Steps Of A Correct Recruitment Process

By Vandana Dhawan


Recruiting is one of the essential human resource activities that should be made by every company. It is about attracting, meeting and choosing new individuals. During recruitment, every company is looking to choose the most suitable individual for a job. This cannot be obtained if the administration or human resources division follows incorrect recruitment and selection procedures. If someone has chosen the incorrect individual to any job, it can be the end of that company. Therefore, recruitments should be done very properly. Here is the appropriate way of doing it.

As the first step, understanding all the details related to vacant job positions is necessary. It should include not only the job responsibilities, but also the working background and the condition of the job. If it is a new position, management should clearly know what they expect from the person who comes to that position. If it is a replacement, they should properly analyze the previous situation. They should know exactly why the previous employee left from the job.

After the job analysis, the next step is finding proper media to advertise it. Many people usually select newspapers to place their vacancy advertisements. However, there are many other effective ways to attract qualified job seekers. Online Recruitment is one way. There are many online job portals. You can place vacancy advertisements on them. Additionally, social media is another good way to attract candidates. Online recruitment agencies also can be used to find qualified job seekers.

After getting adequate amount of applications, preliminary testing should be done. Consider the lowest qualification for the job and choose all the applications which meet that minimum qualification level.

Before asking selected candidates to come for physical interviews, you can do an initial interview over the phone. Make sure to examine the way they respond and talk. Ask their expectations. This process will help you to sort a set of candidates who can be called for physical interviews.

Physical interviews are the only chances you have to check all the attributes of the candidates. Check their abilities, talents, behaviors, previous job experiences and educational backgrounds with proper evidences. You must use an assessment criteria and a scoring process to select the best candidate or candidates. Make sure to use more than one interview sessions if need. This is normally done when recruiting people for management positions.

After giving the job to the right applicant, it is important to provide him an on-the-job training.

No matter how much experience he has, train him for the new job. Because; there are many differences in the job in different firms even if the job title is same.




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