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Human Resource Management(HRM ) Assignment

   

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Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTHuman Resource ManagementImportance of recruitment and selection in attracting and retaining employeesName of StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTIntroductionThe recruitment and selection is one of the most important jobs of the human resourcedepartment, which is responsible for reduction of turnover in the company (Beardwell &Thompson, 2014). The process of recruitment is concerned with the creation of a suitable pool ofemployees and selecting the best candidate from them. The organizations employ number ofbackground checks as well as recruiting methods for employing the best possible candidate.These processes ensure that the organizational productivity is increased and the employeescontribute to the organizational success (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). This is a changingbusiness world and companies need to recruit people who are loyal, adaptable, confident,dependant and knowledgeable in their own aspects. There is also the requirement of good teambonding and good communication skills, which have become pre-requisites of getting employedin multinational companies. This essay would discuss some good literary works by implementingcritical or analytical thinking. The corresponding HR theories and concepts would also bediscussed. DiscussionAs defined by Beardwell and Thompson (2014), the strategic human resourcemanagement of the firm is concerned with the process of linking the social, human and theintellectual capital of the employees by fulfilling the strategic needs of the company. Thescreening process should be a powerful one in which the candidates are judged on the basis ofwhat they can offer to the company (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). The company should usestrong judgmental capabilities to determine the strategic fit of the concerned candidates and ifthey are able to fulfill the organizational goals. It is important to understand the “job hopping”

2HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTtendency of the candidates, which is concerned with the tendency of the candidates in movingquickly from one job to the other (Chelladurai & Kerwin, 2017). The recruiters should payattention to the duration of the concerned candidates at their previous jobs as well as carefullymonitor their references (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). This would make them retain thesecandidates for longer period of time by eliminating the employees who have a tendency ofswitching jobs frequently. As argued by (Brewster, Mayrhofer and Morley (2016), theemployees gets demotivated if they are faced with a gradual decrease in their responsibility. Insuch instances, the employees feel insulted and they tend to disconnect with the organization. As opined by (Leong (2014), the Krumboltz theory focuses on the fact that there is aneed of the people to change within the transforming labour market. The management of the lifetransitions is an important consideration in the career management skills of the employees. Thistheory focuses on the need of planned activities in recruitment process from the point of view ofthe candidates (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). The planned recruitment as well as selection ofthe employees would makes sure that they stay in the organization As opposed by Patton andMcMahon (2014), the Holland’s Theory of Career Choice, the employees are known to preferjobs in which they find similar kind of people around them or there are employees in theorganization, whom they like them (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). The employees choose jobroles and prefer the work environments in which they would be able to use their abilities as wellas skills in a better way. This theory is helpful in the recruitment and selection of the people inwhich the employees are free to express their values and attitudes, while they have an effectiveaffinity between the environment and the personality (Beardwell & Thompson, 2014). Theemployees who have favorable job environment in the organization are more likely to be loyal inthe organization and this is because of the fact that the employees tend to enjoy their stay in the

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