13. ELEMENTS OF RECRUITING
The first question is: What are the objectives for
recruiting and hiring?
1. Replacements for high turnover
2. Additional manpower for future expansion
3. Upgrading the caliber of people because positions have
become more complex and complicated.
4. Hiring to hurt the competitor’s ability to hire top caliber
talents
5. Increase of capability of the firm through people with
new sets of skills.
14. The second question is:
• How can the company prioritize jobs to fill up?
The third question is:
What kind of candidates does the company look
for?
15. Two classification of the applicants:
• Active candidates – those who are currently
unemployed or those who are thinking of transferring
or changing jobs because of some issues from their
present posts
• Inactive candidates – those who do not seek
employment at the moment and happy with their
present jobs
16. The fourth question is: When will recruitment start?
Followed by this questions:
• Where will applicants be coming from?
• Is it internal or external hiring?
• Who will do the recruiting?
• What are the recruitment tools to be used?
• What are the priority skills needed for the position?
• How should actual recruitment be done or how will
candidates be assessed?
17. Ways on how to assess candidates:
Psychological tests
• Mental ability tests – measure the general
intelligence of a person.
• Aptitude tests – measure the inclination of a
person towards a certain field.
• Personality tests – provide some of the traits
or values of a person.
18. Interviews – it can be done through one-onone basis or a panel interview.
Skills tests – it provide the company a
rundown of the skills of the candidate, to
assess whether these skills can be used by
company now or in the future.
19. Background check references – it provide the
company with a brief background of the
candidates in terms of his previous work
experience, personal background.
Transcript of records – it identifies the
academic background of the candidate, how
he faired in school, in terms of performance
and achievements.
20. Last question is: What is the primary
attraction of the company in order to draw
applicants?
• Competitive compensation and benefits
package
• Career opportunities
• Excellent culture
• Highly reputable image