1. Importance of Recruitment Provides organization with a pool of qualified candidates The more qualified the pool the better the success rate in selection Can help the organization meet affirmative action goals Can increase organizational effectiveness

2. Internal Sources and Methods Sources –Promotion from within –Transfer –Job rotation –Rehires and recall Methods –Job posting –Skills inventory

3. External Sources Employee referrals Walk-ins Employment agencies Other companies Temporary help Trade associations & unions Schools Hiring fairs Aliens

4. External methods Radio & TV Newspapers and trade journals Computerized services

5. Increasing the Pool Conveying the information –Job interview The usual interview The realistic interview –Job matching –Early entry: High school programs

6. Increasing the Pool, Cont. Expanding Job opportunities –Examine entry position qualifications –Provide training, career paths, mentoring Alternative work arrangement –Flextime –Compressed work week –Telecommuting –Job sharing

7. Increasing the Pool, Cont. Security –Core of full time employees –Mantle of free lancers, contract workers, temps, and part-timers

8. Job Search from the Applicant’s Perspective Sources –Referrals –Direct application –Advertisements –Employment agencies

9. Job Search, cont. Intensity of search –financial need –self-esteem –training Evaluation of choices –Occupational choice –Organizational choice

10. Employee Socialization Pre-entry Entry Orientation & mentoring

11. Issues Work force diversity Evaluation of recruitment process Contract recruiting Rejection International comparisons

12. Backwards & Forwards Summing up: We’ve considered the importance of recruitment to the organization, internal & external sources for recruiting, ways to increase the pool of qualified applicant job searching, and some current issues. Looking ahead: Next time we begin examining staffing & selection