Saturday, December 5, 2020

Selection Techniques in Consumer Durable Industry

 

Employees are searching best job as there qualification and employers are want to best employee for business development manner. It is very important to select the best candidates for the job by using various tools and techniques (Rahaman, 2016).

Implementing a hiring process oriented towards competencies represents an important condition for companies to remain competitive on the labor market. Starting with the planning and establishment of the requirements for both jobs and organization (Armstrong, 2011).

Entire staffing process is strongly dependent on the success of the recruitment. Given the importance of employee recruitment for attaining highly qualified human capital, the attention around this issue has increased during the last years (Starke, 2000).

 

Moreover, referred candidates had higher selection ratios compared to the applicants occurred through formal sources (newspaper advertisement, employment agencies or school placement) (Dovidio, 2000). Still, further performance evaluation results (the sales performance of the hired candidates) did not support any difference between recruitment sources (GEISINGER, 1989).

 

Recruitment and selection not only seek to attract, obtain, and retain the human resources the organization needs to achieve the strategic goals, but may also have significant impact upon the composition of the workforce, the ultimate fit with the organization's needs and culture, and upon long-range employment stability (Beer et al., 1984).

“The process of choosing from among available applicants , the individuals who are most likely to successfully perform a job”. It is the process of gathering all necessary information about applicants and using that information to decide which applicants to employ (Chapman, 2005). Once an adequate number of qualified applicants are identified through proper recruitment, the selection process begins. Selection is one of the most important functions of HRM because wrong selection of employees hampers organizational performance enormously (Dessler, 2007).

Selection process differs from organizations to organizations (H E Aldrich, 1976). An ideal selection process comprises some steps such as filling up application forms, initial screening, preliminary interview, employment tests, written examination, comprehensive interview, background examination/ reference check, medical examinations, and job offer (DA DeCenzo, 1999).

The recruitment and selection process determines the decisions as to which candidates will get employment offers (Anderson, 2002). The aim of this practice is to improve the fit between employees, the organization, teams, and work requirements, and thus, to create a better work environment (Tzafrir, 2006).

Sophisticated recruitment and selection system can ensure a better fit between the individual's abilities and the organization's requirement (Fernandez 1992). Employment stability can be achieved through a selection procedure based on ability (Mohinder Chand, 2007).

Recruitment and selection was positively related to all organizational performance variables such as effectiveness, efficiency, innovation, and quality. Innovation is at the heart of the Consumer Durables industry and aim to reflect the recruitment process using technology as part of the candidate introduction process (Thavisay, 1999).

 

Effective Employee Selection Techniques (Heather, 2020)

 

Ø  Assess cognitive ability

Ø  Evaluate learning agility

Ø  Test situational Judgment

Ø  Measure employee integrity

Ø  Test job knowledge

Ø  Give a test work assignment

Ø  Organize an assessment center

Ø  Structure your interview process

Ø  Conduct peer interviews

Ø  Check candidate references

Ø  Host a job trial day

 

Headhunting entails conducting a specified search to identify the ideal candidate for a particular role, regardless of whether the candidate is active or passive talent. While active candidates are reaching out to their professional networks and sending resumes in response to job openings, passive candidates are currently employed and not seeking new opportunities. For high-level roles with a unique desired skill set, passive candidates are more desirable—they are currently working and gaining industry-specific experience at a competitor (Lioy, 2019)

 

Example of Selection Techniques (Territory Manager Post) at a Leading Consumer Durable Organization in Sri Lanka where I work

Preliminary Screening

Once an employer has received what it considers sufficient interest in the position, the recruiter starts screening the applications or resumes determining which applicants to contact for the preliminary screening interview

In-Person Interviews

Face-to-face interviews take time, which is one of the reasons the applicant pool should be narrowed by conducting preliminary screening and telephone interviewing

Cultural Fit Selection

Candidate’s values align with the organization’s values. It’s a subjective analysis, and one that Recruiting Managers are check only attribute to being a gut feeling

Past Experience

Evaluate the past employment experience & match with current vacancy 

Evaluate learning Ability

Field visit with the HR Manager given write to analytical report about the field visit before the final interview.

 

List of References

AKRAWAH, O. D. (2019). Recruitment strategies of the banking industry in Nigeria: The head hunting panacea.

Anderson, N. (2002). Recruitment and selection: Applicant perspectives and outcomes.

Armstrong, W. (2011). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are recruited to the colorectum and contribute to immune activation during pathogenic SIV infection in rhesus macaques.

Beer, M. (1984). Managing Human Assets.

Chapman, D. S. (2005). Applicant Attraction to Organizations and Job Choice: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Correlates of Recruiting Outcomes.

DA DeCenzo, S. R. (1999). Human Resource Management.

Dessler, A. E. (2007). Observations of deep convective influence on stratospheric water vapor and its isotopic composition.

Dovidio, J. F. (2000). Aversive Racism and Selection Decisions: 1989 and 1999.

