Simplified Recruitment Process Model

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Simplified Recruitment Process Model
Recruitment Planning
Recruitment Philosophy
Recruitment Strategy Development
Recruitment Activities
Screening/Selecting Employees
Recruitment Evaluation
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Recruitment Philosophy

• Internal Recruitment
• Easier to evaluate
• Less expensive
• More efficient
• Less transition time
• Motivating employees

• External Recruitment
• Innovation
• Less training
• Less disruptive
• Diversity
• Signals change
• No viable internal candidate

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Recruitment Planning

• Estimated number of contacts needed
• Job specifications
• Employment equity goals/considerations

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Yield Ratio
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Recruitment Strategy Development

• Where to recruit
• Whom to recruit
• How to recruit
• When to recruit
• Who does the recruiting
• What information to communicate

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Recruitment Sources

• Advertising
• Employee Referrals
• School Recruiting
• Employment Agencies
• Executive Search Firms
• Special Event Recruiting
• Direct Applications
• Job Postings

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Recruitment Activities

• Place advertisements
• Schedule campus visits
• Update recruitment literature
• Legal requirements
• Monitoring recruitment
• Update files

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Recruitment Evaluation

• Number of jobs filled?
• Jobs filled in timely fashion?
• Cost per job filled?
• Legal requirements met?

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Realistic Recruitment

• Traditional vs. Realistic Job Preview
• Theoretical Explanations of RJP Functioning
• Met Expectations
• Air of Honesty
• Ability to Cope
• Self-Selection
• Effects on Turnover and Boundary Conditions

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Designing an RJP

• Encourage self-selection explicitly
• Have message credibility
• Consistent medium and message
• Communicate feelings as well as information
• RJP content should mirror organizational climates
• Do the preview early