Recruitment and selection in an organization.

  E-recruitment : Process and benefits in the global context of organizations. With the recent developments in the fields of communication and technology the world wide web has brought the whole world at our fingertips. Hence organizations of the present day have adapted to the usage of the Internet for most of their work processes and transactions. It is in such a scenario that e-recruitment comes into play as the latest process in employee recruitment to an organization. E-recruitment is applying for employment through intranet and Internet (internal and external) to select a prospective candidate (Rudman 2010). According to Omolawal (2015) the entrance of ICT to the HR departments of organizqtions have generated an expanded pool of applicants and making the whole world its catchment area, but has also led to remarkable improvement, efficiency and effectiveness of the recruitment process. The Internet has made the biggest impact on the recruitment landscape from a channe...

Types of psychometric tests used in the recruitment and selection process   In the continuous globalisation of institutions and organizations recruiting and selecting employees have also faced a new generation of processes. As such , psychometric tests play a major role in the latter process now a days. According to Carless (2007) , there is a growing awareness that attracting and retaining talented employees can provide organizations with a sustained competitive advantage. Studies in the domain of HRM have shown that organizations that have adopted selection best practices have increased organizational profitability (Huselid,  1995 ).   Psychometric tests can be divided mainly in to two as Ability tests and Personality tests (Carless,2007). Let’s contrast these two types of tests. Ability tests are typically used to assess verbal, numeric and spatial abilities. Ability test scores are usually reported to client organizations in the form of percentile score...

  Benefits of psychometric tests on recruitment and selection of employees A major challenge faced by most organizations nowadays is selecting the right person to do the job. Hiring a suitable candidate who matches and hosts the qualifications demanded by the job description is one of the immense responsibilities of a HR department of an organization. The aim of selection is to assess the suitability of candidates by predicting the extent to which they will be able to carry out a role successfully (Armstrong,2006). Failure in proper selection will lead to devastating losses to the organization in future, hence most institutions have upgraded their HR departments accordingly   One of the critical elements in the pursuit of outstanding organisational performance, is the selection and development of the best possible staff (Merwe,2000). A selection procedure may be fairly simple or very complex, depending on the nature of the organisation, the task for which individuals are b...

  Recruitment and selection in Human Resource Management   In an organization the knowledge and skills of an employee towards the job description plays a major role in the success of that organization’s goals achievement and growth. New innovations brought to light by employees with a high IQ have prospectively helped the growth of many organizations world wide. There fore choosing the right candidate to do the right job is a huge responsibility of the organization’s human resource management division. Compared with other areas in organisational management, relatively little academic work has focused on how different firms approach and should approach hiring decisions (Oyer & Schaefer 2011). Recruitment and selection of employees in an organization plays a huge fundamental role in accomplishing its missions to achieve its vision. According to Armstrong (2005) recruitment is the process of finding and engaging the people the organization needs. Selection is that par...