Dovidio, J. F. (2000). Aversive Racism and Selection Decisions: 1989 and 1999.

GEISINGER, J. A. (1989). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECRUITING SOURCE, APPLICANT QUALITY, AND HIRE PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS BY SEX, ETHNICITY, AND AGE .

H E Aldrich, J. P. (1976). Environments of Organizations.

Heather. (2020). Effective Employee Selection Methods To Start Using Today.

Lioy, T. (2019). What’s the Difference Between Headhunting and Recruiting?

Mohinder Chand, A. A. (2007). The impact of HRM practices on organisational Performance in the Indian hotel industry.

Rahaman, M. A. (2016). Employees’ Perception of Recruitment and Selection Practices in Local Companies.

Starke, J. A. (2000). Research on Employee Recruitment: So Many Studies, So Many Remaining Questions.

Thavisay, T. Q. (1999). Privatization and Human Resource Development Issue: A Preliminary Study of State-Owned Enterprises in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Tzafrir, S. S. (2006). Relationship between HRM practices and firm performance at different points in time.

15 comments:

  1. Hi Asanka, in addition the recruitment and selection process determines the decisions as to which candidates will get employment offers. The aim of this practice is to improve the fit between employees, the organization, teams, and work requirements. Wrong selection of employees hampers organizational performance enormously (Dessler, 2007).

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    1. Recruitment is the positive aspect where as selection is the negative aspect of HR practises. Many of the researchers say that recruitment and selection policies should be ethical for the organizations in order to sustain in the competitive environment. Recruitment is the first step then after selection and placement comes in the employment process (Rao, 2010)

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  2. The successful recruitment and selection process is that the needs and offers of both organization and the individual must perfectly meet each other. The ‘fit’ in term of skills and expertise, as well as value and need and individuals want that the organization which they are thinking of joining must offer some form of development
    which will enhance the resumes(Holbeche, 2004).

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    1. There are many factors that affect recruitment process like organization culture, working hours, facilities, salary, welfare, brand image, good will, location and etc. Selection is the second step in the in the process of man power planning. Selection is the process of choosing the appropriate candidate which matches the candidate skills and the job requirements (Bhattacharyya, 2010)

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  3. Asanka, Du Plessis & Fredrick, H (2012) states that the use of e-recruitment methods has advanced so much that in the future, companies will have to have automated resume screening and searching equipment to remain competitive in their respective industries.

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    1. Adding your comment Kanishka, The organizational perspective refers to the process of organizing and performing recruitment tasks and activities within organizations, in the context of an organizational environment. Moreover, little attention has been given to the impact of technology on the recruitment process as a whole (Parry & Tyson, 2009), or to how the e-recruitment process is integrated in practice (Lee, 2011).

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  4. It is further to mention that, according to Truesdell and Kelly (2017) discussed attracting candidates to the selection process, technology is playing an increasingly important role in recruiting. Electronic technology has also been used to reduce the number of potential candidates. In particular, using online recruiting can mean that employers receive a large number of applications from inappropriate candidates, so using technology to help manage the application form can also be helpful

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    1. The case companies had extensive experience in the use of e-recruitment practices. In order to identify how e-recruitment had affected the overall design of the recruitment processes, I first identified the design of the traditional recruitment process as reported in several research contributions (Bartram, 2000; Breaugh & Starke, 2000; Dessler, 2006; Millmore, Lewis, Saunders, Thornhill, & Morrow, 2007; Newell, 2009). I then interviewed recruitment professionals from the case companies, asking how they had performed recruitment tasks before and after the introduction of e-recruitment in their organizations

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  5. Interviewing is a process that nearly all organizations use to select employees. In many cases it is the only method used to make a hiring decision. Yet, research indicates that unless properly planned, and conducted very carefully, they are of little help in selecting the right people. There are steps that can be taken which can greatly improve the accuracy of decisions made based on interviews. Keenan f 1989) reviews much of the research pertaining to the interviewing process and Very briefly, the steps for conducting effective selection interviews are as follows:
    1. Conduct a job analysis to determine what a person is expected to do in the job.
    2. Identify which of the above activities and/or duties are most critical to success.
    3. Identify the skills, knowledge and abilities (SKAs) necessary to perform those critical duties.
    4. Develop questions that elicit information about the SKAs of interest.
    5. For each important SKA, create ‘anchors’ or targets by describing what the requisite SKA would look like when presenting the appropriate amount. (This provides a measure against which you can evaluate candidates.)
    6. Structure or pattern the interview so that the same questions are asked of each candidate.


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    1. Recruitment at a corporate level normally takes place through high level references and executive manpower consultancy firms or professional associations. In Business Level, the actual practice is carried out through execution of the tasks through following the entire life cycle of the recruitment process. It is at the business level where the executives attract and source the requirements from the field or market to cater either to the business or corporate by the implementation of proper training methodologies (Sparrow, P.2010)

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