Recruitment and Selection Issues
Human resource planning is an essential but a complex task which encompasses predicting and formulating plans for selection and recruitment process. Planning entails the determination of the right kinds and numbers of personnel required by the organization in a given time. Additionally, planning involves performing a critical analysis of the human resource needs of a firm under the required conditions in a way that the selection and recruitment will benefit the organization (Francis and Joy 2012 p 69). However, due to the complexity of the planning role, there are various selection and recruitment issues that may arise.
The selection and recruitment process represent the entry point for the new workforce in any organization. Human resource managers determine the required skills for the type of employees they want in their organizations. However, the evaluation of the applicants to determine the possession of the required competencies, skills, and knowledge is a big issue. Francis and Joy (2012) found that the problem with applicants’ evaluation is the determination of the most appropriate evaluation method since some applicants may be qualified in some areas and less qualified in other areas resulting in qualifications mismatch. Thus, synchronizing the assessment methods available to choose the most suitable candidate is quite challenging. Another issue is the selection of the most appropriate criteria for selecting the most suitable candidate. When the number of successful candidates exceeds the required number of personnel, the determination of the best criteria for selecting the most suitable candidates becomes a big issue.
The cost of conducting the selection and recruitment of employees has also become an emerging issue. The recent research has raised the issue of costs involved in making a candidate an employee. Some human resource managers have found themselves spending too many resources in the conversion of candidate into employees. The issue is whether cost is correlated with the quality of selection and recruitment. However, some researchers have revealed that some managers obtain high- quality employees at low cost (Francis and Joy, 2012 p 72). Therefore, effective human resource planning is vital to the selection and recruitment process.
Bibliography
Francis, C.A. and Joy, O.E. 2012.The role of human resource planning in recruitment and selection process. British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(2), pp 68-78
