Human Resource Management Chapter 5 RECRUITMENT Dr Rommel

Human Resource Management Chapter 5 RECRUITMENT Dr. Rommel Sergio Faculty 5 -1

HRM in Action: Using the CEO in the Recruitment Process CEO can often be valuable in attracting the brightest and best applicants to join the firm For every 10 minutes a CEO spends upfront on strategy, it saves recruiters 100 hours of labor Have to be used at right time Don’t ask the CEO to actually make the deal 5 -2

Recruitment Process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers, with appropriate qualifications, and encouraging them to apply for jobs with an organization 5 -3

Alternatives to Recruitment Outsourcing Contingent Workers Professional Employer Organizations (Employee Leasing) Overtime 5 -4

Outsourcing Transfers responsibility to an external provider Provides greater efficiency and effectiveness 5 -5

Contingent Workers Part-timers, temporaries, and independent contractors Human equivalents of just-intime inventory Total cost of a permanent employee is about 30 - 40% above gross pay “Disposable American workforce” 5 -6

Professional Employer Organizations Employee Leasing Company that leases employees to other businesses With PEO, leasing company is employees’ legal employer 5 -7

Overtime Most commonly used method of meeting short-term fluctuations in work volume Employer avoids recruitment, selection, and training costs 5 -8

Employee Requisition Recruitment begins when a manager initiates employee requisition Document specifies job title, department, date employee is needed for work, and other details 5 -9

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RECRUITMENT PROCESS External Environment Internal Environment Human Resource Planning Alternatives to Recruitment Employee Requisition Internal Sources External Sources Internal Methods External Methods Recruited Individuals Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 5 -11

Recruitment Sources and Methods Recruitment sources: Place where qualified individuals are found Recruitment methods: Means by which potential employees can be attracted to firm 5 -12

Internal Recruitment Methods Employee databases Job Posting Job Bidding Internet Intranet Company’s Online Newsletter 5 -13

Job Posting and Job Bidding Job Posting - Procedure to inform employees that job openings exists Job Bidding - Permit individuals in organization who believe they possess required qualifications to apply for posted job 5 -14

Employee Referrals Number one way people find a job Referrals better qualified and stay on job longer Recruit new hires through employee-referral incentive programs Employee enlistment - Unique form of employee referral where every employee becomes a company recruiter 5 -15

Trends & Innovations: Twittering for the Best Recruit Twitter is free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates commonly known as tweets which are textbased posts, ranging up to 140 characters long Much of Twitter community is made up of technologically savvy, active social network users who also have blog and social networking pages 5 -16

Online Recruitment Perhaps biggest change in way that organizations recruit Revolutionized way companies recruit employees and job seekers search and apply for jobs 5 -17

General-Purpose Job Boards Monster. com Hot. Jobs. com Career. Builder. com 5 -18

Traditional External Recruitment Methods Media Advertising Employment Agencies - Private and Public Job Fairs Internships Executive Search Firms Professional Associations Unsolicited Applicants Open Houses Event Recruiting Sign-on Bonuses 5 -19

External Sources Competitors in the labor market Media advertising Employment agencies Recruiters Job fairs Internships Executive search firms Professional associations Unsolicited applicants Open houses Event recruiting Sign-on bonuses High-Tech competition High/vocational schools Military personnel Community colleges College and universities Former employees Online recruiting External Methods and Sources of Recruitment for an Information Technology Manager X X X Unemployed Self-Employed Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 5 -20

A Global Perspective: U. S. Firms in Vietnam At one time, United States was at war with Vietnam Now U. S. multinational firms are locating in this country largely because of lower labor costs SAP, world’s largest supplier of business software, expanded into Vietnam with facilities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 5 -21