Recruitment- Importance/ Challenges and Solutions

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WHAT IS RECRUITMENT?

To create a much quality and effective workforce in an organization selecting and hiring the right people is vital. Recruitment plays an important part in this complicated process of identifying, attracting, selecting and hiring suitable candidates for job vacancies for organizations.





Recruitment Strategies that organizations use for recruitment

  • Development of Strong Employer branding
  • Offering competitive compensation and benefit packages
  • Providing opportunities for career growth and development

Challenges in Recruitment

  1. Attracting the Right Candidate
  2. Competition
  3. Shortage of talent
  4. Time regulations
  5. Cost

How important is Talent recruitment for an Organization?

"Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to the growth of a business"
                                                                                                       -Marc Benioff

In any Organization, the Best workers do the best and the most work and could be the makers or the breakers of an organization.  In the book 'Leading Organization'; Scott Keller and Mary Meaney address the basic issues faced by organizations and Leaders in talent recruitment. here are a few;
  1. Attracting and Retaining Talent
  2. Developing the Talent in an organization
  3. Managing Performance
  4. Creating Leadership Teams
  5. Making decisions
  6. Reorganize to capture value quickly
  7. Reducing overhead cost for the long term
  8. Making culture a competitive advantage
  9. Leading transformational change
  10. Transition to new leadership roles

Recruiting the right talent is Explained by the late Steve Jobs of Apple which sums up how important talent is to an organization and a leader
   "Go after the cream of the cream. A small Team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C Players."

                                                                                                      -Steve Jobs-

There is a ' War for Talent' in a global context as many organizations engage in fierce competition in advanced economies to attract and retain employees at a time when too few employees are available as replacements. The Formula for Organizations to find the right talent is based on EVP- 'EMPLOYEE VALUE PROPOSITION" What Employee "GETS" for what they "GIVE".

EVP= EMPLOYEE VALUE PROPOSITION


 

If an employee " GIVES" many flavours

  • Time
  • Effort
  • Experience and Ideas
The employee  " GETS"
  • Tangible Rewards
  • The experience of working in a prestigious company
  • Career development
If one organization's EVP is stronger than the competitors it is surely likely to attract talent. but in a global context many organizations fail to EVP and a few organisations successfully maintain talent recruitment. for an organization to be successful in recruiting talent the flowing key elements must be fulfilled.

  • GREAT LEADERS- who are Inspirational, Supportive, empowering and focused on development.
  • GREAT COMPANY-Reputation, values, culture, business results and contribution to society




  • GREAT JOB -Interesting opportunities for growth and advancement, with impact and meaning.





  • GREAT REWARDS-Wages, benefits, rewards,non-financial forms of recognition


Effective absorption of EVP can solve many challenges in recruitment and could be highly cost-effective.

https://youtu.be/JPHVeQ7-ynA?si=WyUslSbB22SJjyvL


Solutions In Recuirment

    • Development of a ' Talent pipe Line'
  • Using various methods to develop a talent pipeline, such as mentoring, coaching, training, job rotation, project assignments, and feedback should align development programs with organizational goals and culture, and measure their impact and effectiveness.


    •  Employer Branding
  • Employer branding is the practice of influencing how current employees and the larger workforce perceive a company’s reputation as an employer. While branding in general targets the perception of consumers, employer branding specifically focuses on a company’s prospective hires and internal employees.
  • It is simply  "the process of building an identifiable and unique employer identity"
                        • Backhaus and Tikoo (2004) 



    •     Technology and Automation
  • Technology and automation in recruiting refer to the use of technology, such as machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, chatbots, and other intelligent tools, to automate and streamline the recruitment process. With AI and automation, the recruitment process becomes more efficient, cost-effective, and less time-consuming



    • Diversity and Inclusion
  • In the Global context, many companies are taking steps toward Diversityinclusionluion initiatives. the main purpose of doing so is to recruit employees from different backgrounds and cultures which would create a diverse workforce. Workforce diversification would enable the company to develop unique perspectives and experiences. It has proven in today's world that diverse teams can lead to increased innovation and better decision-making in organizations.



    • Training and Development
  • Training is responsible for designing, delivering, and evaluating learning programs that enhance the skills and knowledge of your employees. Development is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring career paths and growth opportunities for the employees. by giving proper training and development of their knowledge it is easy for an organization to build up the ' Talent pipeline'.






References


https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/attracting-and-retaining-the-right-talent

 

Öster, H. and Jonze, J., 2013. Employer branding in human resource management: The importance of recruiting and retaining employees.

 

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:603822/FULLTEXT02.pdf

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351278607-10/recruitment-diversity-inclusion-elaine-cohen

Farndale, E. et al. (2015) ‘A global perspective on diversity and inclusion in work organisations’, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(6), pp. 677–687. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2014.991511.

Saifalislam, K.M., Osman, A. and AlQudah, M.K., 2014. Human Resource Management Practices: Influence of recruitment and selection, and training and development on the organizational performance of the Jordanian Public University. organization, 3, pp.1-08873.

Othman, A.E.A., 2009. Recruitment selection and training development practices: Value-added contribution towards organizational effectiveness. Universitatii Bucuresti. Analele. Seria Stiinte Economice si Administrative, 3, p.73.

Tipper, J., 2004. How to increase diversity through your recruitment practices. Industrial and commercial training, 36(4), pp.158-161.

 


 




Comments

  1. Arundathi Egodawatte8 April 2024 at 00:06

    Well structed. Yes, Organizations may overcome recruiting issues by focusing on employer branding, applicant experience, diversity, technology adoption, and talent pipeline development.

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    1. Shalindri Perera8 April 2024 at 04:29

      Thank you Arnundathi for the valuable comment. and yes Organizations can overcome recruitment issues with many solutions. and Inclusion of Diversity Equity and Inclusion DEI could also be a good possibility in attracting the right talents for a company.

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  2. Nufail Lantra9 April 2024 at 02:32

    The article emphasizes the importance of recruiting and its procedures, but it also raises concerns about the viability and effectiveness of these methods in the current complex and constantly evolving work environment. How can organizations ensure that their employer branding and remuneration packages are sufficiently competitive to attract exceptional talent, particularly in a global environment when talent is limited and in great demand?

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    1. Shalindri Perera12 April 2024 at 08:30

      Nufail thank you so much for your valuable insights. and true the world is evolving by the day it is almost impossible mission. but due the high demand and limited talent its makes all the competition global. which gives the opportunity for the organizations to recruit globally. it gives them to find the most suitable candidate and as an added bonus diverse work force can be created.

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  3. Judith Fernando9 April 2024 at 09:53

    An insightful article about recruitment and the ways to implement this in an organization is discussed clearly and concisely. Yes, Shalindri, there are many challenges we may face during recruiting the right candidate with the right skills. The solutions you have mentioned in this article are a good way of overcoming the current problems in recruiting. However, there are many other methods to overcome this. Please refer to the link for effective employee selection methods. (https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/employee-selection-methods)

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    1. Shalindri Perera12 April 2024 at 08:32

      Thank you Judith for your valuable comments and insights. yes truly effective employee selection method could resolve a lot more challenges that would come after .

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