Recruiting

 Recruiting is the process of seeking sources for potential job candidates
 Candidates can be hired from outside the organization or if available*, can be promoted from within the organization
 Objectives of recruiting is to inform the job candidates about the vacancy and to receive as many applications as possible from potential job candidates
 The more applications received, the better the chances for finding a suitable candidate

Factors affecting recruiting efforts:
 Organization Image:
 Reputation of the organization, quality of the goods and services, social standing
Good reputation = more and more candidates will apply
 Job Attractiveness:
 People are less likely to apply for hazardous, boring, blue collar and less paying jobs
Examples: jobs in less secure areas, mining industry, demining programs, security companies
 Internal Organizational Policies:
 Promotion, responsiveness to employee needs.
People prefer jobs with the organizations where they feel secure, enjoy freedom and a great deal of self respect
 Government Influence
 Equal Employment Opportunity and other policies.
Every organization has to obey the state laws when deciding to hire new employees or fire the older ones

Recruiting Resources:
 Internal Search:
 The Internal data base of the company
 Employees referral and recommendations
 From outside the organization:
• Attracting potential job candidates through job advertisement in the newspaper, company website and on the internet

Internal Recruiting:
 From inside the organization :
 The development function enables an organization to have the right no. of people when they are needed
 Job positions are advertised through inter office memos, internal communication and on the company notice board
 Some organizations maintain a Human Resource Information System [HRIS]

External Recruiting: From outside the organization:
 Attracting potential job candidates through job advertisement in the newspaper, company website and on the internet
 External Sources of recruiting:
 Advertisement in the newspaper, company website and on the internet
 Schools, Colleges and Universities:
 Professional Organizations in HR services like ACBAR in Afghanistan
 Previous applications, lay-offs, part time workers