1.- RECRUITMENT & SELECTION
Book: Managing Human Resources.
Human Resources Supply and Demand.
Human Resource Planning (HRP) is an organization process used to ensure that the company is properly equipped with the right amount of the right people. Failing to plan properly is can lead to financial costs and production crisis.
Labor supply is the availability of its workers to possess the required skills that an employer might need. Labor demand is the number of workers needed at an organization. There should always be planning to ensure a balance between both. Forecasting techniques should be used to anticipate any shortage or excess of employees, thus helping to create appropriate actions to maintain that balance.
The Hiring Process
Determining the staffing needs is always followed by hiring the right people to fill those positions. The hiring process has three stages: Recruitment, Selection and Socialization.
Managers must focus especially in socializing new employees to maximize the potential of the new Human Resources acquired and make sure the new employees are acclimated to their new roles and environment. This way new comers will feel like part of the team and not outsiders.
The Hiring process is very important because each new employee represents costs for the organization and those resources should always be spent on employees who will become a functional part of the company. There are several aspects key to scouting the right people for the job: determining characteristics important to performance, ability required for the position and the motivation factor. Performance = Ability * Motivation.
Most importantly, the organization must ensure that its employment practices are in agreement with all legal requirements.
Effective Staffing
Recruitment
During the recruitment process you are basically selling the job to the new employee. In order to get to the potential recruits you have to go where the “customers” are, in this case that would be social media for example. you have to state what you have to offer to them. You have to state what you have to offer to them, and treat the applicants ask customers. If you treat them positively they will buy the position you are offering to them. And they are likely to have a positive impression of the organization.
Selection
Selection process is a very important, inappropriate hires me even lead better employees to seek employment somewhere else. different tools can be used in the selection process. Different tools can be used in the selection process and there are two concepts that are very important for these tools: reliability and validity.
Tools as predictors of job performance:
- Letters of Recommendation
- Application forms
- Ability tests
- Personality test
- Honesty tests
- Interviews
during any of these selection methods always operate within the limits of law to avoid any misunderstandings or allegations of discrimination.
Legal Issues
Legality plays an exceptionally important role in staffing.
All organizations must be aware of discrimination laws and regulations to avoid any lawsuits or complaints. The organization should always have evidence to document the job relatedness of the selection process.
You should always conduct a sound investigation into an applicants background to prevent negligent hiring. Lack of attention to this point can lead to unfortunate situations for your employees for your employees and lawsuits.
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