RECRUITMENT IN SMEs

Presented by: Manish Gupta Surendra Singh Yadav

Contents
What Is Recruitment? Definition Pre-requisites to recruitment in SMEs Sources and method of recruitment in SMEs Factor affecting recruitment policy in SMEs Purpose and importance of recruitment in SMEs Selection Placement Conclusion References

WHAT IS RECRUITMENT ?
Recruitment is the process to discover the source of manpower to meet the requirement of staffing and to employ effective measures for attracting that manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate selection of an efficient working force.

DEFINITION
According to Werther and Davis Recruitment is the process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when their application are submitted

According to Heneman Recruitment is the process of seeking out and attempting to attract individuals in external labour markets,who are capable of and interested in filling available job vacacies

Pre-requisites to Recruitment in SMEs

Job Analysis Job Description Job Specification Job Evaluation

Sources and method of recruitment in SMEs

Internal sources or direct method

External sources or indirect method

Internal sources
Review of the present employee

Nomination by employee

External sources
Advertising Campus recruitment Employment agencies

Internet recruiting
Telephone and E-mails

Cont.
Trade unions Job fairs Walk ins Leasing

Factor Affecting Recruitment Policy In SMEs

External factor

Internal factor

External Factor
Nature of competition for Human resource Legal factors Socio-cultural factors External influences

Internal factors
Organisational Image
Size of organisation Type of personnel to be recruited Past practices

Geographical location

Purpose and Importance of Recruitment in SMEs

1) Recruitment determines the present and future human resource requirement. 2) Its helps to increase the pool of potential personnel.

3) Its increase the success rate of the selection.

Cont.
4)It helps to meet the organisations legal and social obligations. 5)It helps in evaluating the effectiveness of various recruitment techniques.

6)It reduce the probability that applicants leave it after short period of time.

Selection
Selection is the process in which candidates for employment are divided into classes those who are to be offered employment and those who are not. By Yoder Selection is the process of differentiating between applicants in order to identify (and hire) those with a greater likelihood of success in a job.

Steps in selection process

Application pool from recruitment process SCREENING OF APPLICATION FORMS

SELECTION TESTS
SELECTION INTERVIEWS CHECKING OF REFERENCES PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

APPROVAL BY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY

FINAL SELECTION

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
EVALUATION

Placement
Placement occurs after orientation; placement is the assignments of individuals to jobs. Placement of an individual employee may be at two stages: initial placement after the selection and orientation or in the form of internal mobility promotion, demotion, transfer, separation, turnover.

Conclusion
While these factors are important for organisations to consider ,we must not lose sight of the fundamental reason for trying to insure the most effective selection procedures-to identify the best person for the job.

REFERENCES
Human resource management M.B.SHUKLA The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development and Management. Vasant Desai Human Resource Management L.M. Prasad www.google.com