SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT

  A good recruitment and selection process can provide a positive influence to increasing employee commitment, productivity and the quality of work (Sutanto & Kurniawan, 2017). Staff retention is the process in which the employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for the maximum period of time or until the completion of the objectives where the basic aim of employee retention Is to reduce employee turnover and to considerably reduce the associated expenses of hiring, training and orientation of the new employees (Khalid & Nawab, 2018). There is evidence that performance can decrease if the employee retention is bad and there is a possibility of stagnation if employee turnover is too dejected (Sutanto & Kurniawan, 2017). Recruitment has an impact on staff retention and it is proved in research that the employee recruitment process in an organization have the same recruitment system and the difference is only in the process, decision making, employment pac...

  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...