SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT

  The recruitment and selection of high-quality employee remains a fundamental goal for organization as researchers and practitioners recognize the need to understand the manner in which prospective applicants are attracted to organization and jobs (Thompson, Braddy & Wuenschc et al., 2008).  E-Recruitment is a new technological means for selecting one of the companies most crucial resource which is the human resource as recruitment has become an important process in the highly competitive labour market (Okolie & Irabor, 2017). E- recruitment is applying for employment through Intranet and Internet in order to select and recruit a prospective candidate (Rudman, Hartel & Fujimoto, 2010) E- recruitment is one of the worldwide trending HR which has evolved into a sophisticated interactive engine with the ability to automate every facet of the hiring process virtually and it also makes the selection of employees easy when it involves long distance or time constraints (...

  Source: (Dhabuwala & Pitroda, 2020) The construction industry is one of the key measures by which the economy of a nation is estimated. This is because the construction industry is an important division of national financial development like other industries such as agriculture, manufacturing and services. Hence, for the success of any country, construction is critical and ought to be supported by all stakeholders (Dosumu et al., 2021). (Ofori, 2015)also states that construction industry is an important sector of the economy and plays a major role in the national social and economic development. (DePauw , 2017) states that when construction job sites aren’t properly staffed, construction companies may find themselves missing project deadlines, skipping proper safety procedures and losing overworked employees.   Recruitment and selection, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organizat...

  Source: (Krell, 2015) Recruitment and Selection is a complex process which will determine the productivity of an organization because getting a talented candidates attention is important inorder to et the job completed or proceed with the best possible way, de to this, the recruitment and selection process has many challenges and these needs to be surpassed in order to fill a vacancy with the best candidate. According to a research done by (Nikoletta, 2022) there are 8 common recruitment and selection challenges. The article states that attracting the right candidate is a challenge where the right candidate at a specific time is not preferred whereas the candidate who is best ft for the job is preferred. Another challenge is to engage qualified candidates where the recruitment team needs to stand out because candidates with high and rare skills are always in demand and will receive many offers. Another challenge is the duration taken to hire a candidate, where the hiring team n...

 Source: (Rozario et al., 2019) There are several steps involved in the whole process of recruitment and selection process. The purpose of recruitment and selection is identifying the vacancy or availability for a candidate and ensure that vacancy is filled by an adequate and suitable candidate who would try to perform to their maximum capability displaying their best job performance. According to research done by (Mohammad, 2020) there are preliminary steps to recruitment such as requisition where the HR department is informed about a vacancy, duration of recruitment, the type of contact, recruitment budget and sources of candidates.   After the preliminary steps the recruitment process can begin through a sequence of steps.     According to (Thebe & Waldt, 2014) there are series of steps included in just the recruitment phase which are to identify the need to recruit, update the job description, determine the key performance areas of the job, consult the re...

  Source:  (Vulpen, 2022) Selection is an important factor, and it is such because people differ widely in their abilities, knowledge, interests, and personality, and choosing the right person for the job is crucial in ensuring effective work force and competitive advantages. The main objective is to find the most capable candidate to conduct the job and there are variety of selection methods to which has been developed (Koster, 2002). According to (Ltd, 2022) organization would commonly use three methods in the process of selection which are application forms, references, and the interview. This is also known as the classic trio which was first introduced by Mark Cook. As described by (Watsons & Jones, 2013) the application forms play a major part in the selection process as it shortlists the candidates for interview based on the information the candidates supply in the application forms. The application form requires the candidates to submit their personal details, edu...

Source:  (Barcelos, 2022) Recruitment is a complex task where the impact it carries with itself affects the organization. There are various methods in which recruitment can be categorized but in the interest of simplicity, it has been categorized into           Internal Recruitment           External recruitment According to (Wilson & Hawks, 2022) internal recruitment can be defined as the process of filling the vacancies within the organization by using the workforce or manpower which is currently available in the organization which may include employees from different job positions and roles and promote employees from the current department. The main advantage of internal recruitment according to (Wilson & Hawks, 2022) is that the incoming employee will have already possessed the knowledge of the organization methods and policies while encouraging employee loyalty. There are many ways in which internal recruitment...