Nimshi Ranawana

  Emerging Trends in Recruitment and Selection At present, many changes in the processes of recruitment and selection could be witnessed due to the innovations in technology and due to the changes in the overall strategies used by businesses ( Chungyalpa and Karishma, 2016). The usage of AI (Artificial Intelligence), virtual recruitment and social media have been considered as the emerging trends in the processes of recruitment and selection (Rusi, 2021) After a review of the studies conducted by Chungyalpa and Karishma (2016), Prathyusha (2019), Ibrahim and Hassan (2019), Barisic (2015) and Dutta (2018), the following trends could be identified in relation to the recruitment and selection process. i. Corporate Talent Network These are online platforms which are used to promote the brand name of the company. Here, the businesses will try to get the attention of the new talent from different sources which includes job candidates, employees, partners, fans, alumni and somet...

  Challenges of Recruitment and Selection Processes As the business environment is changing rapidly, it is quite vital for organizations to respond to the human resource requirements in time as it affects the overall effectiveness of the organizational performance (Sunday, Olaniyi and Mary, 2015) After a review of literature by Yaro (2014), Potočnik et al., (2021), Otoo, Assuming and Agyei (2018), Waxin et al., (2018) and Ufuoma and Omekwu (2022) the following challenges of the recruitment and selection could be identified. i. Poor human resource planning Identifying the human resource needs and recruiting the ideal candidate is quite vital for a business in order prevent unnecessary costs in relation to recruitment. Recruiting unnecessary candidates or not recruiting the needed candidates to run the business smoothly will impact the effectiveness of the organizational performance. It is the prime duty of the human resource department to ensure that the correct person is re...

  E – Recruitment Introduction The new digital technology development and progress have led the Internet being into the regular recruitment source (Bejtkovský, Rózsa and Mulyaningsih, 2018). Online recruitment gives the opportunity to the recruiters to recruit staff for an organization in the most powerful and cost-effective ways (Kapse, Patil and Patil, 2012). The synonyms for E – recruitment would be Electronic recruitment, online recruitment, cyber recruiting or internet recruiting (Okolie and Irabor, 2017).   Definition of E – Recruitment E – Recruitment is usage of technology to assist the process of recruitment (Kapse, Patil and Patil, 2012). E – Recruitment can also be defined as the process of recruiting prospect candidates to fill up vacant positions in organizations with the assistance of Internet (Okolie and Irabor, 2017). At present the traditional methods of recruitment have been taken over by the wave of internet and E – Recruitment has become the lates...

  Pros and Cons of External Recruitment External sources can be referred to as attraction of employees outside the organization to fill out the vacant positions in the organization (Zwingina and Anyiam, 2020). Sometimes organizations will not have a pool of candidates within the organization to recruit the most appropriate for the position (Rajapaksha, 2015). In that case it is quite vital to have the external sources to recruit the prospect candidates to ensure the smooth function of the business activities. This mainly depends on the recruitment strategy followed by the organization at that moment (Hussain, 2021). After a review of the studies conducted by Okello (2015), Muscalu (2015), Klementová, Hvolková and Klement (2016), Kemal (2020) and Slapnicar (2022), the following pros and cons related to external recruitment can be identified. Pros/Benefits of External Recruitment ·          Unlimited labour supply The main advantage o...

  Pros and Cons of Internal Recruitment Countless methods could be used for the purpose of recruitment (De Varo, 2020). It is quite vital to ensure that the recruitment sources are chosen in a way which achieves the organizational goals and objectives (Shafique, 2012). An organization should bear in mind the company’s budget, skills, knowledge and abilities required to fulfill the recruitment process (Compton, 2009).   This could be achieved by planning the recruitment needs vigilantly (Richardson, 2009). One method used by companies to select the ideal candidate is internal recruitment. After the review of studies conducted by Muscalu (2015), Richardson (2009), Muscalu (2015) and  Klementová,  Hvolková and  Klement (2016)  the following pros and cons related to internal recruitment could be identified. Pros/Benefits of Internal Recruitment ·          Low Cost It will reduce the costs such as costs involve...