Recruitment and Selection

Motivation  (Borrington & Stimpson, 2013) the reason why employees want to work hard and work effectively for a business is because of motivation. A person must be internally motivated, whether we refer to it as a need or a drive, motivation is a state of being inside of us that yearns for a change, either in the environment or in the self. When we draw from this source of power, motivation gives us the drive and direction we need to interact with the environment in a way that is adaptable, open-ended, and problem-solving.  (Reeve, 2015) Types of motivation  There are two types of motivation intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. An example of intrinsic motivation is when someone is motivated solely by the satisfaction of solving a task (Job satisfaction). Extrinsic motivation comes from sources other than the individual and frequently entails material benefits like medals, cash, accolades, or social recognition.  (Cherry, 2022) The outcome of a...

Rewards and Recognition   Reward management  The tactics, regulations, and procedures required to ensure that employees are valued for their contributions to the achievement of organizational, departmental, and team goals are known as reward management. It involves the creation, implementation, and upkeep of incentive systems that are meant to operate fairly, equally, and consistently while also meeting the needs of the company and its stakeholders. These systems will include procedures for determining the value of jobs through job evaluation and market pricing, grade and pay structure design and management, performance management processes, programs for rewarding and recognizing people based on their individual performance or contribution, and/or team or organizational performance, and the provision of employee benefits. (Armstrong, 2010) Advantages of reward systems  Increase Productivity: Employees are been recognized for their performance and rewarded would motivate e...

  PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS FOR RECRUITMENT & SELECTION Psychometric exams are used in development, recruitment, and selection. The psychometric tests offer a fair and impartial means to evaluate various characteristics, including personality traits, cognitive capacity, soft skills, critical thinking, and behavioral style.  In hiring and development procedures, psychometric testing for recruitment is frequently used to assist recruiters in selecting the best applicants for job applications or promotions based on how closely their personalities and cognitive abilities align with those needed to succeed in the position.  (Inglethorpe, 2021) Types of Psychometric Tests There are two types of Psychometric tests, Personality questionnaires & Aptitude tests. Personality questionnaires evaluate aspects of an individual's personality whereas Aptitude tests evaluate an individual's intellectual and reasoning abilities. (Swain, 2021) Benefits of psychometric test  E...

Training and Development according to (Wilson, 2005) the history of training and how it came to excite. The goal of training in many crafts and guilds was to prepare enslaved apprentices to work for a number of years under the guidance of the master craftsperson. After some time, the apprentices pick up the abilities necessary for that job and create a sophisticated "Masterpiece" that incorporates a lot of what they have learned. It is very important for organizations to train their workforce if the company wants to remain competitive or to survive in the market. Technology has impacted the business world and changes in operation  occur  often, by training a company's workforce would improve the skills of the employees in the company and would increase productivity with  efficiency and effectiveness. According to  (Borrington & Stimpson, 2013) companies need to have a clear objective for training the workforce such as improving the efficiency of the workforce by ...

Recruitment Sources There are many sources a company can use for their recruitment process whether it is internal recruitment or external recruitment and the allocated budget for the recruitment process. According to (Arthur, 1999) it is important for a company to not stick to one source of recruitment at all times, as it may result in acquiring a similar type of employees with quite similar ideas or not the right candidate for the job role, whereby diversifying the recruitment sources there will be a high chance of acquiring more suitable and unique candidates. Example: If a company only posts their job vacancies through newspapers advertisement, there is a higher probability of acquiring older generation candidates who are sticking to traditional ways, which would lead to less chance a company would be acquiring young blood or new modern innovative ideas to the business, as younger generation prefers searching for vacancies through websites and other online platforms.  Compa...

Types of recruitments There are 2 types of recruitment, which would be internal recruitment and external recruitment. Internal recruitment is when a company decides to fill a gap in the workforce by using an employee who would be already working in the organization, internal recruitment would happen through the promotion of an already existing employee, transfers of an employee from departments or branches within the organization, Confirmation of an employee who is working in the organization as part-time or holding a temporary position. The benefits of doing an internal recruitment would be that the employee will already know in and out about the organization and will have a clear understanding of the workforce and the culture inside the organization, The time and expenditure spent for the recruitment will be lesser and lesser time consumed in employee training. Drawbacks would be a lesser chance of getting new and innovative ideas into the business, The organization will have a lim...