Abstract
“EMPLOYEE SELECTION IS ORGANIZATIONS’ STRENGTH”
In today’s globalized world, Recruitment and Selection is an important operation in HRM, designed to maximize employee strength in order to meet the employer's strategic goals and objectives. It is a process of sourcing, screening, short listing and selecting the right candidates for the required vacant positions. This is a brief introductory tutorial that explains different methods of hiring and how to make effective and efficient utilization of Recruitment and Selection. In addition, it also explains the best recruitment practices for specific requirements. Audience This tutorial will be useful for students from management streams who aspire to learn the basics of Recruitment and Selection. Professionals, especially HR managers, regardless of which sector or industry they belong to, can use this tutorial to learn how to apply the most effective type of Recruitment and Selection as per their specific requirement, in their respective project environments. Prerequisites The readers of this tutorial are expected to have a basic understanding of the complexity of Recruitment and Selection that an HR manager handles for hiring a right candidate for a required vacant position. Selection is the process of picking or choosing the right candidate, who is most suitable for a vacant job position in an organization. In others words, selection can also be explained as the process of interviewing the candidates and evaluating their qualities, which are required for a specific job and then choosing the suitable candidate for the position. The selection of a right applicant for a vacant position will be an asset to the organization, which will be helping the organization in reaching its objectives. Selection is an important process because hiring good resources can help increase the overall performance of the organization. In contrast, if there is bad hire with a bad selection process, then the work will be affected and the cost incurred for replacing that bad resource will be high. The purpose of selection is to choose the most suitable candidate, who can meet the requirements of the jobs in an organization, who will be a successful applicant. For meeting the goals of the organization, it is important to evaluate various attributes of each candidate such as their qualifications, skills, experiences, overall attitude, etc. In this process, the most suitable candidate is picked after the elimination of the candidates, who are not suitable for the vacant job. The organization has to follow a proper selection process or procedure, as a huge amount of money is spent for hiring a right candidate for a position. If a selection is wrong, then the cost incurred in induction and training the wrong candidate will be a huge loss to the employer in terms of money, effort, and also time. Hence, selection is very important and the process should be perfect for the betterment of the organization.