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                               The plan of recruitment

The recruitment process is an important part of human resource management (HRM). It isn’t done without proper strategic planning. Recruitment is defined as a process that provides the organization with a pool of qualified job candidates from which to choose. Before companies recruit, they must implement proper staffing plans and forecasting to determine how many people they will need. The basis of the forecast will be the annual budget of the organization and the short- to long-term plans of the organization—for example, the possibility of expansion.

According to William B Werther &K.Devis ( 1989) Recruitment is “the process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when their applicants are submitted.”

Further Recruitment is the process of searching prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organization. Edwin B Flippo (1984)

The estimation / forecasting will depend on few factors in the organization and those factors can be divided as below   

·        Internal factor

·        External Factor.

 Internal factors are the concerns which organization can control up to certain extent.  

 Internal factors include the following:

A)         A)    Budget constraints

B       B)    Expected or trend of employee separations

         C)    Production levels

         D)   Sales increases or decreases

   E)   Global expansion plans

 

External factors will not be in the area where Organization can control. but those factors are the key point which HRM should close monitoring at their planning process .

External factors might include the following:

A)    Changes in technology

B)    Changes in laws

C)    Unemployment rates

D)    Shifts in population

E)      Shifts in urban, suburban, and rural areas

F)      Competition.

Conclusion.

Analyzing the above forecasting date will help HRM to see where gaps exist and then begin to recruit individuals with the right skills, education, and backgrounds.

Reference

William B. Werther and Keith Davis, (1989) Edition, 3 ; Publisher, McGraw-Hill.

Edwin B Flippo(1984)personnel management ,sixth edition-Hill International Edition,
Management series .