RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

Understanding of Recruitment and Selection Processes

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Learning Outcome 1.1:Impact of law and organizational procedures on the process of recruitment and selection1

Legal instruments impacting on staff recruitment and selection1

Organizational procedures and processes affecting staff recruitment and selection2

Fairness, objectivity and equality of opportunity as elements of recruitment and selection3

Learning Outcome1.2:Identify personnel requirements and present a reasoned case for changes in staffing resources4

Analyse staff resources to meet current and future objective4

Develop a job description and Person specification4

Case Study for Additional Staffing Resources7

Learning Outcome1.3:Organize and conduct a selection process, justify a decision and keep necessary records8

Stages of a selection process8

Methods to support a selection decision9

Stages of a selection process, where records are kept, and the nature of those records9

Learning Outcome1.4:Communicate the selection decisions and plan induction for the10

Identify the communications required during a selection process10

Develop an induction plan for an appointed candidate10

Learning Outcome1.5:Impact of the recruitment and selection process and the appointed11

candidate on the objective of the case for the additional staffing resource11

Conclusions12

References13

Understanding of Recruitment and Selection Processes

Introduction

This assignment discusses in detail the learning outcomes of our course. The learning outcomes explained below in detail with examples are: Impact of law and organizational procedures on the process of recruitment and selection, Identifying personnel requirements and presenting a reasoned case for changes in staffing resources, Be able to organizing and conducting a selection process, justifying a decision and keeping necessary records and be able to communicating the selection decisions and induction planning for the appointed candidate. These outcomes are further explained with three to four sub-headings related to each learning outcome.

Learning Outcome 1.1: Impact of law and organizational procedures on the process of recruitment and selection

Legal instruments impacting on staff recruitment and selection

Staff recruitment and selection is a detailed and lengthy process. Recruitment involves the basic steps of attracting and screening of employee. Recruitment is considered as the first step towards fulfilling an organization's need for having more human resource. Recruitment process is very different from selection and employment processes. However, it is the first step of the whole employment process. Selection is the next process, after recruitment. Selection involves finding the best employees out of the ones recruited. There are many internal and external factors affecting the recruitment and selection processes in an organization. One of the external factors affecting the recruitment process is the impact of legal instruments. Legal instruments are the set of regulations in a country's constitution. The regulations are considered as binding and act as directives for the citizens of that country. Other external factors include political, social and economic conditions of a country. There are several chances of legal risks if, the company failed to obtain and gain required data and knowledge about the staff recruited. Therefore, the hiring committee must ensure to gather greatest possible amount of the relevant data of the staff recruited. The personnel of hiring committee must possess knowledge of the employment law. The organization must ensure that all the hiring procedures of the company are in compliance with the federal law ...