Strategy for Human Resource Management

Lecture 12

HRM 765

Last Lecture

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Topic

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Learning Outcomes

• After reading this chapter, you will be able to• 1 Define the term recruiting.• 2 Identify the dual goals of recruiting.• 3 Explain what constraints a human resource manager encounters when determining• recruiting sources.• 4 Identify the principal sources involved in recruiting employees.• 5 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of employee referrals.• 6 Identify three important variables that affect response rates to job advertisements.• 7 Explain what distinguishes a public employment agency from a private employment• agency.• 8 Describe the benefits of online recruiting.• 9 Explain the concept of employee leasing and the organizational benefits of such• an arrangement.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Chapter 6Recruiting

Fundamentals of Human Resource ManagementEighth Edition

DeCenzo and Robbins

Introduction• Recruiting

• Once an organization identifies its human resource needs through employment planning, it can begin the process of recruiting potential candidates for actual or anticipated organizational vacancies.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Introduction• Recruiting brings together

those with jobs to fill and those seeking jobs.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting Goals

• To provide information that will attract a significant pool of qualified candidates and discourage unqualified ones from applying.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting Goals

• Factors that affect recruiting efforts – Organizational size – Employment conditions in the area – Working conditions, salary and benefits

offered – Organizational growth or decline

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting Goals• Constraints on recruiting efforts

include: – Organization image – Job attractiveness – Internal organizational policies– Government influence, such as

discrimination laws – Recruiting costs

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting: A Global Perspective

• For some positions, the whole world is a relevant labor market.

• Home-country nationals are recruited when an organization is searching for someone with extensive company experience to launch a very technical product in a country where it has never sold before.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting: A Global Perspective

• Host-country nationals (HCNs) are targeted as recruits when companies want each foreign subsidiary to have its own distinct national identity.

• In some countries, laws control how many expatriates a corporation can send.

• HCN’s minimize potential problems with language, family adjustment and hostile political environments.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Recruiting: A Global Perspective• Recruiting regardless of

nationality may develop an executive cadre with a truly global perspective.

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins

Summary

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 8e, DeCenzo and Robbins