COMMERCE 2BC3 Chapter 5: HRMChapter5Textbook
5 Jan 2017
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Human resource recruitment: any practice or activity carried on by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees. Recruitment activities are designed to affect: the number of people who apply for vacancies, the type of people who apply, the likelihood that those applying will accept the positions if offered. Human resource policies: (personnel policies) refers to organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are recruited. Employer branding: define the target audience, develop set of reasons why the organization is more attractive than others, incorporates those reasons in recruitment efforts and the company"s career website. Why use internal: generates sample of applicants who are well known to the firm, applicants know about the company"s vacancies which minimizes the possibility of inflated expectations of the job, cheaper to fill vacancies. Direct applicants: people who apply for a job vacancy without prompting from the organizations.
