Fundamentals of Recruitment and Selection Process

This report covers the fundamentals of recruitment and selection process, organizational strategy, talent management, legal considerations, and job analysis. It also highlights the significance of aligning organizational strategy with recruitment and selection.

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1.0 Introduction
This report is on the fundamentals of recruitment and selection process. In order to provide an
insight into the study, relevant topics have been covered such as organizational strategy,
talent management, recruitment and selection, employee engagement, legal considerations
and job analysis. Various definitions of these topics have been provided in addition to their
advantages and disadvantages. The report has also underscored the significance of aligning
organizational strategy with recruitment and selection.
2.0 Organizational Strategy
This is a set of actions an organization plans to undertake in order to achieve long-term goals
(Fairholm, 2009).
2.1 Recruitment and Selection
Recruitment is the search for and acquisition of a pool of candidates with the required skills,
knowledge, and expertise to fill given job vacancies. On the other hand, selection is the
process of picking up the more potential candidates from the recruited pool (Rees &
Rumbles, 2010).
2.2 Aligning Organizational Strategy with Recruitment and Selection process
2.2.1 Advantages
 Leads to business growth since the hired employees will be working towards a
common goal of achieving organizational goals
 It helps to define the nature of the candidate required to fill the positions
 Improved operating profits because it leads to a stable and developed workforce

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 Optimized talents and skills because work is comprehended and roles clearly defined,
as a result, the HR is aware of the talent needed and the key candidates to maximize
skills (Lengnick-Hall et al., 2009).
2.2.2 Consequences on non-alignment
 Retarded business growth because selected employees will not be working towards a
common goals
 There is wastage of resources and skills because the hired employees are not
cognizant of their talents and
 A workforce that is not unidirectional and unstable will obviously lead to low profits
and even business closure (Brewster, 2017).
2.3 Steps to align organizational strategy with recruitment and selection
i. Assess current HR capacity
ii. Forecast HR requirements: demand and supply forecasting, matching demand and supply
iii. Develop talent strategies
iv. Recruitment and selection
(Wright & McMahan, 2011)
3.0 Talent Management, Recruitment, Selection and Employee Engagement
3.1 Talent Management and Employee Management
Talent management comprises of all that an enterprise undertakes to recruit, retain, improve,
compensate, and inspire its workforce to do their best (Christensen Hughes & Rog, 2008).
Whereas, employee engagement is examines the willingness of an employee to incorporate
his skills, experience, and effort into achieving the mission of the organization (Frei, 2008).

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3.2 Talent Management, Recruitment and selection.
Silzer & Dowell (2009) defines talent management as the strategic management of the flow
of talent in an organization. Its aim is to make sure that there is the supply of talent in the
organization in order to align the right individuals with the right task at the right time in
accordance with the enterprise strategic organizational objectives. Now, the availability of
talent in the organization is accomplished through recruitment and selection process. Through
recruitment, the right pool of candidates is obtained, and selection ensures that the most
competent and talented candidate is selected in line with business goals.
3.3 Distinction between Recruitment and Selection Process
Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective workers and encouraging them to
apply for the available vacancies and is carried out by personnel department comprising of
staff officers. Whereas, selection is the process of choosing a competent candidate who is
deemed appropriate to a given task and can meet performance goals, and it is a line function
carried out by a specific department with job vacancy (Kumari, 2012).
3.4 Impact of Hiring Practices on Employee Engagement
Hiring practices that are deemed informational and helpful to the candidate affect their future
engagement because they develop a positive attitude towards the management of the
organization as caring. As a result, the employees are motivated to engage themselves to
work through investing in time, energy and knowledge (Alfes et al., 2013). Additionally, the
hiring practices are signs to the employees whether they will be retained in the workplace for
long or not (Gruman, & Saks, 2011).
4.0 Legal Considerations

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The federal legislation on recruitment and selection process deals with issues such as rights
and responsibilities of the employer and employees, health and safety at the workplace,
equality in all aspects including payment, recruitment, and selection.
4.1 Employer Obligations
 Duty to reward the employee the consented amount as long as the employee adheres
to work policies
 Observe health and safety regulations
 Provide employees with right information regarding rights under their contract
(Briscoe, Tarique, & Schuler, 2012).
4.2 Provincial (state) and Federal perspectives of HR legislation
4.2.1 Similarities
 Both state and federal laws are made to regulate hr practices
 Both state and federal governments make legislations on HR practices
4.2.2 Differences
 Federal laws on HR encompass all states whereas state laws are restricted to local
states
 Federal legislation tend to focus on a wider perspective of HR practices whereas the
provincial laws are more categorical and address specific issues.
 The state laws have their own employment regulations on issues such as labor
retentions, employee criminal records etc and their applications are restricted within
the state, whereas, the federal HR laws are applicable to all states (Pynes, 2008).
4.2.3 Legally defensible

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 Legally defensible is a term used to describe actions taken by organization whether
they can withstand legal scrutiny, as a demonstration that it has undertaken all it can
to protect itself and its assets so as to develop long-term value.
 Legally defensible hiring decisions are important because they protect the company
from legal suits which can become costly to the company. Additionally, it preserves
the company’s reputation as one that is not discriminatory in handling its employees
thus attracting a pool of talented employees who increase the organization's
performance (Patterson, Ferguson, & Thomas, 2008).
4.2.4 Hiring decisions can be made defensible in the following ways:
 Improving consistency
 Routine review of the process of hiring
 Review of the laws on hiring
 Job analysis
5.0 Job Analysis
Job analysis is a formal system created to ascertain the roles that employees can actually
undertake in their work.
5.1 Importance of job analysis process in relation to recruitment and selection
 It gives insight to the recruiting team on the qualifications to look for in a candidate
thus matching the right candidate for the right job
 Job analysis generates the roles and responsibilities of a given employee of a given
position which is fundamental to advertisement and recruitment

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 Job analysis helps in aligning interview questions with the screening tools. Thus
making the process of selection more effective (Patterson, Ferguson, & Thomas,
2008).
5.2 Job analysis methods (Cascio, 2018).
i. Interview method
ii. Questionnaire method
iii. Observation method
5.3 Ensuring legal defensibility of job analysis process
A job analysis process can be legally defensible by adhering to the HR Practices that are in
accordance with the legislation and laws on human resource management (Patterson,
Ferguson, & Thomas, 2008).
6.0 Marketing Manager
6.1 Knowledge
i. Sales and marketing
ii. English language
iii. Administration and management
iv. Communication and media
6.2 Skills
i. Critical thinking
ii. Active listening and hearing

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iii. Reading comprehension
6.3 Abilities
i. Oral expression and comprehension
ii. Written comprehension
iii. Deductive reasoning
iv. Written expression
6.4 Work Context
i. Electronic mail
ii. Face to face discussions
iii. Telephone
(O*NET Online, n.d. and Government of Canada, n.d).
6.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Using NOC and O*NET
6.5.1 Advantages
 They provide quick information on given job classifications
 They are beneficial for interviewees and interviewers during and when preparing for
the interview
6.5.2 Disadvantages
 They may provide misleading information which may be catastrophic to individuals
and organizations
 They provide general information which cannot wholly be applied to different
organizational contexts

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Conclusion
Recruitment and selection process is very central to organizational operations and success
because it determines the kind of workforce in an organization, who in the actual sense run
the business. Additionally, recruitment and selection significantly affect talent and employee
management. Each federal and provincial government has legislation that govern recruitment
and selection, and the organization should ensure that the process is legally defensible. It is
therefore important that organizational strategy is aligned with recruitment and selection
process.

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