P1 Recruitment And Selection

Recruitment and Selection is the process of attracting (sourcing) and choosing (placing) candidates for employment with the desired knowledge, skills and experience to fill job vacancies against defined position descriptions and specifications. Although linked together they are two distinct functions.

These two distinct functions are areas of decision-making that requires thorough attention and best practise guidelines. These best practise guidelines are primarily designed to assist in implementing effective and fair recruitment and selection processes, which will contribute to the success in appointing the best candidate.

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Skills Development Act and the Employment Equity Act have a direct influence

Proper planning and evaluation of the need will lead to hiring the right person for the role and team.

- Analyse the requirements of a job

It is the core of a successful recruitment process. It is used to develop interview questions, interview evaluations and reference check questions.

- Develop Recruitment Plan

A carefully structured recruitment plan maps out the strategy for attracting and hiring the best qualified candidate.

- Talent Sourcing (advertise the position)

A job vacancy may be advertised in a variety of ways

- Review Applicants and Develop Short List

Applicants are those who apply during the initial application period. All applicants must be reviewed and considered and the short list development must be based on desired knowledge, skills and experience to fill job vacancies against the defined position description and specification.

- Conduct Interviews

It is the opportunity for the employer and prospective employee to learn more about each other and validate information provided by both.

• A range of different methods can be used to assess candidates, this could include general and competency based

It is an important courtesy to formally notify unsuccessful candidates of the outcome of their unsuccessful application.

- Induction of the new recruit

It is the process of introducing the job and organization to the new recruit and to help them become familiar with their new work environment.

Recruitment is the sequence of co-dependent and linked procedures (processes) of finding available and qualified candidates (from within or outside of an organisation), for a vacant position in a timely and cost effective manner.

Two methods of recruitment can be used, namely Internal and External Recruitment. Either one or both methods can be used to recruit candidates for vacant positions.

The Internal recruitment method is characterised by promoting or transferring employees from within an organisation. Systems such as bulletin boards, intranet posts and internal communications can be used to advertise such vacant positions.

Advantages of Internal recruitment include:

- Employee morale