Recruitment and Selection in the 21st Century

Managing People and
Systems

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Recruitment............................................................................................................................3
Selection.................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Recruitment and selection in the internal process of any business organisation, whether it
is a small, medium or large. Human capital plays a significant role in executing business
activities effectively and efficiently with the set of skills, knowledge and expertise. In the rapid
changing environment it is essential for each business to develop an effective strategies for
getting a right people at right time with required set of skills and abilities. In the modern era HR
managers use different approaches for a hiring a right talent so that their efforts are in align with
the organisation objective along with continuous growth and learning of an employee (Osra and
Kajjumba, 2020).
MAIN BODY
Recruitment
Recruitment is regarded as an ongoing process where an organisation seek out for a
potential employee to fill a vacant job position. The activities in a recruitment process consist of
searching for a candidates by a means of different sources and encouraging them to apply for a
specified job position. The main objective is attract a large pool of candidates so that there are
wide number of opportunities to select a best candidate with matching all the skills, abilities and
competencies. Recruiters identifies and analyse the need for a potential candidate in an
organisation structure and look out for the various ways through which an effective workforce
could be built and managed (Poux and et. al., 2020).
Effective recruitment and selection practices in 21st century
In order to maintain adequate number of employees HERVI conduct recruitment drive on
time so that there is always adequate number of employees working. In modern era while
recruiting people, company post the ads of social media site and other job portals such as
LinkedIn to attract a pool of candidates.
One of the best method opted by the HERVI to hire a candidate through external sources
of recruitment. This method is beneficial for the company as it helps in attracting a right pool of
candidates with desired skills, knowledge and experience. Whereas while selecting a candidate
HERVI conduct aptitude test and conduct personal interview which reveals more about the