Recruitment

Recruitment refers to the process of finding candidates for a particular cause mainly jobs, army. It involves selecting and screening qualified persons for a particular job at an organization. Large sized organizations usually use professional recruiting companies or outsource the process of recruiting candidates for them. These candidates are selected on the basis of interviews and tests conducted by the recruiters. The recruiters aspire to channel potential candidates into the hiring organization with the process of applications. The hiring agencies are paid by the companies as a general rule instead of the candidates. It has been suggested by David Lord of ‘Executive Search Information Services’ that, “retained search is a management consulting service. Contingency recruiting is one of many forms of candidate identification, no more, no less.”[sky]

• Sourcing candidates through advertising or other means

• Screening potential candidates according to the job requirement

• Selecting candidates on the basis of interviews and tests conducted

The recruiting phase includes the following steps:

• Sourcing candidates through advertising or other means

• Screening potential candidates according to the job requirement

• Selecting candidates on the basis of interviews and tests conductedThe recruitment business has five kinds of agencies:

• Traditional agency/employment agency

• Headhunters

• Niche recruiters