Dessler HRM12e PPT 05
Dessler HRM12e PPT 05
Dessler HRM12e PPT 05
Personnel Planning
and Recruiting
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Copyright ©© 2011
2011 Pearson
Pearson Education,
Education, Inc.
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Presentation by
by Charlie
Charlie Cook
Cook
publishing
publishing as
as Prentice
Prentice Hall
Hall The
The University
University of
of West
West Alabama
Alabama
The Recruitment and Selection Process
1. Decide what positions to fill through personnel planning
and forecasting.
2. Build a candidate pool by recruiting internal or external
candidates.
3. Have candidates complete application forms and
undergo initial screening interviews.
4. Use selection tools to identify viable candidates.
5. Decide who to make an offer to, by having the
supervisor and others interview the candidates.
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FIGURE 5–1 Steps in Recruitment and Selection Process
The recruitment and selection process is a series of hurdles aimed at selecting the best candidate for the job.
5–3
Planning and Forecasting
• Employment or Personnel Planning
The process of deciding what positions
the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them.
• Succession Planning
The process of deciding how to fill the
company’s most important executive jobs.
• What to Forecast?
Overall personnel needs
The supply of inside candidates
The supply of outside candidates
5–4
Forecasting Personnel Needs
Forecasting Tools
5–5
Forecasting the Supply of
Inside Candidates
Qualification
Inventories
5–6
Forecasting Outside Candidate Supply
• Factors In Supply of Outside Candidates
General economic conditions
Expected unemployment rate
5–7
The Need for Effective Recruiting
Recruiting Challenges
5–8
Effective Recruiting
• External Factors Affecting Recruiting
Supply of workers
Outsourcing of white-collar jobs
Fewer “qualified” candidates
5–9
Organizing How You Recruit
5–10
Internal Sources of Candidates
Advantages Disadvantages
5–11
Finding Internal Candidates
Hiring-from-Within Tasks
5–12
Outside Sources of Candidates
On Demand Recruiting
2 Advertising 7
Services (ODRS)
5 Offshoring/Outsourcing
5–13
Recruiting via the Internet
• Advantages
Cost-effective way to publicize job openings
More applicants attracted over a longer period
Immediate applicant responses
Online prescreening of applicants
Links to other job search sites
Automation of applicant tracking and evaluation
• Disadvantages
Exclusion of older and minority workers
Unqualified applicants overload the system
Personal information privacy concerns of applicants
5–14
Advertising for Outside Candidates
• The Media Choice
Selection of the best medium depends on the positions for which
the firm is recruiting.
Newspapers: local and specific labor markets
Trade and professional journals: specialized employees
Internet job sites: global labor markets
• Constructing (Writing) Effective Ads
Create attention, interest, desire, and action (AIDA).
Create a positive impression (image) of the firm.
5–15
Employment Agencies
Types of Employment
Agencies
5–16
Specialized Staffing and Recruiting
• Alternative Staffing
In-house contingent (casual, seasonal, or temporary) workers
employed by the company, but on an explicit short-term basis.
Contract technical employees supplied for long-term projects
under contract from outside technical services firms.
• On-Demand Recruiting Services (ODRS)
Provide short-term specialized recruiting to support specific
projects without the expense of retaining traditional search firms.
5–17
Temp Agencies and Alternative Staffing
• Benefits of Temps
Increased productivity—paid only when working
Allows “trial run” for prospective employees
No recruitment, screening, and payroll administration costs
• Costs of Temps
Increased labor costs due to fees paid to temp agencies
Temp employees’ lack of commitment to the firm
5–18
Offshoring and Outsourcing Jobs
Resentment and
Cultural
anxiety of U.S.
misunderstandings
employees/unions
Outsourcing/
Offshoring
Customers’ securing
Costs of foreign Issues and privacy
workers
concerns
Foreign contracts,
Special training of
liability, and legal
foreign employees
concerns
5–19
Executive Recruitment
• Executive Recruiters (Headhunters)
Contingent-based recruiters
Retained executive searchers
Internet technology and specialization trends
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College Recruiting
• On-campus recruiting goals • On-site visits
To determine if the candidate is Invitation letters
worthy of further consideration Assigned hosts
To attract good candidates Information packages
Planned interviews
Timely employment offer
Follow-up
• Internships
5–21
Sources of Outside Applicants
Employee Military
Walk-ins Telecommuters
referrals personnel
5–22
Employee Referrals and Walk-ins
• Employee Referrals
Referring employees become stakeholders.
Referral is a cost-effective recruitment program.
Referral can speed up diversifying the workforce.
Relying on referrals may be discriminatory.
• Walk-ins
Seek employment through a personal direct approach to the
employer.
Courteous treatment of any applicant is a good business
practice.
5–23
Developing and Using Application Forms
5–24
Application Forms and the Law
Educational
achievements
Housing Arrest
arrangements record
Areas of
Personal
Marital Information Notification in case
status of emergency
Physical Membership in
handicaps organizations
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Two-Stage Process
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