A Study on Recruitment and Selection Process with reference to Hindu Temples in Visakhapatnam, AP, South India

In this research paper, study has been made about recruitment and selection process of Hindu Temples in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh. Efficient recruitment and selection strategies result in improved temples outcomes. While the demand for large number of employees is steadily increasing in the Department to cater to the Administrative and Religious needs of the Temples across the State, the supply is very paltry. As there has been dearth of the qualified employees, the Department had to engage the employees on Contractual/Outsourcing basis, who do not have exposure to the functional dynamics of the Endowments Department. Further the employees taken into the regular service on compassionate grounds are also to be properly oriented on the functioning of the Department. Such employees are novices who have to be trained for their efficient discharge of their duties. The main objective of this paper is to identify general practices that temples use to recruit and select employees. The study also focus its attention o to determine how the recruitment and selection practices of Temple staff affect the temples outcomes and provide some suggestions that can help to different temples in Visakhapatnam Dist. The data was collected through well structured Questionnaire. The source of data was both primary and secondary and the Sample size will be. Data analysis will be done with statistical tools like tables, graphs, pie charts, bar diagrams etc.