RECRUITING, SELECTING AND ORIENTING THE “RIGHT” PEOPLE

Recruiting, Selecting and Orienting the “Right” People



Recruiting, Selecting and Orienting the “Right” People

Introduction

Acquiring and retaining high-quality talent is critical to an organization's success. As the job market becomes increasingly competitive and the available skills grow more diverse, recruiters need to be more selective in their choices, since poor recruiting decisions can produce long-term negative effects, among them high training and development costs to minimize the incidence of poor performance and high turnover which, in turn, impact staff morale, the production of high quality goods and services and the retention of organizational memory.

Describe the process you would follow for recruiting best personnel. Which specific recruiting techniques would you use? Which techniques would you not use, and why?

Recruiting Process "Hiring"

The recruitment process is triggered by the need to fill a vacancy or new position which should contribute to the accomplishment of the mission and goals of the organization. The ultimate goal of this process is to recruit the right time the right person with the right skills. The hiring decision is strategic to the organization.

The hiring of a new candidate is a step by step process and goes through different stages ranging from the job description for the new employee's home in the body.

Step 1: Job description and profile

This step is summarized in writing tasks, responsibilities and duties of a job. This statement also clarifies the reporting relationship between this position and the immediate command. In addition, this summary often indicates the degree of independence and autonomy of the incumbent. The job description is to list the main tasks, and occasional secondary characteristic employment.

In light of the job description "of the post", the establishment of criteria for screening candidates and selecting the best candidate is based on the following:

• What are the essential skills specific to this position?

• How do you ensure that the new employee will know how to adapt to the culture of your organization?

This definition generally includes three parts:

- Setting objectives and goals of the position,

- The list of knowledge and skills needed for this hierarchical level in the company,

- Determining the desired degree, work experience required, personal qualities and behavioral requirements, specific skills required and the potential candidate must possess.

Step 2: Research and selection of candidate

Research candidates may be done using two techniques:

Internal exploration: This is a technique in search of candidates for his company i.e. the company that wants to hire can offer its staff that is qualified to fill the position.

This technique may take the form of an announcement published on the newspaper's internal organization and on its intranet site.

The use of internal recruitment is favored in many companies because it is a source of motivation and strong integration of its employees on the one hand, and secondly because it is a more economical an external recruitment.

Prospecting External: When the company does not find the person likely to occupy the post ...