Recruitment Process: An Empirical Research Study

Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening and selecting qualified people for a job. The objective is to obtain the right quantity and quality of employees who can be selected in order to help the organization to achieve its goals and objectives. It helps to create a pool of perspective employees for the organization so that the management can select the right candidate for the right job from this pool. The process involves sourcing and selecting which is done by the sourcing and selection teams respectively. The sourcing team helps in the generation of quality profiles. The selection team focuses on quality hires. This article regarding ‘Recruitment Process’ helps in understanding the generation of quality profiles and It mainly focuses on how to attract quality applicants and recruiting them. It throws light on various complexities involved in sourcing team activities such as generating initial interest among job applicants, identifying the most effective recruitment medium, significance of recruitment source to recruitment outcome, influence of realistic job information, variation in the recruitment outcome due to gender difference. Recruitment acts as a link between the employers and the job seekers and ensures the placement of right candidate at the right place at the right time. Using the right recruitment process can facilitate the selection of the best candidates for the organization.