective of the recruitment process is to obtain the number and quality of employees that can be selected in order to help the organization to achieve its goals and objectives.

Recruitment policy specifies the Objectives of recruitment and provides a framework for implementation of recruitment process. It may involve organizational system to be developed for implementing recruitment process and procedures by filling up vacancies with best qualified people