Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of hiring workers

There are two types of recruitment:

1. Internal - takes place when the HR department gives out an internal circular in order to hire workers from within the firm
2. External - when recruitment advertisement is given in newspapers or in other advertising media to hire workers externally

Stages of recruitment

1. Identifying the number of workers required
2. Job analysis[highlighting the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to new workers]
3. Job description[duties and responsibilities of the job] and job specification[personal attributes required of new workers] are prepared
4. Advertisements placed
5. Collecting job applications
6. Conducting interviews
7. Sending letters to selected candidates