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Human Resources 6
Week 6: Recruitment and Selection
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Recruitment | Activities that aim to provide a pool of qualified candidates from which the successful candidate can be chosen aka. Advertising the job. |
| Definition of Selection | The process that analyses and compares the candidates against the selection criteria. |
| Internal sources of candidates include: | Internal promotions, advertising, lateral transfer e.g. job rotation and/or rehiring former staff |
| External sources of candidates include: | Advertisements, educational institutions, social networking sites, agencies, employee referrals and online talent attraction. |
| Advantages of Internal Recruitment | Aid morale, easier to assess applicant's ability, avoid 'leak plugging' strategy and less costs involved. |
| Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment | Discontent among those not promoted, criticism from those outside the company, old culture maintained and cloning. |
| Advantages of External Recruitment | New ideas, no claims of favouritism, forces insiders to compete and provides more diverse workforce. |
| Disadvantages of External Recruitment | May not fit in, more training and development required, longer orientation period and can be very expensive. |
| Sources of information for selection | Resume, interviews, background investigations, job based simulations and assessment centres |
| Factors that impact the effectiveness of interviews | Expectancy effect, first impressions, candidate-order error, stereotypes and the halo and horns effect. |
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