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| Process of generating a pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs |
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| A general framework that provides guidance for actions |
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| Strategic Recruiting Stages |
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-HR Planning (how many employees needed, what specific KSAs needed?)
-Organizational Responsibilities (HR staff and operating managers)
-Strategic Recruiting Decisions (recruiting training, EEO/diversity considerations, recruiting source choices)
-Recruiting Methods (internal, external, internet/web based) |
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| External supply pool from which organizations attract employees |
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Labor Force population
Applicant population
Applicant pool
Individuals Selected |
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| All individuals who are available for selection if all possible recruitment strategies are used |
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| A subset of the labor force population that is available for selection using a particular recruiting approach |
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| all persons who are actually evaluated for selection |
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| Organization-Based VS Outsourced Recruiting |
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| An initial and basic decision is wether the recruiting will be done by the employer or outsourced to someone else |
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| HR Unit Recruiting Responsibilities |
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-forecast recruiting needs
-prepares copy for recruiting ads and campaigns
-plans and conducts recruiting efforts
-audits and evaluates all recruiting activities |
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| Managers Recruiting Responsibilities |
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-anticipated needs for employees to fill vacancies
-determine KSAs needed from applicants
-assist in recruiting efforts with information about job requirements
-review success/faliure of recruiting activities |
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| Professional Employer Organization (PEO) |
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| an employment(temp) agency provides a "work-finding" service for job seekers and supplies employers with applicants they may then hire |
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| vigorous recruiting campaign aimed at hiring a given number of employees, usually within a short period of time |
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| efforts to recruit offer the advantage of keeping the employer in the recruiting market |
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| Employment Branding & image |
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| the way the organization is viewed by both employees and outsiders--helps attract more qualified applicants** |
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| Use of workers who are not traditional employees |
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| temporary employees hired from the organization or through an agency payed on a rate-per-day or rate-per-week basis...seasonal or other flucuatations |
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| workers who perform specific services on a contract basis |
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| Recruiting and Diversity Considerations |
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-Employment Advertising Content
-Compliance with EEO Regulations
-Training of Recruiters on EEO/Diversity
-Targeted Recruiting of Diverse Applicants |
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| -Older workers, stay at home moms, single parents, welfare to work workers, homeless/substance abuse workers, workers with disabilities |
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| Internal Recruiting Methods |
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| organizational databases, job postings, promotions and transfers, current-employee referrals, and re-recruiting of former employees and applicants |
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| HR management systems allows HR staff members to maintain background and KSA information on existing employees |
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| system in which the employer provides notices if job openings and employees respond by applying |
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| current employee referrals |
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| a reliable source of people to fill vacancies is composed of acquaintances, friends, and family members of employees |
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| re-recruiting of former employees and applicants |
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| former employees and former applicants represent another source for recruitment aka boom rangers |
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| external recruiting sources |
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| College/ University Recruiting, Vocational/Techinical Schools |
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| good source of certain types of workers in industries such as electric and construction |
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| Professional and trade associations, trade publications, and competitors |
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| newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and billboards, sometimes direct mail |
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| What to include in an effective recruiting Ad |
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-Info on the job and on the applicant process
-Desired Candidate Qualifications
-Info of the organization |
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| may attract many employed and unemployable ..unskilled |
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| have web-based links have been used by the fed gov |
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| people can drive up to tents at malls and pick up an applications |
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| Such as Monster, Yahoo!, and HotJobs |
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| Professional/Career Websites |
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| professional associations have employment sections at their websites |
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| Section on their own websites |
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| Internet Recruiting Advantages |
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| Saves money, Saves time, e-mail more efficient over snail mail, bigger applicant pool, global job postings |
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| Internet Recruiting Disadvantages |
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| more unqualified applicants, more resumes to be reviewed, more emails, expensive software, not serious applicants |
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| Legal Issues in Internet Recruiting |
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| EEO/ Diversity issues, protected classes being ignored, false applicants |
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| Evaluating the Cost of Recuiting |
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Recruiting Expenses / # of recruits hired
--testing background checks, relocations, or signing bonuses may be included in expenses |
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| Evaluating Recruiting Satisfaction |
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| Managers, hires, and non hires. |
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| comparisons of the number of applicants at one stage of the recruiting process with the number at the next stage |
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| percentage hired from a given group of candidates |
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| Percent of applicants hired divided by total number of applicants offered jobs |
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| a longer-term measure of recruiting effectiveness is the success rate of applicants |
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| Increasing Recruiting Effectiveness Mehtods |
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-Resume Mining
-Applicant Tracking
-Employer Career Websites
-Internal Mobiity |
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