Nimshi Ranawana

  Internal and External Sources of Recruitment Identification of the recruitment sources is a vital step in the process of recruitment (Muscalu, 2015). Sourcing could be described as one or more strategies used for the talent acquisition to fill out organizational vacancies (Sinha and Thaly, 2013). There are several types of methods of sources of recruitment which can be narrowed down to two main sources of recruitment (Hamza et al., 2021) 01.   Internal Recruitment This is when the organization recruit their own employees within the organization to fill out a position (Fariha, 2020). As per the study, Fariha (2020) specifies 4 sources of internal recruitment and Otoo, Assuming and Agyei (2018) specifies 5 sources of internal recruitment. After a thorough review of literature, the following 6 sources could be identified as the internal sources.   i. Promotion – Considered as a job posting which shows a rise of an employee in the hierarchy of the organiza...

Recruitment and Selection Process Recruitment and selection could be considered as the core function and the most important function performed by the Department of Human Resource ( Chungyalpa and Karishma, 2016). The processes used by companies for the recruitment and selection may vary from each other ( Fariha, 2020). According to Hamza et al. (2021), there are 4 stages in the traditional recruitment process . Figure 1: Traditional recruitment process   Source: Hamza et al. (2021)   As per the diagram above, the steps can be further elaborated as follows, Stage 01 – Need to clarify whether there is an actual need for the recruitment. Stage 02 – Need to update the job description and job specification which include competency, skills and knowledge needed from the candidate and the duties and responsibilities related to the job opportunity (Augustine et al., 2021). Stage 03 – once the job description and job specification is identified, it is mandatory to identify the possib...

  Introduction to Recruitment and Selection Globalization has led the organizations around the world to work more efficiently and effectively in order to cope up with the changes in the global economy (Karim et al.,2021). Managing the Human Resource in a peculiar way, especially the recruitment and selection process is vital for an organization to strive. The quality of the human resource largely depends on how effectively the businesses conduct their recruitment and selection processes as Karim et al. (2021, p. 18 ) describes these processes as the ‘ ... lifeblood of every organisation ’ Definition of Recruitment This is a process of finding or choosing and hiring the most suitable and qualified candidate internally or externally from the organisation for a job opportunity (Hamza et al., 2021; Roberts, 1997). Recruitment is also known as the withdrawal of labour (Lestari et al., 2020). Definition of Selection This is the process of evaluation and holding interviews for the...