process of recruitment. Related: Sources of Recruitment - Recruitment...
1. Recruitment Planning:
The first step involved in the recruitment process is planning. Here, planning involves to draft a comprehensive job specification for the vacant position, outlining its major and minor responsibili�ties; the skills, experience and qualifications needed; grade and level of pay; starting date; whether temporary or permanent; and mention of special conditions, if any, attached to the job to be filled ”
2. Strategy Development:
Once it is known how many with what qualifications of candidates are required, the next step involved in this regard is to devise a suitable strategy for recruiting the candidates in the organisation.
The strategic considerations to be considered may include issues like whether to prepare the required candidates themselves or hire it from outside, what type of recruitment method to be used, what geographical area be considered for searching the candidates, which source of recruitment to be practiced, and what sequence of activities to be followed in recruiting candidates in the organisation.
3. Searching:
This step involves attracting job seekers to the organisation. There are broadly two sources used to attract candidates.
These are:
1. Internal Sources, and
2. External Sources
These have been just discussed, in detail, under 6.3 Sources of Recruitment.
4. Screening:
Though some view screening as the starting point of selection, we have considered it as an integral part of recruitment. The reason being the selection process starts only after the applications have been screened and shortlisted. Let it be exemplified with an example.
In the Universities, applications are invited for filling the post of Professors. Applications re�ceived in response to invitation, i.e., advertisement are screened and shortlisted on the basis of eligibility and suitability. Then, only the screened applicants are invited for seminar presentation and personal interview. The selection process starts from here, i.e., seminar presentation or interview.