1. Submitted to: Submitted by:
Asst Prof. V U Vinitha Rahul C R
MIIMS Puthanangadi Roll.no:014
HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

2. RECRUITMENT
DEFINITION
Process to discover the source of manpower to meet the
requirement of staffing scheduled and to employ effective
measure for attracting that manpower in adequate number to
facilitate effective selection of an efficient workforce.
Edwin B Flippo defined recruitment as, “The process of
searching for prospective employee and stimulating them to
apply for jobs in the organization

3. MEANING
Recruitment is a positive process of searching for prospective
employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the
organizations.When more persons apply for jobs then there
will be a scope for recruiting better persons
Recruitment is concerned with reaching out,Attracting,and
ensuring a supply of qualified perssonel and making out
selection of requisite manpower both in their quantitative and
qualitative aspects. It is the development and maintenance of
adequate manpower resources.

4. SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT
There are two types of source
 Internal sources
 External sources
INTERNAL SOURCES
These include personnel already on the payroll of an
organisation,that is,it’s present workforce. Whenever any
vaccancy occures,somebody from within the organisation is
upgraded,transfferd,promoted or sometimes demoted
1.Present permanent employees
2.Present temporary or casual employees
3.Retrenched or retired employees

5. EXTERNAL SOURCES
External sources includes source outside the organisation.
They usually include:
1.New entants to the labour force i.e young mostly
inexperienced potential employees-the college students.
2.The unemployed –with a wide range of skills and abilities.
3.Retired experienced persons such as
machines,machinists,welders,accountants.
4.Others not in the labour forces such as married women and
persons from minority groups.

6. Other sources include:
1.Campus recruitment
2.Private employment agencies/consultants
3.Public employment exchanges
4.Professional associations
5.Data banks
6.Casual applicants
7.Similar organisations
8.Trade unions

7. RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES
Recruitment techniques are the means or media by which
management contacts prospective employees or provide
necessary information or exchange ideas or stimulate them
to apply for jobs
Techniques used are:
Internal method:They are for recruiting internal
candidates.These include methods like:
1.Promotion & Transfers
2.Job posting
3.Employee referrals

8. DIRECT METHODS
These include sending traveling recruiters to educational
and professional institutions and employees’ contracts
with public.
*Campus recruitment

9. INDIRECT METHODS
1.Advertisement:Advertising is the most common method
of attracting candidates. consideration should be given to
other sources of recruitment such as agency or selection
consultant.the objective of using advertisement should be
to:
*Attract attention
*Create and maintain interest
*Stimulate attention
2.Newspaper Ads
3.Television & Radio Ads

10. THIRD PARTY METHODS
1.Private employment search firms
2.Web sites
*Job sites
*Agency sites
*Media sites
3.Employments exchanges
4.Outsourcing recruitments
5.Gate hiring & contractors
6.Unsolicited applicants/Walk-ins

11. MODERN RECRUITMENT METHODS
Modern recruitment is a new-age solution designed to
overcome problems in traditional recruitment approaches
like demand prediction,and critical skill-set supply.
Modern recruitment methods are
1.Knowledge based recruitment method
2.E-Recruitment
Concepts involved in modern recruitments
*scouting
*Re-Recruitment

12. *Event recruitment
*Networking
*EOS
*Cast a wider network

13. THANK YOU